The Gesualdo Six/Colin Currie Group review – surely the year’s most atmospheric Prom
By Erica Jeal

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Gesualdo Six brought focus and luminous tone to a sequence of early devotional music; Reich’s Tehillim made a mesmeric and ecstatic pairing

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/03/the-gesualdo-six-colin-currie-group-steve-reich-proms-review

#Classicalmusic #Proms2026 #Culture #Music #SteveReich #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

Seasonal Quartet: Ali Smith & New European Ensemble
30 October, Aberdeen: £0–£14

A concert performance with live readings by Ali Smith from her novels 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, focussing on eternally relevant contemporary themes such as climate, ecology, migrations, social media, Brexit, war, populism.

https://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/seasonal-quartet-ali-smith-writer-new-european-ensemble

#Scottish #literature #novel #AliSmith #music #classicalmusic

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Ali Smith reading from her novel WINTER. Behind her, a cellist holds his instrument and bow, ready to play.

Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – insightful Elgar and Tchaikovsky holds Proms audience in thrall
By Erica Jeal

Royal Albert Hall, LondonElgar’s Enigma Variations sounded fresh and striking in the German orchestra’s reading, while Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony was thrilling and monumental

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/03/berlin-philharmonic-petrenko-review-proms-elgar-tchaikovsky

#Proms2026 #Classicalmusic #Music #BerlinPhilharmonic #Culture #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Rattle’s illuminating touch lets Janáček’s sozzled antihero soar
By Clive Paget

Hoare/Briscein/Crowe/LSO/Rattle(LSO Live)In this beautifully balanced recording live recording Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and an outstanding cast make the music sing and dance

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/03/the-excursions-of-mr-broucek-review-janacek-simon-rattle-lso

#Classicalmusic #Music #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #SimonRattle #Opera #Culture #LeoJanek #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

New #blog #post: Gratitude Day 2: Personal Music Libraries

https://rldane.space/gratitude-day-2-personal-music-libraries.html

788 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #SeptemberTheme #SeptemberBloggingTheme #SepThemeBear #SeptemberGratitude #gratitude #thankfulness #music #musicLibrary #ownYourMusic #shuffle

Cassandra Wilson: "Time After Time" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySVWeao57m8 #music

Bruce Cockburn: "Pacing the Cage" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZheDhWLFcYo #music

Simply the best? Is the Berlin Philharmonic really better than all the rest?
By Tom Service

The orchestra – at the Proms this week – is hailed as among the best in the world, if not the best. For my money, that’s quite possibly right, but why?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/02/is-the-berlin-philharmonic-really-better-than-all-the-rest-proms-edinburgh-festival-petrenko

#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #Proms2026 #Proms #Festivals #TheGuardian #TomService

sometimes, you just want to get into someone's music because they seem like a good human being. i've not really paid much attention to kate nash, but she's being an absolute force here (circa july 2025 at nottingham's splendour festival), so i might have to have a walk through her discography.
#gaza #palestine #music #kateNash

A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis #guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of #rap icon #TupacShakur, marking the first #conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades.

The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of #murder with the use of a deadly weapon & could be sentenced to life in prison. The jury deliberated for 3 hours after a weekslong trial in Las Vegas.

#law #DelayedJustice #music
https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-trial-las-vegas-duane-davis-0b0b080d73f91cd122b6dd438e5bbb80?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

k.d. lang: "After the Gold Rush" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2jEWE_POvw #music

Les Siècles/Lehmann La Damnation de Faust review – vivid colour, soaring solos and a sharp-suited demon
By Erica Jeal

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPeriod instrument grain and an energised Jakob Lehmann did a fair job with Berlioz’s concert setting of the drama, but the hall’s murky acoustic buried some of the sparkle

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/31/les-siecles-lehmann-la-damnation-de-faust-review-proms

#Proms2026 #Choralmusic #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

Hmm, finally looked up the words to "Ohio" by Crosby Stills & Nash. I had heard the music before, but never understood the words. (never learned about it in my U.S. history classes, which significantly glossed over the Vietnam war)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

#history #music

Os Digitalistas: "Free Fallin'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g3ut07Lyws #music

Oslo Philharmonic/Gražinytė-Tyla/Kopatchinskaja review – weapons-grade charisma and anarchic delight
By Flora Willson

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPatricia Kopatchinskaja hurls herself into Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, while conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla brings precision and intensity to Prokofiev

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/30/oslo-philharmonicgrazinyte-tylakopatchinskaja-review

#Classicalmusic #Music #RoyalAlbertHall #Culture #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

September is Classical Music Month! Celebrate classical music across the
curriculum with film. Our curriculum guides and discussion guides feature
classroom-ready lesson plans, discussion questions, rich multi-media resources
and more.

https://journeysinfilm.org/classical-music-month/

@education @edtech
@homeschooling
@histodons
@music @classicalmusic

#ClassicalMusicMonth
#Education #Teachers #Homeschooling #MusicEducation #Music #MusicHistory #History #ProjectBasedLearning #ClassicalMusic #Chevalier #DefiantRequiem

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Text says: "Classical Music Month. Teach with Film." In the background, a still photo from the Disney film Chevalier shows a Black violinist at the court of Marie Antoinette. He stands on stage holding a violin and bow, his arms stretch out in a gesture of triumph. The Journeys in Film logo is at the bottom.

The Boomtown Rats: "Someone's Lookin' At You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wochF_IdgQE #music

@GeePawHill The soundtrack of The Eddy (the Netflix series) introduced me to Jorja Smith. I love what she does with "Kiss me in the morning", which was composed for the show.

I'd nominate it for inclusion on those blank pages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtXA9nGejCU

#TheEddy #JorjaSmith #GlenBallard #Netflix #Music #Jazz

Ha, best old fashioned western song I've heard in awhile...

The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be (Tom Lehrer)

Along the trail you'll find me lopin',
‘Where the spaces are wide open,
In the land of the old A.E.C.
‘Where the scenery's attractive,
And the air is radioactive,

Oh, the Wild West is where I wanna be.
‘Mid the sagebrush and the cactus
I'll watch the fellas practice
Droppin’ bombs through the clean desert breeze.
I'll have on my sombrero,
And of course I'll wear a pair o'
Levis over my lead B.V.D.'s.

I will leave the city's rush,
Leave the fancy and the plush,
Leave the snow and leave the slush
And the crowds.
I will seek the desert's hush,
Where the scenery is lush,
How I long to see the mush-
Room clouds.

'Mid the yuccas and the thistles
I'll watch the guided missiles,
While the old F.B.I. watches me.
Yes, I'll soon make my appearance
(Soon as I can get my clearance),
'Cause the Wild West is where I wanna be.

#music

Anthony Hopkins shares his debut album of orchestral works -- and they're cinematic https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5858684/anthony-hopkins-music-life-is-a-dream?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #classicalmusic #music #npr

#Dgar Now listening to:
Making It Up
~ Dgar

Everybody is making it up
As they go along
Everybody is making it up
Just like I made up this song

They made up the words
And they made up the rules
And they made up a language
For speaking to fools

They’ll draw lines on a map
And tell you where to go
They’ll talk about your future
But they don’t know.

Everybody is making it up
As they go along
Everybody is making it up
and they’re getting it wrong

They wrote the stories
And they, they wrote the news
And they wrote history
To support their point of view

Kings and queens
Presidents too
Leaders of countries
They don’t have a clue.

Tick tock
We’re running out of time
Tick tock tick tock
We’re running out of time
Tick tock

Everybody is making it up
As they go along
Can everybody just make up
And get along

They made up the systems
That created the tools
Thet made up the boxes
To keep us in tune

Kings and queens
Presidents too
Leaders of countries
They don’t have a clue.

A blood red sea
with an orange glow
Are you enjoying the show?
We don’t have long to go.
Tick tock

Tick tock

#DgarMusic #Indie #Rock #Music

This single was released in January this year, and is available on Bandcamp, and wherever you might stream your music.

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/making-it-up

BBCSSO/Runnicles review – resplendent recounting of Mahler’s fratricidal fairytale
By Michael Downes

Usher Hall, EdinburghColliding complex and contrasting moods, Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied was rendered with clarity and conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/bbcsso-runnicles-review-mahler-usher-hall-edinburgh

#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #GustavMahler #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #TheGuardian #MichaelDownes

Donnacha Dennehy: Limina album review – joyously unfettered music is a thrill in motion
By Erica Jeal

McCarthy/Waarts/National Symphony Orchestra Ireland/McAdams(Nonesuch)Dennehy’s Limina, based on areas of the body, is firmly grounded in the harmonic series, and sparklingly executed here, while Stephen Waarts gives a bravura performance of the Violin Concerto

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/28/donnacha-dennehy-limina-album-review

#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

Ian Dury and the Blockheads: "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTeHS2Hcb-0 #music

‘We’re going to have to groove!’ The cello, horn and sax prodigies jazzing up the Proms
By Erica Jeal

The finalists from the BBC young musician of 2016 have teamed up with a Mercury-nominated composer to craft a Proms premiere that’s uplifting, lyrical and goes out with an almighty bang

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/27/groove-cello-horn-sax-prodigies-proms

#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Proms2026 #GwilymSimcock #Proms #ShekuKannehMason #RoyalAlbertHall #Festivals #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

Song & Dance album review – Jacques Forestier’s impressive debut has persuasive rhythmic poise
By Erica Jeal

Jacques Forestier/Boris Kusnezow (Warner Classics)The Canadian violinist’s album definitely does what it says on the tin: from Bartók to Ernst, there is a quiet and beguiling eloquence to his playing

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/27/song-dance-album-review-jacques-forestier-boris-kusnezow

#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #EricaJeal

Met Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin review – messy bonbons and a hero’s triumph in a classy all-Strauss lineup
By Clive Paget

Royal Albert Hall, LondonYannick Nézet-Séguin polished up the Rosenkavalier suite then gave an exceptional reading of the composer’s self-congratulatory tone poem, while Elza van den Heever delivered a visceral account of Salome’s final scene

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/27/met-orchestranezet-seguin-review-messy-bonbons-and-a-heros-triumph-in-a-classy-all-strauss-lineup

#Proms2026 #Proms #Festivals #Culture #Music #Classicalmusic #RoyalAlbertHall #RichardStrauss #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

Just want to remind everyone that this legend is still alive. Back off death!!!
#BruceCockburn #Music #80YearOlds #SongsOfAGeneration #WonderWhereTheLionsAre
https://youtu.be/JY__agG_eXc?si=UY2vvtYJC26cupZC

New blog post:

5 Albums
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/5-albums/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #blaugust2026 #music