Another edition of music notes; songs and pieces that have been keeping me company while I grapple with multiple injuries and life crises, also while being terrifyingly productive. Because of aforementioned deadlines, this is mostly just a list-based post with some commentary. 2026 Releases I think In Times of Dragons is Tori Amos’s best album … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 20/05/2026
Coalescence — Dani Howard Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Vasily Petrenko) Aeriality — Anna Þorvaldsdóttir Nocturne — Lili Boulanger Performers: Ewan Millar (Oboe), Tomos Boyles (piano) Sonata for Viola and Piano — Rebecca Clarke Performers: Karin Wolf (Viola) Yuko Ellinger (Piano) Continue reading Dancing with Euterpe 24/03/2024 (part two)
Passacaglia on an Old English Tune — Rebecca Clarke Viola: Amber ArchibaldPiano: Jamie Namkung Voice With Gongs — Odeya Nini “L’amante consolato” (Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2) — Barbara Strozzi Countertenor: Jakub Józef Orliński Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet 2 (Canzonetta) — Phyllis Tate Berceuse (from The Dolly Suite, op. 56) — Gabriel Fauré … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 29/02/2024
Cosmic Breath for Wind Quintet — Dai Fujikura Junge Deutsche Philharmonie performers:Yeohin Jang, flutePatrícia Pinheiro, oboeJoshua Dahlmanns, clarinetMarie-Luise Haas, bassoonJuhye Kim, horn Pinocchio: IX. Il Gatto e la Volpe — Alexander Litvinovsky This has been living rent-free in my head since I first heard it a couple of weeks or so ago. Love it! Performers: … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 05/08/2023
Since I’m no longer using this title for music-learning posts, I’ll use it to archive the classical/new music I share on Masto. “Voices Shouting Out” — Nkeiru Okoye Performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Thomas Wilkins) Symphony no. 3 in C. Minor — Florence Price Sentiments in Emptiness by Firas Zreik A Palestinian composer, … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 09/07/2023
Tousles — Seaming To Lumières — Alexandra Stréliski I Song for Maria — Laura Snowden Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 04/03/2023
Been listening to so much amazing new (and classical) music that this needed two separate posts. Bagatelle no. 1 — William Walton (performed by Sean Shibe at the Concertgebouw) The Strange World of Spiders — Laura Snowden I’m such a Laura Snowden fangirl, lol. Delighted with this new composition! The Whale Song — Michelle Ross … Continue reading Saturday Soiree part 2 19/02/2022
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor — Florence Price (performed by Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling and Francesca McNeely of the New England Conservatory) One of the very late to the party listeners finally clued into what a great composer Florence Price was. Very inspirational. And this String Quartet is really beautiful, with … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 19/02/2022