Tag: music

  • Gifts for Mankind: Ethereal Sounds from Pat Metheny.

    Gifts for Mankind: Ethereal Sounds from Pat Metheny.

    This genius of jazz has won no fewer than 20 Grammy Awards for his magnificent music. In the same way Mozart was a prodigy of the piano, Pat Metheny is of the electric guitar. He was one of the first to play the electric twelve-string guitar in jazz. His work includes compositions for solo guitar, small…

  • Gustav Holst and The Planets Suite

    Gustav Holst and The Planets Suite

    I recently visited the Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham and was fascinated to learn about this British composer’s life. I’ve long been a fan of his Planets Suite and have occasionally wondered how he was inspired to write music about seven planets with their correct, traditional astrological characteristics. At the museum I discovered that he…