How to Listen to Debussy’s Sublime “Sarabande”
November has been bustling! It started with a combined student recital and clarinet choir concert that I organized and performed in, followed by a week-long staycation for me where I got a chance to...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 29, 2015 · Last modified October 16, 2021
November has been bustling! It started with a combined student recital and clarinet choir concert that I organized and performed in, followed by a week-long staycation for me where I got a chance to...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published February 25, 2014 · Last modified September 30, 2021
(Third in a three-part series. For part one, click here. For part two, click here) From the melancholy of the previous movement, we fly into the third movement with exuberance! It’s a tough call...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 29, 2014 · Last modified September 26, 2021
I love this movement; I think it is absolutely gorgeous. It is so full of emotion: melancholy, hope, heartbreak, peace. I fell in love with it the first time I ever heard it. Poulenc’s...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 7, 2014 · Last modified October 16, 2021
Ah, clarinet! I couldn’t wait too much longer to talk about a clarinet piece, but I did have a hard time deciding which of the many I love to talk about first. I’ve settled...
Instrumental solos / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 24, 2013 · Last modified September 30, 2021
Wow! My blog is one year old! Thanks to those who have shown your support – I truly appreciate it. So to celebrate, I’m listening to Serenade by Derek Bourgeois (b. 1941), a piece...