Song of Amergin
Richness of sound that defies a tally, with a chilling standout, the oldest Irish poem to come down to us through the ages, Song of Amergin or The Mystery.
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Some of our recent programs:
La Sonnambula
A sampling of some magnificent contemporary music, and a brief sampling of a 200-year-old classic, Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula.
Babel
A sampling of the music by French composer Hugh de Courson, and a brief foray into unity consciousness and the fall from grace.
High Summer
Portraits of summer by Ray Charles, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Janis Joplin, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and a few others for an hour of superb music.
One from the Heart
Music for the heat of summer featuring the Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s film One From the Heart.
The Circus
Damn everything but the circus, and this week’s collection of song and story telling from Ovid to The Boss.
Midsummer
In honor of the solstice, a sampling of Mark Hoffman’s film version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The Magic Flute
A brief review of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it was when premiered 200 years ago.
Summer’s Eldest and Fairest Child
More of what you’ve come to expect–music that celebrates the glorious month of June.
Phototropic
A tribute to the osprey, and to basking in the early morning red-spectrum sunlight for the boost of all the brain’s feel good chemicals.
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
The music, the story, the significance of Erik Satie in shaping modern harmony, contemporary style and today’s aesthetic.