Songs of pining, love, land, and loss are like magnets to the Emerald Isle. Observed Paddy Maloney, the late founder of the Chieftains, a Grammy-award winning band from Dublin: “There’s something in Irish music that really gets you.” Cheekily coined “the Old Sod,” Ireland gave the world Yeats, Shaw, U2, and a host of world-class…
A Warrior Embarks on a Lone Voyage Across Uncharted Land | Musical Moments
A warrior embarks on a lone voyage across uncharted land. Throughout the long and arduous journey, he encounters diverse groups of people with varying ideas and values. Through these encounters, he learns about the people of the land as well as the lessons in life, which push him to grow. Title: Solemn Journey Composer:…
Picture This: Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
February 26, 2022
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Imagine a composition in which you hear a gnome, feel you are near a haunting castle, or hear cattle rumbling past pulling a heavy load. Classical music lovers have always been attracted to compositions with colorful or evocative titles, especially those that are associated with a story you can actually hear in the music. Such…
Bach’s Inspiration | Premiering on Feb. 26, 5 PM ET
Besides being the baroque era’s greatest organist and composer, and one of the most productive geniuses in the history of Western music, Bach was also a theologian whose expression of inspiration was music. Nearly three- fourths of his 1,000 compositions were written for use in worship, and Bach’s deep religious faith could be found even…
Interactive Map Shows the 13 Emotions Music Makes us Feel
Researchers have surveyed more than 2,500 people in the United States and China about their emotional responses to these and thousands of other songs from genres including rock, folk, jazz, classical, marching band, experimental, and heavy metal. The upshot? The subjective experience of music across cultures can be mapped within at least 13 overarching feelings:…
The Jordan Peterson Lecture: Music and Meaning
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist who is now on a tour promoting his newest book “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.” I had the chance to see one of his lectures on this tour, and discuss some of the overarching precepts and how they relate to the power of music and…
Thought-Provoking Chinese Xiao Melody | Traditional Chinese Music | Musical Moments
People living in this world are connected by predestined relationships through time and space. Cherish the good predestined relationships, and let them bear good fruit. If you encounter a bad predestined relationship, you should resolve it with compassion, and don’t use evil to overcome evil; have compassion in your heart, and treat all predestined relationships…
Beautiful and Peaceful Nocturne to Accompany the Night | Musical Moments
When the composer was on his way home, a beautiful night scene appeared in his mind. It seemed he could feel a breeze by a lake, and the music slowly drifted, like a lullaby a mother hums, gently comforting the baby gradually falling asleep in her arms. Title: Nocturne No.1 Composer: Joseph Ma Performance: Liyuan Peng…
Musician Nadia Boulanger and Her Boulangerie
To be yourself, limit yourself. To limit yourself, be yourself. This saying is a “double dicho,” an aphorism that says the same thing in two directions. (The concept was introduced to American culture by Ernest Hemingway in “The Old Man and The Sea.”) This particular double dicho could have served as the watchword of a…
Spotify And The War On Free Speech
In this episode, I follow up on the war Neil Young waged with Spotify, which has placed music, artistry, business, economics, the 1st Amendment, and a national conversation all in the spotlight, where righteous virtue signaling is being heralded over good business and access to music. If we can’t have conversations, we will become a…
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