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What to listen to next, based on our experiences with the melancholy music of Górecki, Debussy, and Tchaikovsky.
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Benjamin Britten / Before Life and After
A profound expression of love and longing for innocence in a world wracked by tragedy.
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W. A. Mozart / Fantasy in D Minor
What can a pair of "unfinished" works by Mozart and Alice Neel teach us about how we communicate with art?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams"
How did a remote island, a mysterious "land of gloom and mists," help a young composer overcome a creative crisis?
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Claude Debussy / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Be transported to a garden of earthly delights in an orchestral fever dream of sensual bliss.
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Why I'm starting a newsletter devoted to melancholy classical music.
What is life, if not a symphony of sorrowful songs?
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Coming soon
Get ready … Shades of Blue — a place to find calm, connection, and healing through classical music's most melancholy moments — launches on Friday, June…
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Michael Cirigliano II
Shades of Blue
Shades of Blue
A place to cultivate calm, connection, and healing through classical music's most melancholy moments.
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