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Johannes Brahms / Double Concerto for Violin & Cello
Within the emotional contours of a tranquil song without words, one composer reveals hope for reunion with a long-estranged friend.
Sep 20
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Arvo Pärt / Fratres
A sanctuary of sound that nourishes our eternal longing for harmony, simplicity, serenity.
Sep 6
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Michael Cirigliano II
22
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Revisiting a song of longing for innocence in a world wracked by tragedy
Benjamin Britten / Before Life and After
Jul 12
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Michael Cirigliano II
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Maurice Ravel / Piano Concerto in G
Celebrating Shades of Blue's second birthday with a meditative, melancholy waltz that reveals depths of emotion below its radiant surface.
Jun 21
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Michael Cirigliano II
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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
22
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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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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
19
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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
13
9
"An experience that transforms something inside us"
Beauty, possibility, and Beethoven take center stage in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
Dec 21, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
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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
25
15
Revisiting an intimate serenade written in the language of friendship
Franz Schubert / Piano Trio No. 1
Oct 26, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
18
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Frédéric Chopin / Mazurka in A Minor
A nostalgia-laced dance of defiance that transports us to a place of love and belonging where we ache to go again.
Sep 28, 2024
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Michael Cirigliano II
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