Music of the Week: July 7, 2023: The Star-Spangled Banner – Victory Boyd
https://youtu.be/-4CD6No7B6o
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 …
Music of the Week: June 30, 2023: Pharrell Williams – Happy
https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs
“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…
Music of the Week: June 23, 2023: Also sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
https://youtu.be/GfwAPg4rQQE?t=3
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…
Music of the Week: June 16, 2023: Felix Maria Woschek – Kyrie
https://youtu.be/9f_zQrh7rW0
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…
Music of the Week: June 9, 2023: Eliana Burki – Concert for Alphorn and Orchestra
https://youtu.be/fXRLjVJQisw
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…
Music of the Week: June 2, 2023: Tina Turner – Lotus Sutra
https://youtu.be/OBgN849_nOs
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…
Music of the Week: May 27, 2023: Tina Turner – Wildest Dreams Concert
https://youtu.be/o59m-eGD56g
“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 …
Music of the Week: May 20, 2023: Eliades Ochoa – Al Vaivén de Mi Carreta
https://youtu.be/UXMyK6hbQZc
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…
Music of the Week: May 12, 2023: Carl Orff – Carmina Burana
https://youtu.be/dmdv17avTGk
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…
Music of the Week: May 5, 2023: G.F. Händel – Water Music
https://youtu.be/1h4mAceHmrI
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…
Music of the Week: April 28, 2023: Dusty Springfield – The Windmills of Your Mind
https://youtu.be/qKV9bK-CBXo
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…
Music of the Week: April 21, 2023: Malte Marten – Handpan Music for Meditation
https://youtu.be/dgT9gRoJY20
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…
Music of the Week: April 14, 2023: I’ll Leave My Heart in Tennessee
https://youtu.be/FHIz-7wWq14
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…
Music of the Week: April 7, 2023: Harpa Dei – Yeshua
https://youtu.be/9N62T5u4isU
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…
Music of the Week: March 31, 2023: Carrie Newcomer – “You Can Do This Hard Thing”
https://youtu.be/PRGnftH_g4I
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…
Music of the Week: March 24, 2023: Christopher Tin – Waloyo Yamoni
https://youtu.be/XH6IT_tsSUI
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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…
Music of the Week: March 17, 2023: Ain’t Nobody’s Business
https://youtu.be/LKG9xInUpa4
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 …
Music of the Week: March 10, 2023: Aaron Copland – Hoe-Down
https://youtu.be/5dQ55uHYirk
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…
Music of the Week: March 3, 2023: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen
https://youtu.be/40CnTO3EJHw
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…
Music of the Week: February 24, 2023: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Intåg i Sommarhagen
https://youtu.be/mWrj1V5gsR8
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…
Music of the Week: February 17, 2023: “Pray Big. Resist. Stand Firm” by Pat Morgan
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 …
Music of the Week: February 10, 2023: Wonderful Life
https://youtu.be/1H4wgcXh1u4
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!
…
Music of the Week: February 3, 2023: Lec, Saulite!
https://youtu.be/pTy_uz2zHJk
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…
Music of the Week: January 27, 2023: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40
https://youtu.be/_JAPx7_ra_A?t=37
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…
Music of the Week: January 20, 2023: Curtis Mayfield – People Get Ready
https://youtu.be/1vP6IWjqn8o
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…
Music of the Week: January 13, 2023: Jennifer Jane Niceley – Flight Patterns
https://youtu.be/gT7xdG1awBI
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…
Music of the Week: January 6, 2023: Pelé – Esperança
https://youtu.be/b6-h8WS5LlA
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….
Music for New Year’s Eve: December 31, 2022: Johann Strauss – The Blue Danube
https://youtu.be/12wLBy5xEvg
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…
Music of the Week: December 30, 2022: Spem in Alium – Thomas Tallis
https://youtu.be/nMl8lnG2oCo
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,…
Music of the Week: December 23, 2022: Helene Fischer – Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
https://youtu.be/M5KoWHa7SOI
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…
Music of the Week: December 16, 2022: I Saw Three Ships – Nat King Cole
https://youtu.be/A9fselTsYSE
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 …
Music of the Week: December 9, 2022: Tennessee Christmas
https://youtu.be/RyqcawfAQI0
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 …
Music of the Week: December 2, 2022: Adeste Fideles
https://youtu.be/B1bLxrZEy4g
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…
Music of the Week: November 25, 2022: Hands Off Our Children by Joydah Mae
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…
“Thanksgiving Song” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Giving thanks for you and everything you are doing in this wonderful world! ~ The Solari Team
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Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Official Website
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Music of the Week: November 18, 2022: Buy Dirt by Jordan Davis
https://youtu.be/AKec3LTILRU
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…
Music of the Week: November 11, 2022: Marimba Medley by Goede Hoop Marimba Band
https://youtu.be/5KrGARNpqj4
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 …
Music of the Week: November 4, 2022: W.A. Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 4 – Rondo
https://youtu.be/gdjuKisO_Rc
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.
Ca…
Music of the Week: October 28, 2022: Rocky Top
https://youtu.be/nQPOTUJZO2M
“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…
Music of the Week: October 21, 2022: Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love
https://youtu.be/GSaxhqJG1Mw
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” …
Music of the Week: October 14, 2022: Sissel – Oh Shenandoah
https://youtu.be/W1EG_4IBzbA
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,…
Music of the Week: October 7, 2022: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D-minor adapted for Organ
https://youtu.be/A5_5NS4Fh1g
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…
Music of the Week: September 30, 2022: Connie Francis: The Impossible Dream
https://youtu.be/NFtlv4gvoaE
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 …
Music of the Week: September 23, 2022: Jacques Brel: Ne me quitte pas
https://youtu.be/q_bq5mStroM
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…
Music of the Week: September 16, 2022: Enya – How Can I Keep From Singing
https://youtu.be/MM8mOKfxmWw
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…
Music of the Week: September 9, 2022: Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
https://youtu.be/IA88AS6Wy_4
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…
Music of the Week: September 2, 2022: Johnny Cash: The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer
https://youtu.be/Ppa__7ZLAU8
“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…
Music of the Week: August 26, 2022: Tina Turner – Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu
https://youtu.be/6XP-f7wPM0A
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…
Music of the Week: August 19, 2022: “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Madama Butterfly Aria)
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”
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…
Music of the Week: August 12, 2022: P.I. Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
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…
Music of the Week: August 5, 2022: G.F. Händel: Eternal Source of Light Divine
https://youtu.be/fCSQd8Nx4mI
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…
Music of the Week: July 29, 2022: Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay (Song Around the World)
https://youtu.be/Es3Vsfzdr14
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…
Music of the Week: July 22, 2022: Joseph Haydn: Missa in angustiis
https://youtu.be/O1lGDuB9NP8
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…
Music of the Week: July 15, 2022: Circassian Dance of the Nobility
https://youtu.be/Nl9uWRu0fo4
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…
Music of the Week: July 8, 2022: Interstellar Theme on Organ
https://youtu.be/AZ2p1dWiFu8
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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…
Music of the Week: July 1, 2022: Heinrich Schütz: Auf dem Gebirge
https://youtu.be/4cR2mw0r488
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…
Music of the Week: June 24, 2022: Sergei Teleshev – J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor on Accordion
https://youtu.be/eDFFUIGoBUc
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…
Music of the Week: June 17, 2022: Zager & Evans – In the Year 2525
https://youtu.be/O4U78n4WmVo
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…
Music of the Week: June 10, 2022: Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4
https://youtu.be/3smZkpqXYHs
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…
Music of the Week: June 3, 2022: Vangelis – Chariots of Fire
https://youtu.be/8a-HfNE3EIo
In honor of Greek composer of electronic and ambient music, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou—better known as Vangelis—we have selected this classic piece…
Music of the Week: May 27, 2022: Zach Williams, Dolly Parton – There Was Jesus
https://youtu.be/37wV6D49iEY
… 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…
Music of the Week: May 20, 2022: Lavinia Meijer plays Philip Glass: Metamorphosis II
https://youtu.be/hV2-zFh3tAU
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…
Music of the Week: May 13, 2022: Ludovico Einaudi: Una Mattina
https://youtu.be/MPlkHxFA-Qg
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…
Music of the Week: May 6, 2022: Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9
https://youtu.be/vXcU7h3uVlg
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…
Music of the Week: April 29, 2022: Elvis Presley: Spring Fever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfqNqKayS0
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…
Music of the Week: April 22, 2022: Ain’t No Sunshine – Cover by Canen
https://youtu.be/bWVe1GGvs4U
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…
Music of the Week: April 15, 2022: Arvo Pärt: Vater unser
https://youtu.be/x9Xm_nR4310
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…
Music of the Week: April 8, 2022: G.F. Händel: “Waft her, Angels, through the skies”
https://youtu.be/_M4rS8v_3lk
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 …
Music of the Week: April 1, 2022: The Pi Song (100 Digits of π)
https://youtu.be/l-8Ax6JspKk
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…
Music of the Week: March 25, 2022: Sona Jobarteh & Band
https://youtu.be/fRB06MjfecU
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…
Music of the Week: March 18, 2022: Nate – Digital ID
https://youtu.be/EgeY7HrFQDU
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…
Music of the Week: March 11, 2022: Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
https://youtu.be/q3ldi8Gucxs
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…
Music of the Week: March 4, 2022: Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes – The Blessing
https://youtu.be/Zp6aygmvzM4
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…
Music of the Week: Feb. 25, 2022: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – The Blue Danube
https://youtu.be/zoya9RPFDK4?t=63
Vienna will be the location for a major rally this Sunday, February 27, 2022. Thousands will gather at the Heldenplatz (Heroes’ Square) under the banner of …
Music of the Week: Feb. 18, 2022: Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
https://youtu.be/AJll-eF5zUA
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, …
Music of the Week: Feb. 11, 2022: G.F. Händel – Zadok the Priest – Organ Solo
https://youtu.be/CPtFJ1_qZgQ
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.
…
Music of the Week: Feb. 4, 2022: Lasya –Anoushka Shankar
https://youtu.be/wLAXfkK-DPg
Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of world-famous sitar player and classical composer Ravi Shankar, and herself a virtuoso sitarist bridging Indian classical music an…
Music of the Week: Jan. 28, 2022: Set You Free
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.
…
Music of the Week: Jan. 21, 2022: Masterclass with Salvatore Fisichella
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…
Music of the Week: Jan. 14, 2022, El Espíritu y la Novia dicen: “O Come Lord Jesus!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ufdzLvXVU&t=334s
Here are the lyrics in English: The Spirit and the Bride they say, “Come!” Oh, come, Lord Jesus, Maranatha!
Enjoy this heartfelt music f…
Music of the Week: Jan. 7, 2022: Concerto for Oboe d’Amore in A Major (BWV 1055) – Johann Sebastian Bach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p86QCWOA-0
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, …
Music of the Week: Dec. 31, 2021: A Revels Celebration of the Winter Solstice
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…
New Year’s Eve – Happy New Year!
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 …
Music of the Week: Dec. 24, 2021: Schütz Christmas Oratorio
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…
Music of the Week: Dec. 17, 2021: O Holy Night – Crowder
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.
Music of the Week: Dec. 10, 2021: The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) – Nat King Cole
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 …
Music of the Week: December 3, 2021: If We Make It Through December – Merle Haggard
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…
Music of the Week: Nov. 26, 2021: The Sign of the Son – Simon Khorolskiy
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.
…
Music of the Week: November 19, 2021: My Heart Will Go On by Paul Potts
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…
Music of the Week: November 12, 2021: Leyla McCalla – Bloody Sunday Sessions
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…
Music of the Week: November 5, 2021: Bach – Sonata in E-flat major BWV 525 – Zerer | Netherlands Bach Society
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 …
Music of the Week: Oct. 29, 2021: Djelem Djelem (Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra)
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 …
Music of the Week: Oct. 22, 2021: Adagietto – Mischa Maisky and Lily Maisky
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….
Music of the Week: Oct. 18, 2021: Brother Sun, Sister Moon
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…
Music of the Week: Oct. 8, 2021: Robert White – Tudor Church Music (The Tallis Scholars)
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…
Music of the Week: Oct. 1, 2021: I am Australian – The Seekers
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…
Music of the Week: Sept. 24, 2021: Cantique de Jean Racine Op 11 (Fauré)
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…
Music of the Week: Sept. 17, 2021: May It Be
Sublime interpretation of May It Be written by Enya and Roma Ryan for the Lord of the Rings, sung by the British vocal ensemble Voces8. The goal of Voces8 is to inspire people through music and sh…
Music of the Week: Sept. 10, 2021: Arvo Pärt – Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
In this concert, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir play some of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s best-known pieces under the direction of conductor Tõnu …