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...
View ArticleClassical special train – enjoy the music
Adorable flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro, featuring the Copenhagen Phil.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article“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,...
View ArticleClassical 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...
View ArticleAdvent 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...
View ArticleAdvent 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...
View ArticleAdvent 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...
View ArticleIm 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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