With the depths of winter approaching, a sampling of the music of Vasks, Pärt, Arnalds, and Silvestrov.

Music to bury the dying year in the west and birth the next rolling in from the east.

A brief foray into the arcana of the period and then a full array of music of the holidays and the sun.

Gratitude, especially for those very most basic things. “Because all that can be taken away in a second.”

The promise and the progress of La Belle Epoch at the dawn of the 20th Century. And the evil that killed it.

Songs and a brief introduction to The Master and his music, Leonard Cohen on the anniversary of his passing, November 7.

From Simone Kermes to Patsy Cline, and the truth of an illusion.

The continuation of our survey of women’s voices from earliest times to the present day.

A brief review of the suppression of women’s voices from Western music since earliest times–where it succeeded and where it failed.

A look into September’s very own song and a tribute to Anna Netrebko on the occasion of her 50th birthday.