Music and life intertwined
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 October 24, 2013 · Last modified September 27, 2021
Finally, the bonus features post! I hadn’t forgotten that I wanted to do this; sometimes “real life” gets in the way. Here’s another video of the piano version. Part of the reason I chose...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published October 3, 2013 · Last modified October 16, 2021
After a lot of band and orchestra music, let’s move on to something completely different: a piano solo. Specifically, The Alcotts by Charles Ives, an American composer who lived from 1874 – 1954. He...