The sick moon

A couple of creepy/scary/uncanny classical pieces that don’t tend to make it to the mainstream classical music halloween lists.

The finale from Salome where Salome kisses and and sings to the the head of John the Baptist. From the Richard Strauss oper…

8 levels of Bach

There are many “X levels of Y” videos, but I liked this short 8 levels of Bach video by 16 year old pianist Shutian Cheng, as he has a short description of what makes each level increasingly difficult. In addition to him being a skilled pianist, of co…

“the alchemy of total opposites”

Soprano Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir sings Jóhann Jóhannsson’s “Odi et Amo” from the album Englabörn, accompanied by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Usually when the piece is performed, the Latin poem by Catullus is sung by a computer and played off a tap…