Australian carols that are perfect for celebrating Christmas in the sun
By Ria Andriani

We've rounded up some Australian Christmas carols to enhance your festive mood, from W.G. James to Christine Anu.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/the-australian-christmas-carols-that-should-be-on-your-playlist/106105838

#Christmas #Music #ClassicalMusic #Choral #RiaAndriani

You may not know the name of the classical piece "On the Nature of Daylight," but you probably know how it sounds — the composition by Max Richter has been used on the soundtracks of everything from "Stranger than Fiction" and "Shutter Island" to "Arrival." Most recently, it was used for a key scene in "Hamnet." Richter spoke to @IndieWire about his fascination over the piece resurfacing in different contexts.

https://flip.it/peQ0LJ

#Music #ClassicalMusic #Film #Soundtracks #Movies #Cinema #Hamnet

Realizing I don't particularly care for the recording I have of Dvorak's 9th Symphony.

There isn't anything wrong with it exactly, but it's just kind of... meh. Which honestly? A little bit impressive to be able to make that piece of music feel meh.

So I've placed holds on a few from the library and I'll try them out to figure out which I'd like to purchase.

#ClassicalMusic #Libraries

Discover a powerful modern take on Bach’s unfinished Concerto in E minor (BWV 1059).
Arpeggio Allegro brings the Allegro movement back to life with clarity, energy, and a bold contemporary touch. Listen now:
https://www.audiartist.com/arpeggio-allegro-bach-concerto-e-minor-bwv-1059-allegro/

#classicalmusic

Jean Sibelius * 8. Dezember 1865. Andante festivo. #classicalMusic youtu.be/FDVTHyPCMoQ?...

Sibelius: Andante Festivo

The lovely opening movement of Camille Saint-Saens' piano quartet in b-flat major Op. 41, played here by the Fine Arts Quartet with Christina Ortiz on the piano from a 2013 Naxos CD (if you expand the description, you can find the playlist of the whole album):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgyQ3fKSh9E

#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano @quartet

English Baroque Soloists 🇬🇧 / Monteverdi Choir / Christophe Rousset
Charpentier: Baroque Christmas (2025)
#ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #ChristmasMusic
https://open.spotify.com/album/2WhQIq5g4lu3bSPQTsjW6p

Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri 🇮🇹 / Giulio Prandi / Carlotta Colombo
Christmas at the Bethlehem of the West: Music from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (2025)
#ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #ChristmasMusic
https://open.spotify.com/album/3m8LV0JLeEW7HcR7XXDdMY

今日はジャン・シベリウスの誕生日。1865年生まれ。ハメーンリンナの生家は現在はシベリウスの博物館になっている。https://hmlmuseo.fi/ja/home/見どころ/シベリウスの生家/ 1965年以降とあるから、要するに生誕100年を記念して博物館化されたんだな。

第二次大戦の最中にソ連がフィンランドに侵攻を仕掛けていたものの、ハメーンリンナはヘルシンキの北北西にあって、そこまでは侵攻されなかったのが幸いしたとも。

#クラシック #ClassicalMusic

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqZE54i-muE

Soprano: Maria Keohane
Alto: Tim Mead
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Matthew Brook
Conductor: Jos van Veldhoven
Netherlands Bach Society

(The piece title means 'Awake, calls the voice to us', and is a reference to Christ's parable of the Ten Virgins.)

#classicalmusic #cantata #JohannSebastianBach

@evan 1600-date #ClassicalMusic

Now, a more recent recording from 2018. Two top-class personalities joined forces to perform and record Viennese art songs from the turn of the century: the soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan and the legendary pianist and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw, who died in 2020 after a long illness.

Double LP cut at 45 rpm

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert: https://youtu.be/jKkb2q9EbSg?si=D-Q7UWnF-tAblx3h

Roadtrip Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reJQSNZ5y7c

#vinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening #music #classicalmusic #klassischemusik #vienna

Festival 8 Brücken 2025

* Kaija Saariaho: D’om le vrai sens
* Hèctor Parra: Ich ersehne die Alpen / So entstehen die Seen

B. Pecze (clarinete), L. Dames (soprano), T. Loibl (narrador). Orquesta Sinfónica de la WDR de Colonia. Director: C. Karlsen.

Concierto celebrado el 10 de mayo de 2025 en la Filarmonía de Colonia.

@classicalmusic

#classicalmusic #concert #contemporarymusic #RadioClasica #podcast

https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/musica-viva/07-12-25/16848615/

Very grumpy now. Had a rehearsal that was moved (by the violinists) to a venue that was twice as far away, and not comfortable, and they (the two violinists) had unilaterally decided not to use the supplied edition of the music (= different bowings and articulations and no bar numbers, making rehearsing more difficult). And they also seemed not to be very familiar with one of the pieces. Where they did have musical views, they were almost diametrically opposed to mine.

I had been looking forward to this. Sigh.

#freelance #classicalmusic

Classical music always helps relax the body and mind. Treat yourself to a moment of serenity with this full album—perfect for relaxing. 🎶✨

Listen now: https://zurl.co/tHvtl

#ClassicalMusic #Relaxation #ChillVibes #MusicTherapy #Unwind #SerenitySounds #PianoMelodies #CalmMind

Respighi - Concerto Gregoriano | Frank Peter Zimmermann | Kochanovsky | WDR SO. #classicalMusic youtu.be/d7xZH6cuV7Q?...

Iannis Xenakis — sound as architecture, energy, and myth.

Syrmos (1959): A raw, electrifying string piece where glissandi collide and swarm — music as pure sonic physics.

Polytope (1970s): Xenakis’s legendary light-and-sound environments — architecture, lasers, and electronic sound fused into immersive, futuristic ritual spaces.

Medea (1967/68): Fierce, primal, and ritualistic — Xenakis channels ancient tragedy into explosive rhythms and elemental vocal writing.

#classicalmusic #vinyl

New sheet music in my shop!

Arrangements for solo violin or solo cello with piano accompaniment for 'Rain at Dawn', 'The Sagewood', 'Keiran’s Theme', and 'Broken Dream'.

Working on more duet arrangements to add soon.

➣Shop: https://ko-fi.com/hollandalbright/shop

#composer #sheetmusic #violin #cello #piano #newmusic #livingcomposer #classical #classicalmusic #contemporaryclassical #modernclassical #neoclassical #neoclassicalmusic #kofi