In Praise of Radio Paradise

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They’ve done it again. I’m currently listening to another impeccably currated playlist of songs on my favorite internet radio station. If you’re a fan of great music that’s programmed by real people then you have to check out Radio Paradise. Here’s the last 10 songs that I just listened to: It’s a listener supported internet radio station run by Bill… Read more →

What I Listened To: Week of 7/18/22

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Here’s a link to my original post, ‘Healing My Brain Through Music’. This week I focused on the music of Maurice Ravel. I decided to go old school and pretend that I was listening to a CD. No jumping around from one track to another on Spotify. For this 1998 recording Pierre Boulez conducted The Cleveland Orchestra and the London… Read more →

What I Listened To: Week of 7/11/22

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Here’s a link to my original post, ‘Healing My Brain Through Music’. This week I focused on the piano music of Edvard Grieg. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 I. Allegro molto moderato II. Adagio III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 7 I. Allegro moderato II. Adante molto III. All Menuetto, ma poco… Read more →

What I Listened To: Week of 7/4/22

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Here’s a link to my original post, ‘Healing My Brain Through Music’. This week was Stravinsky, Mahler & Cage. (Oh my!) 3 Pieces for String Quartet – Igor Stravinsky Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (‘Songs of a Wayfarer’) – Gustav Mahler / I loved these! Thrilling. Beautiful. Moving. Made me want to learn German so I could follow the lyrics without… Read more →

What I Listened To: Week of 6/27/22

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Here’s a link to my original post, ‘Healing My Brain Through Music’. This week was a deep dive into solo viola music suggested to me by a fantastic violist friend of mine, Kallie Sugatski. I jotted down notes on the pieces as they came to me. Weariness heals wounds I – Olga Neuwirth / This took a couple of listens… Read more →

Action by Action / You Have Presence

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Sometimes the things that you need to hear seem to appear when they’re the most needed. I really needed to hear both of these things today. “You must build up your life action by action, and be content if each one achieves its goal as far as possible—and no one can keep you from this. But there will be some… Read more →