If it’s Easter it must be…..
Bach, of course! The glorious opening sinfonia from J.S.Bach’s Easter Oratorio, with Philippe Herreweghe conducting his Concerto Vocale orchestra: I love the way those trumpets peal like… Read More ›
Music
New books: from rocking the nation to charting the world
Music, New books, Photography, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Rock country : the sounds, bands, fans, fun & other stuff that happened: edited by Christian Ryan “Sex lessons from Bon Scott. Scary encounter with Chrissy Amphlett. On the trail… Read More ›
From American Indian to Afro-Pop.
Two music databases published by Alexander Street Press that you can explore are American Song and Contemporary World Music. American Song is described as a history database that allows people to hear… Read More ›
New Listening: Chain, Cosmic Country & more
Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include releases in opera, classical, country, pop, rock, blues and musical theatre. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD… Read More ›
Vale Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado, one of the very greatest conductors of the modern era, sadly passed away this week after a long battle with illness. A true gentleman of the podium, he… Read More ›
Shall we dance?
Guest blogger extraordinaire, Jane, is inspired by some of the treasures in our sheet-music collection…… I am currently helping out with the sheet-music spreadsheet-cataloguing project (try saying that quickly!) in… Read More ›
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
A few presents for Christmas…… Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Son of the great Johann Sebastian, and a very fine composer in his own right, C.P.E.Bach wrote this wonderful… Read More ›
Christmas music listening in Arts.
With Christmas fast approaching the Listening Posts in Arts are alive with festive sounds including new releases and old favourites. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight… Read More ›
New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!
Comic books, Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:
Jazz covers: Joaquim Paulo, edited by Julius Wiedemann Taschen certainly know a thing or two about producing visually exuberant books, and when the subject matter is jazz album-cover… Read More ›
Joyeux anniversaire, Charles Valentin Alkan!
This has been a big year for musical birthdays, with Wagner and Verdi celebrating their 200th and Benjamin Britten clocking up his 100th, but as these noisy gentlemen hog the… Read More ›
