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"An experience that transforms something inside us"
Beauty, possibility, and Beethoven in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.
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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.
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Revisiting an intimate serenade written in the language of friendship
Franz Schubert / Piano Trio No. 1
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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.
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Felix Mendelssohn / String Quartet No. 2
A hushed hymn of devotion from a young composer navigating his first journey through love and heartbreak.
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Henryk Górecki / Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Celebrating Shades of Blue's first birthday with the symphony that inspired my ongoing exploration of melancholy classical music.
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Thomas Tallis / Spem in alium (Hope in Any Other)
A prayer of piety and hope reaches across the centuries to guide us to a more peaceful, loving future.
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Giacomo Puccini / Un bel dì (One Fine Day)
Paying tribute to my grandmother with her favorite opera aria, which searches for blossoms of hope in a field of despair.
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Revisiting a mythological fever dream of lust and longing
Claude Debussy / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
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Clara Wieck Schumann / Piano Concerto
At the center of a silent orchestra, piano and cello sing a tender song of grace and longing.
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Johannes Brahms / Intermezzo in E-flat Major
A moment of autumnal introspection in which sorrow ushers us to a place of comfort and calm.
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Claude Vivier / Lonely Child
A "long song of solitude" from a composer eager to embrace the world through music of naïve love.
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