Best soundtracks by year
Here’s an updated version of this list. I have added soundtracks that I heard first in 2020 (I’m a bit behind). The big winner of 2020 is Daniel Pemberton for his delightful Enola Holmes. As for movies from previous years that I added, the big news is that I’m giving James Newton Howard’s Maleficent a […]
Beautiful credits
There are some credits that are a stunning melding of visuals and music. Here are two of them that are so stunning that other people have created their own versions by inserting actors from other shows. Dallas Opening Credits Here’s the original: Dallas Opening and Closing Theme 1978 – 1991 (HD Surround) Here’s TNG: Star […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Preserve”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Preserve.” Here’s the program: Pan from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid – Benjamin Britten oboe Another Spring – Tom Nazziola Everything – Rodney Sharman This Fragile Web – Christine Donkin with violin & piano Taiga – Leonard Enns with oboe & strings The Rose – Ola Gjeilo with piano […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Enchant”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Enchant.” Here’s the program: The Passing of the Year – Jonathan Dove* Noche de Lluvia – Sid Robinovitch* Moonset – Jeff Enns O Bide in that Country (premiere) – Kento Stratford Sonata no. 14 “Moonlight Sonata” first movement – Ludwig van Beethoven* Grandmother Moon – Eleanor Daley Constellation […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Sing Me Home”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Sing Me Home.” Here’s the program: Timothy Corlis – Silent Dawn Katherine Rose – I Heard the Bird Cry Christine Donkin – I am Here* (from Following the Moonroad) Leonard Enns – How a Place Becomes Holy* (from The Place of Memory) Frank Ticheli – There Will Be […]
DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Starry Night”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Starry Night.” Here’s the program: Sven-David Sandström – Ah, Sunflower! Nicholas Kelly – Earthrise Leonard Enns – Nocturne Eriks Ešenvalds – Stars Morten Lauridsen – Sure on this Shining Night* Laura Hawley – Be Music, Night Eric Whitacre – Water Night Randal Thompson – Choose Something Like a […]
WDR Funkhausorchester
WDR Funkhausorchester is an orchestra in Cologne, Germany. They have some terrific videos, both of classical and soundtrack music. Frank Strobe is the current conductor. I’m not going to attempt to say anything about their classical pieces here today, but if you have a favourite classical piece they’ve probably played it. Here are their best […]
DaCapo Choir’s “My Spirit Sang All Day”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “My Spirit Sang All Day.” DaCapo is celebrating its 25th anniversary and aside from the one premiere all of the other pieces are ones they’ve sung before. As such, this was a very satisfying concert for me as I knew a bunch of the pieces. The Whitacre was […]
The fall of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
The KW Symphony is the symphony that I went to — I was in the habit of going to several concerts each year. They were a terrific symphony — superbly talented musicians, and conductors who created splendid programs that you wanted to hear. Just days before this season was supposed to start, the board declared […]
Unique versions of songs, part 3: classical
Here’s the final list of superb videos, this time showing unique presentations of classical songs. Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air on the G String” played by 2 cellos 2CELLOS Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” played by one person playing all the parts on cello That Cello Guy Ludwig van Beethoven’s 4th movement from Symphony No. 5 […]