Monday morning playlist – Cover Your Tracks
In a post last week, I talked about Time for Three. They play tunes you don’t expect classical musicians to, like The Beatles’ “Blackbird” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” They also do mashups, where Grieg’s Holberg Suite morphs into Led Zeppelin and Justin...
Classical Innovators – Time for Three
Is classical music entertainment? Recently, the very traditional world of classical music has been revitalized by people trying new things (and not a moment too soon). One of my favorites: Time for Three, who call themselves the world’s first “classically trained...
Monday Morning playlist – Hooked
Why is Beethoven's 5th Symphony the one piece of "classical" music everyone knows? Because it's the same four note idea repeated several hundred times! You know those songs you can't forget? Usually, it's the hook that gets stuck in your head, whether it's Beethoven's...