I confess I was concerned about Kung Fu Panda 2. I was expecting the good things the trailers showed, and it had the same excellent production values as the first film, but still… I’m usually not big on sequels, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we’re back! today’s selection is Duke Ellington’s Creole Rhapsody
Since it is the season, today’s Rhapsody is Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka, Midsummer Vigil) by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén. More commonly called the Swedish Rhapsody (even though he wrote three of them.) It’s a nice little whimsical one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s museum sketch is another Ghiberti from his Gates of Paradise Series, specifically the Eden sequence with god creating Eve. This was my favorite of the three panels that the Seatlle Art Museum had on display, because to me it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s selection American Folk Rhapsody by Clare Grundman
Yes, yes I know I already did Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, but what can I say? I really like the Muppets and I really like this video.
Today’s Rhapsody is the Norfolk Rhapsody By Ralph Vaughan Williams
Today’s Rhapsody is Bond’s Gypsy Rhapsody from their album Shine. I’m really fond of these “Classical Crossover” bands that take full advantage of the versatility of the stringed instruments, everything from groups like this to bands like Apocolyptica. If I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For today’s Rhapsody we have a Hungarian Rhapsody that has nothing to do with Liszt! (well more accurately wasn’t composed by Liszt. David Popper and Franz Liszt’s lives did entwine. There’s two versions of this piece one for orchestra and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy 110th birthday to Mr. Louis Armstrong. And what better way to celebrate it with “What a Wonderful World”. For which version of this is a toss up between the end of the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
