Music of Zbigniew Preisner, Alberto Iglesias, James Horner, and a tribute to the courage of Martin Luther King Jr.

As humans have since earliest times, we gather to pass the dark hours with stories, ballads and epic tales–Arachne, The Lady of Shallot, The Walrus and the Carpenter, with music throughout.

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.

An sally into the ancient times of Babel, unity consciousness, the fall from grace, and the album Babel by French composer Hugh de Courson in which he cross pollinates time, distance and musical heritage.

From Ray Charles to Vivaldi, Christopher Marlowe, and Sting, a celebration in song of summer at its utmost.

Songs and stories of hot summer days, sultry nights; a river god gone mad with desire, and a huntress whose flight spanned continents.

A program celebrating the fullness of summer that even includes a section for audience participation!

A look at Russ Columbo’s Prisoner of Love in context of the slave trade of 1200 years ago, plus a sampling of Simone Kermes, Abbey Lincoln, Etta James and Billie Holiday.

A look back through the centuries to the origin of our musical motifs of being a slave to love.

A brief explanation of the brain circuitry brought about by the kind of delicious musical programing we find here with Adagio.

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.