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Erich Korngold / Violin Concerto
Embedded within a gentle serenade lies one composer's story of displacement, loss, and longing for a home that exists only in memory.
May 10
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Erich Korngold / Violin Concerto
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April 2025
Gustav Mahler / Urlicht (Primal Light)
A comforting prayer of love and light that helped me transcend grief after losing a beloved canine companion.
Apr 26
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Gustav Mahler / Urlicht (Primal Light)
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Melancholy Mixtape / April 2025
Seven moments of classical music that channel the slow, steady blossoming of spring.
Apr 5
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Melancholy Mixtape / April 2025
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March 2025
Branching Out / Vol. 10
What to listen to next, based on our recent experiences with the melancholy music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Philip Glass.
Mar 22
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Branching Out / Vol. 10
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Melancholy Mixtape / International Women's Day Edition
Explore feelings of devotion and awe, longing and grief, in six moments of classical music penned by women composers.
Mar 8
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Melancholy Mixtape / International Women's Day Edition
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February 2025
Philip Glass / String Quartet No. 4, "Buczak"
Grief gives way to hope and healing in a meditative impression of an artist struck down by AIDS.
Feb 22
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Philip Glass / String Quartet No. 4, "Buczak"
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Revisiting a fabled "land of mists" that helped one young composer overcome a creative crisis
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 1, "Winter Daydreams"
Feb 8
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Revisiting a fabled "land of mists" that helped one young composer overcome a creative crisis
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January 2025
Branching Out / Vol. 9
What to listen to next, based on our recent experiences with the melancholy music of Mozart and Beethoven.
Jan 25
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Branching Out / Vol. 9
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Melancholy Mixtape / January 2025
Six moments of classical music that impart warmth and comfort amid winter's bitter chill.
Jan 11
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Melancholy Mixtape / January 2025
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December 2024
"An experience that transforms something inside us"
Beauty, possibility, and Beethoven in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
Dec 21, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
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"An experience that transforms something inside us"
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November 2024
W. A. Mozart / Clarinet Concerto
A serenade of serenity I turn to whenever I want to connect with the instrument that helped me find my voice.
Nov 30, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
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W. A. Mozart / Clarinet Concerto
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Melancholy Mixtape / November 2024
Six moments of classical music to help you cultivate calm, connection, and healing in turbulent times.
Nov 9, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Melancholy Mixtape / November 2024
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