Monthly Archives: August 2018

This will be my final post for the Good Book. I will finish with my favorite piece of classical music and scripture. Eight weeks ago we began this program with a piece of music called sunrise. It seems fitting to close with moonlight.  The Suite Bergamasque is … Continue reading →

The Symphony No. 88 in G major (Hoboken 1/88) was written by Joseph Haydn. It is occasionally referred to as The Letter V referring to an older method of cataloguing Haydn’s symphonic output. The symphony was completed in 1787. It is one of Haydn’s best-known works. La Sinfonía … Continue reading →

The Bachianas Brasileiras are a series of nine suites by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. They were written for various combinations of instruments and voices between 1930 and 1945. The suites represent both a fusion of Brazilian folk and popular music on the one hand, and … Continue reading →