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The Vale of Clwyd

Lately I’ve been nuts about Beethoven’s arrangements of Irish, Welsh and Scottish ballads, and they have been on repeat on my iPhone when I’m riding the train to work every morning for weeks now. My...

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Classical special train – enjoy the music

Adorable flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro, featuring the Copenhagen Phil.

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The Danish String Quartet: Wedding Tune from Sønderho

Summer has come to Denmark, it is sunny and warm, and I am happy, happier than I have been in a long time. I thought I would celebrate by posting this wonderful piece uploaded recently by The Danish...

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The Ship Must Sail Tonight (1957)

I’m currently head over heels in love with this 1957 Danish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest: The title means “The ship must sail tonight”, and the song is a duet (obviously)  about a sailor...

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“Critics have often commented on his ‘windmill arms’”

As I’ve mentioned before, I am a sucker for anyone who’s able to communicate classical music in a humorous way online. Which is why I’m completely enamored by baritone Robert Orths homepage biography,...

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Classical pieces make it to The Star’s 100 saddest songs list

Just saw The Star’s 100 saddest songs list via Dooce.com and was pleased to find that several pieces of classical music has made the list. Tomasino Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor and Purcell’s “Dido’s...

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Advent and Christmas songs: Coventry Carol

It’s the advent season and I am almost a little overwhelmed with Christmas spirit this year. The snow started falling two days ago, and when I woke up this morning, everything was white and pretty and...

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Advent and Christmas Songs: The Swedish Edition

Yes, the snow is still falling. This is what the yard behind my building looked like this afternoon. Last week I complained about the general sort of bland state of Danish Christmas carols, a blandness...

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Advent and Christmas Songs: Fairest Lord Jesus

It’s the 4th Sunday of Advent, the day before Christmas Eve, the snow is falling again outside my parents’ home in a suburb north of Copenhagen. All my presents are ready and wrapped, and I feel so...

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Im Dorfe. Happy Birthday, Schubert.

It is so fitting, isn’t it, that Schubert should have been born in January? As I’ve mentioned before I love Schubert’s music dearly all year round, but it seems to me especially appropriate for the...

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