Beautiful Music

How about a little Mozart to brighten up your day? Today’s Beautiful Music is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s PIANO CONCERTO IN C MAJOR K.503 performed by pianist Sara Davis Buechner with Berkshire Symphony, conducted by Ronald Feldman. You can also read more about the acclaimed pianist’s career and projects using the link below to her website. […]

Today’s Beautiful Music is a virtual recital featuring tenor Brian Giebler and harpist Parker Ramsay. The Bach Vespers Virtual Lenten Recital series took place at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in NYC in early 2021.   https://www.briangiebler.com/

Happy Flag Day! On June 14 we commemorate the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for our first national flag. Today’s Beautiful Music is a rousing performance from 2009 by “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band of John Philip Sousa’s famous march about the flag: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER.

You may be familiar with King Frederick of Prussia, but did you you know that he was an avid music enthusiast and musician? He was an accomplished flute player and he composed more than a hundred works (Sonatas and Concertos) for the instrument. Today’s Beautiful Music features some of King Frederick’s music played by Baroque

On this date in 1458 Magdalen College, Oxford was founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The choir at Magdalen College is an important institution there. You can learn more about the choir using the link below. And today’s Beautiful Music is their performance of AVE MARIA by Robert Parsons, who lived from 1535-1572.  

QUESTION: What’s better than a world-class singer performing a beloved aria by George Frideric Handel? ANSWER: Watching a video of that performance featuring ADORABLE PUPPIES!!! Today’s Beautiful Music features countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo performing ROMPO I LACCI from Handel’s opera FLAVIO with Jonathan Cohen and Les Violons du Roy. The video was directed by Tilda

ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT DIVINE is from George Frideric Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV 74. It’s known for its lovely interplay between voice and trumpet, overlaid on a foundation of string instruments. Today’s Beautiful Music is a live concert performance of Eternal Source of Light Divine by soprano Sylvia Schwartz and

La Comtessa de Dia was a female troubadour whose career flourished in the last decades of the 12th century. Today’s Beautiful Music is one of her only known surviving composition:  A chantar m’er de so qu’eu no volria,” a song sung in the Occitan language   Beatriz, Countess of Dia    

On this date in 1504, it’s believed that Michelangelo’s statue of David was installed at the Cathedral of Florence. Today’s Beautiful Music is from roughly the same time period: IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI (In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust) by Josquin Desprez. You can also use the link below to watch a

  Today’s Beautiful Music is an introduction to Balint (Valentin) Bakfark, a musician who lived from 1507-1576. He was a Hungarian lutenist and composer from the Transylvania region. You can listen to some of his solo lute music played by Julian Bream, Daniel Benko, and Ilja Kublicki. You can also use the link below to