#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalQuartet Week 1

April is the fourth month of the year. And so the Classics a Day team decided to make it quartet month.

Ralph Graves 8/5/22 Ralph Graves 8/5/22

#ClassicsaDay #FunintheSun Week 1

We couldn't let the season go by without having some kind of summer-related theme. For this August, the Classics a Day team chose to catch some rays. And, to find out how many classical composers did so with their music.

Ralph Graves 7/15/22 Ralph Graves 7/15/22

#ClassicsaDay #Summerof78s Week 2

Classical music performers have been recording for over a century. For July, post recordings that were originally issued on 78 rpm discs.

Ralph Graves 4/25/22 Ralph Graves 4/25/22

Charlottesville Symphony's Triumphal Season Closer

Charlottesville audiences are over-generous with standing ovations. But at the conclusion of The Moldau, that long, sustained ovation was well-deserved.

Ralph Graves 10/1/21 Ralph Graves 10/1/21

#ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 4

What does the title "symphony" mean? Can a composition be a symphony in everything but name? Or could a work titled "symphony" be a different type of composition in disguise?

Ralph Graves 11/27/20 Ralph Graves 11/27/20

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalTimeMachine (early LPs) Week 4

Ralph Graves 10/2/20 Ralph Graves 10/2/20

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalBubble Week 5

This month we ease the restrictions even further with a theme of trios. Trios for unusual instruments etc., etc. Here are my selections for the final week of the expanded #ClassicalBubble.

Ralph Graves 9/4/20 Ralph Graves 9/4/20

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalBubble Week 1

This month Classics a Day eases restrictions and invites folks to post examples of trios for unusual instruments best played within a social bubble.

Ralph Graves 3/23/11 Ralph Graves 3/23/11

What makes good opera?

So am I wasting my time listening to Haydn's operas? Hardly. While it may not work as a dramatic piece, it's still music by Haydn.

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