Month: August 2017

When you think about it, “Jesus” has a pretty good thing going, doesn’t He? I mean, He is everywhere, all of the time, near, far, or inside of you.  Someone who lived and has been dominating the world for over 2000 years with the message, “I am here for you.”…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Md3zH2Mvs] Here is Sibelius’ second symphony in D major. Enjoy!

   I am going to post the symphonies of Jean Sibelius this week because I personally do not know them and am interested in getting familiar with them. I will talk a bit about Sibelius, his life and his music along the way. There is something special about listening…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRjllL-MP0U?rel=0&showinfo=0] Maybe the best thing I can do for people is share daily videos of great music which helps them start their day. This piece by Claude Debussy is certainly representative of his ability to create impressionistic moods with the piano. Reverie, dreaming is something that the mind does…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8e0fBlvEMQ?rel=0&showinfo=0] I ran across this great recording of Hélène Grimaud playing this beautiful 2nd Movement from Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A Major, it was his favorite concerto. It calms the mind and soothes the soul. It is simply divine and obviously with DG doing the sound and video it is going…