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More Bach Talk

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. A little more Bach today… this recording is one of his Two-Part Inventions. In some … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/10/more-bach-talk/" class="more-link">Continue reading More Bach Talk</spa

Apr 10, 2020

Re-post: Small Sonata Two

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post is a re-post of a sonata by Franz Josef Haydn (the original went … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/09/re-post-small-sonata-two/" class="more-link">Continue reading Re-post: Small

Apr 9, 2020

Jazz Prelude

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post features the music of George Gershwin (1898-1937). Gershwin, one of our great American … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/08/jazz-prelude/" class="more-link">Continue reading Jazz

Apr 8, 2020

Adagio cantabile

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s recording is a re-post, with small apologies…small because it’s a really beautiful piece. (It’s … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/07/adagio-cantabile/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class=

Apr 7, 2020

Musical Conversations

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post is one more feature by Baroque composer J. S. Bach. (Tomorrow we’ll change … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/06/musical-conversations/" class="more-link">Continue reading Mu

Apr 6, 2020

A Pensive Fugue

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post, like yesterday’s, features a fugue by Baroque composer J. S. Bach (1685-1750). I’m … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/05/a-pensive-fugue/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader

Apr 5, 2020

A Radiant Fugue

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post features music by Baroque powerhouse J. S. Bach (1685-1750). This is a selection … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/04/a-radiant-fugue/" class="more-link">Continue reading A Radian

Apr 4, 2020

Song and Story

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post features (yet more?) music by Felix Mendelssohn. The first of these two Songs without … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/03/song-and-story/" class="more-link">Continue reading Song

Apr 3, 2020

Byrd in Hand

Welcome! 🙂 I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost, in these strange and unsettling times. If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post features music from the Renaissance (ca. 1350-1600), a work by English … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/02/byrd-in-hand/" class="more-link">Continue reading Byrd in Hand</

Apr 2, 2020

April Songs

April greetings! In these strange and unsettling times, it’s good to feel that spring is really here. I hope the daily music posts here on the blog are giving you a boost. 🙂 If you’re new to the series and would like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first one here. Today’s post … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/04/01/april-songs/" class="more-link">Continue reading April Songs</a>

Apr 1, 2020

Haydn Out

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. I’m sharing another Haydn sonata today; these seem to be perfect music … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/31/haydn-out/" class="more-link">Continue reading Haydn Out</

Mar 31, 2020

To the Renaissance

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s two pieces go farther back in music history than the blog … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/30/to-the-renaissance/" class="more-link">Continue reading To the Renaiss

Mar 30, 2020

Bach Miniatures

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s two pieces are miniatures by Johann Sebastian Bach: two of the … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/29/bach-miniatures/" class="more-link">Continue reading Bach Miniatu

Mar 29, 2020

Songs without Words, part 4

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. I hope you’re not getting tired of Mendelssohn, because it seems like … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/28/songs-without-words-part-4/" class="more-link">Continue reading So

Mar 28, 2020

Small Sonata Two

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Yesterday’s little sonata by Franz Josef Haydn got some particular love on the … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/27/small-sonata-two/" class="more-link">Continue reading Sma

Mar 27, 2020

One Small Sonata

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Still working on the second movement from the Beethoven sonata featured yesterday, … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/26/one-small-sonata/" class="more-link">Continue reading One S

Mar 26, 2020

Beethoven, part 1

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s post features the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata Op. … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/25/beethoven-part-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text

Mar 25, 2020

Songs without Words, part 3

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s musical two-fer is another pair of Felix Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words. (I … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/24/songs-without-words-part-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class=

Mar 24, 2020

Bach Talk

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s music is a pairing: a prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/23/bach-talk/" class="more-link">Continue reading Bach Talk</a><

Mar 23, 2020

More Mozart (!)

New goal on the blog: sharing music every day as a break and boost during these unsettling times. Hope this will brighten your day and help you stay well. 🙂 If you’d like to check out earlier posts, you’ll find the first of this series here. Today’s post, like yesterday’s, borrows one of my older videos. … <a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/03/22/more-mozart/" class="more-link">Continue reading More Mozart

Mar 22, 2020

These are posts from the pre-Substack days.