Music of the Week

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Last week, Jane Birkin was found dead at her Paris home. She was 76, with her death coming as a surprise to many fans who were anticipating a planned tour of per…

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July is the greatest time in Finland. The days are 23 hours long, and in the far north, the sun never really sets. All Finns celebrate the light. So, it is time for …

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Christian singer and Grammy Award-winner Victory Boyd was supposed to sing the national anthem at last year’s opening NFL game in Tampa, Florida, when the NFL board …

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“Sunshine, she’s here, you can take a break…”

Summer’s arrived! C’mon out into the sun and feel that feeling. Nothing better for a great mood than lots of vitam…

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The initial fanfare of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra is widely known from Stanley Kubrick’s legendary movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick’s cinematic…

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Felix Maria Woschek has been writing and performing world music with a spiritual touch for over 30 years and has released 16 albums with sacred chants from religions…

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Beautiful and exceptional Swiss alphorn music artist Eliana Burki just died at age 39 from a malignant brain tumor. What a loss. Her funky alphorn style crossed musi…

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Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō

This is the Japanese Buddhist mantra encompassing and expressing the essence of the Lotus Sutra. For over 45 years, Tina Turner drew great…

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“This is what I want in heaven…words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies” ~Tina Turner

A legend has gone from us.

We are using Tina …

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Inspired by the Putumayo World Music collection, our Music of the Week takes us to Cuba and the warm and mellow grooves of Afro-Cuban heritage. We chose a title by C…

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Spring has come, and summer is upon us, so we are going to celebrate the many facets of human life with this extraordinary composition by 20th-century German compose…

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Water and sound have a unique communication. Sound can shape water, as illustrated in cymatics (“the science of sound made visible”) experiments that show amazin…

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Our Music of the Week takes us back to the magical Sixties and one of the great singers of “blue-eyed soul,” jazz, and pop ballads: Dusty Springfield. Elton John cal…

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For our Music of the Week, enjoy this beautiful and very professional hang drum music and take off into your own soundscape of thoughts and blessings, dreaming up yo…

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Last year, popular country songwriter Karen Staley, a 30-year veteran of the Nashville music industry, experienced the honor of having her 2004 composition “I’ll L…

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On this Good Friday, our choice of weekly music is a contemplation of the Name of Jesus in the Hebrew language. Many believe that the sacred Names of God and the Nam…

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Our Music of the Week introduces American singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, whose songs bridge the deeply spiritual and the tiny mundane things of life.

Carrie N…

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Christopher Tin conducts one of his own works, here performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a union of three p…

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First recorded in 1922 by Anna Meyers with the Original Memphis Five quintet, our Music of the Week is one of the great blues classics and a grand song of financial …

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For Music of the Week, we have chosen a uniquely American piece by one of the most American composers of the 20th century, Aaron Copland. Copland was particularly ab…

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is regarded as the Mozart of the 19th century, one of the most important composers of the German Romantic period. He started to compose a…

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When Swedes are asked, “What is the best time of summer?”, the answer might be “this Thursday”—it’s that short. No wonder all Scandinavians just love their…

Our Music of the Week comes as special input from a Solari Report viewer. Patricia Morgan describes herself as a “retired church organist/music director, activist, a critical thinker, and a Master …

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It is time to count our blessings; it’s time to look around again and see the good there is. Let’s stand upright in the sunshine. It’s still a wonderful life!
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Every five years, something incredibly beautiful happens in Latvia, which is one of the three Baltic countries along with Estonia and Lithuania. It is the celebratio…

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Our Music of the Week is inspired by Dr. Masaru Emoto’s bestselling 2004 book, The Hidden Messages in Water. In it, Emoto demonstrated that a drop of frozen w…

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Rolling Stone counts him among the 100 best artists—and what an artist he was. Curtis Mayfield may be virtually unknown to a younger generation but will be a profo…

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For our music this week, we want to highlight another up-and-coming singer-songwriter, and one from Tennessee. Jennifer Jane Niceley has been writing songs since the…

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For Music of the Week, we have chosen this song of hope by Pelé, the king of football, who died last week at the age of 82. Pelé will also be our Hero of the Week….

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With Catherine once again celebrating New Year’s Eve in Europe, let’s follow another central European tradition for this day—like this week’s movie selec…

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Spem in alium is undoubtedly one of the most famous works in Western classical music. Written in 1570, over 450 years ago, it still fascinates musicians, performers,…

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There is a sacred legend that tells of a miracle when the thorns began to bear roses. For seven years the barren thorn wood had not brought forth a flower. As Mary�…

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This Christmas selection for Music of the Week is a timeless English carol going back to the 17th century. It tells of three naval vessels carrying Jesus, Mary, and …

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This week’s Christmas music selection takes us back to Tennessee—to celebrate home, Christmas, and a great state and people. We want to celebrate Tennessee once …

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We are beginning our music selections for the Christmas season with one of the most widely sung carols in the Christian world, “Adeste Fideles.” Originally compo…

This week’s music is more than a song. It is a cry from the hearts of mothers and fathers. It is a clarion call. And it is a statement of human rights that also formed the motto for the campaig…

Giving thanks for you and everything you are doing in this wonderful world! ~ The Solari Team

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This week’s music selection by Jordan Davis is a touching reminder about the real things in life, the sources of building family wealth, and what truly can give us…

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Our Music of the Week is a joyous performance of a medley of different pieces adapted for and played on the marimba. These girls from Goede Hoop Primary School near …

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With family in Pennsylvania, last week Catherine was able to watch the turning of the leaves in the autumn foliage and enjoyed the start of fox hunting season.

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“Rocky Top” is the University of Tennessee’s most popular college football song. Even though it is not the university’s official fight song, it is the most p…

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Our Music of the Week is another Elvis selection, and it is an iconic song from a very special performance.

Elvis had recorded “Can’t Help Falling in Love” …

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This popular American folk song goes back to the American and Canadian fur traders, called the voyageurs (from the French meaning “travelers”), who traded otter,…

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Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D minor (BWV 1052) was originally composed for harpsichord. But the brilliant Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna together with the Frankfurt Rad…

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Wow! What a beautiful song, what profound words, such tenderness and authenticity of emotion, what natural strength and leadership of voice!

This is one of those …

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Belgian singer, songwriter, and actor Jacques Brel was one of the most important representatives of the classical French Chanson movement of the 1950s.

Although B…

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Enya is one of Ireland’s most famous figures. While often being associated with “New Age” or “Celtic” music, her songs touch people from all age groups and…

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Gregorio Allegri composed the Miserere in 1638, but unlike most music of the time, which was performed and then forgotten, this piece continued to be produced long a…

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“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sing…

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The mantra Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad is one of the most important mantrams of the Hindu religion and has been chanted a my…

Catherine is back at beautiful Lake Constance, and there is music in the air! It is the time of the Bregenz Festival, an outstanding annual cultural event in western Austria that attracts thousan…

Song by Lori B. Williams “We Are The Product They’re Planning To Use”

There’s a saying “If you’re not at the table you’re on the menu”. Who knew that might possibly mean literall…

For Music of the Week, we are offering a much neglected masterpiece by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Based on Shakespeare’s drama The Tempest, this orchestral fantasy, also sometimes regarded as…

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Here he is again, as promised, the countertenor Iestyn Davies, and this time in a most sublime combination with the exceptional classical trumpeter Alison Balsom…

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So I’m just gon’ sittin’ on the dock of the bayWatchin’ the tide roll away, oohI’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time…

For this week, and while th…

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The “Mass for troubled times”—a magnificent master piece by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)— is our music of the week.

Writing this mass to…

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Our Music of the Week is a special performance and ancient dance from the historical region of Circassia in the North Caucasus. The Circassians, or Adyghe people…

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Our Music of the Week takes us into space, hyperspace at that, with this incredible rendering of the Interstellar theme by Hans Zim…

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Are we watching a new Massacre of the Innocents? As 3,000 credentialed doctors, lawyers, and scientists plow through 55,000 Pfizer documents in a volunteer effor…

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The Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach is among the most popular pieces of Baroque and organ music today. It is hard to imagine that it was al…

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This week’s music is one of those one-hit wonders that are ahead of their time when they come out and continue to be so even decades later. Rick Evans of Zager…

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The Music of the Week presents us with Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major. It is one of 12 Concerti Grossi that are known as Opus 6 of Corell…

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In honor of Greek composer of electronic and ambient music, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou—better known as Vangelis—we have selected this classic piece…

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… In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in broken pieces …
There was Jesus.

In this inspiring song by Christi…

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Another beautiful “minimalist” piece of music for this week, the mesmerizing Metamorphosis II by Philip Glass, originally composed for solo piano. This is an exc…

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There is a special calm and pensiveness about Ludovico Einaudi’s piano pieces that has earned him the love of the public.

The classically trained Italian comp…

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Antonín Dvorák’s 9th Symphony, “From the new world,” needs no introduction as it is one of the most popular symphonic classics worldwide. The Czech composer wr…

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Spring is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, and we can all feel it! What better music to take us into the groove than this offering by the…

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Our music for this week is a stunning performance by then 12-year-old Canen covering Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” with a group of extremely talented and sen…

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Our music of the week and on this Good Friday 2022 is this sublime version of the Lord’s Prayer in German by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, one of the brightest s…

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Waft her, angels, through the skies,
Far above yon azure plain,
Glorious there, like you, to rise,
There, like you, forever reign.

Tenor Thomas Cooley sings this …

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Did you know that music and mathematics are intimately related? Tempo, rhythm, meter, and even scales are all based on numbers and numerical ratios. What most of…

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Maya Sona Jobarteh was born in London of West African (Gambian) descent and is the first female professional kora player. She also studied cello, piano, and harp…

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Here is a songwriter who is connecting the dots and reaching the younger generation with a beat and lyrics that convey some very timely truths. Music is a medium…

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J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of “Six Concertos for Several Instruments” (1721) that Bach, at the age of 36, sent to Christian Ludwig, Marg…

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Prayer and song are so important at this time. Much of the news and information we are confronted with can become depressing and cheerless. Thinking of the prese…

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This song from Kate Bush’s 1985 album Hounds of Love is based on the life and work of Austrian psychoanalyst and originator of “orgone” research, Dr. Wilhelm Reich, …

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Supporting the theme of “Sovereignty” in the 2021 Annual Wrap Up and this week’s report by John Titus, Georg Friedrich Händel’s coronation music comes to mind.
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Relaxing minimalist soundscape created by Enahm Hof – yes, Wim Hof’s son – and Niraj Naik. This collection of songs can be used as background music for the Wim Hof Method’s breathing exercises.

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How do we keep perfecting art? There is a lot of talent out there. It is a wonderful service to humanity to share that talent to help others expand their art even further. Great example by Salvat…

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Here are the lyrics in English: The Spirit and the Bride they say, “Come!” Oh, come, Lord Jesus, Maranatha!

Enjoy this heartfelt music f…

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Instilling some coherence into the world and our lives with this classic piece of baroque music from Bach. A good way to start the weekend, the week, …

To conclude our Christmas music series, here is a beautiful piece of mellow music from the album Christmas Day in the Morning – A Revels Celebration of Winter Solstice performed by The Chris…

LYRICS:

Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a …

The Christmas Oratorio, published in 1664, is one of Heinrich Schütz’s late works, but he didn’t stop there. Considered one of the greatest composers before Bach, Schütz’s music beau…

Enjoy this beautiful arrangement of a Christmas classic by David Crowder and Abe Parker!

More on Crowder here and on Wikipedia.

Crowder’s website

More on Abe Parker here.

Recognized by millions, there is no better song or rendition to help you get into the spirit of Christmas than this song by Nat King Cole!

Cole first recorded “The Christmas Song” in 1946, and …

Although this country classic written and performed by Merle Haggard was released in 1973, it takes a special new meaning at this particular time in our history. Dedicating this song to those whos…

Simon Khorolskiy is a Russian singer living in Washington State, who finds inspiration for his music in the Bible. This song is based on Matthew 24:29-31 and Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21.

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Beautiful Japanese interpretation by opera singer Paul Potts of the theme song from the movie Titanic.

Potts rose to fame after being discovered by and winning the first series of Britain’s Got…

If you haven’t heard Leyla McCalla yet, she is worth discovering. McCalla is a New York-born Haitian-American living in New Orleans, who sings in French, Haitian Creole, and English, and plays cel…

Let yourself be carried away by the vibrant rhythm of this piece of organ music.

The Sonata in E-flat Major, performed here by Wolfgang Zerer, is part of a collection Bach created for his son …

Beautiful song and beautiful voice (Sandra Sangiao).

This song is a tribute to one of the greatest Romani songs and the Roma people. The lyrics were written by Žarko Jovanović in the …

Mischa Maisky arranged for cello and piano this series of 14 classical music pieces by a variety of composers, performing them with his daughter Lily. Relax and enjoy this perfect chill-out music….

This song from Donovan is the song of St. Francis in the 1972 movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Franco Zeffirelli.

St. Francis of Assisi left a life of riches to live among ordinary people and…

Time for some sacred music. Enjoy!

Robert White (1538–1574) was an English composer of the Elizabethan age, best known for his liturgical music in Latin. You can listen to the entire albu…

With this beautiful song from The Seekers, Australia’s first pop music group to achieve major success in the United Kingdom and the United States, we ask anyone who feels so inclined to pray for t…

Beautiful interpretation of Fauré’s choral piece by the Orchestre de Paris and choir under the direction of Paavo Järvi.

Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher who liv…