Year of Wonder, Day 53: Mozart's "Sonata for Two Pianos", 2. Andante

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 52: Movement 1 of Brahms' "Ein Deutches Requiem"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 51: "Handel in the Strand" by Percy Grainger

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 50: "The Spheres" from Ola Gjeilo's "Sunrise Mass"

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 49: John Williams' Theme from "Schindler's List"

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 48: Poulenc's "Mélancolie"

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 47: R. Schumann's Piano Quartet in E♭maj. 3. Andante cantabile

Someone somewhere needs this song tonight:

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 46: C.P.E. Bach's Flute Concerto in A minor, 1. Allegro assai

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 45: Bach's "Concerto for Two Violins" 2nd mvt: Largo ma non tanto

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 44: Leonard Bernstein's "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story", Mambo:

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 43: "Consolation #3" by Franz Liszt

The Grim Reaper really needs to get better at the claw machine...

A lesson from both history and current events: Cruelty is contagious.

Year of Wonder, Day 42: Lili Boulanger's "Nocturne for violin and piano"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 41: Charlotte Bray's "Agnus Dei"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 40: Alban Berg's Piano Sonata Op. 1

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 39: "Homo fugit velut umbra (Passacaglia della vita)" by Stefano Landi

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 38: Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere"

People who read books don't ban them.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 37: The overture to Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 36: Telemann's Trumpet Concerto in Dmaj, 1: Adagio

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 35: Florence Price's "Fantasie Nègre" (No. 1 in E minor)

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 34: "Il Cavalier di Spagna" from Francesca Caccini's opera "La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina"

It should break every Christian’s heart that our faith was used as a political tool to bring our country to where it is today.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 33: Mendelssohn's String Quartet in E♭ major, 1. Adagio ma non troppo Not Felix, this one is by his sister Fanny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzmA...

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 32: "Che Gelida Manina" from Puccini's "La Bohème"

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 31: Philip Glass' Echorus

The joyous sapio-crush gleam in Hank Green's eye when he gets to unhinder his brain in space and conversation with someone is one of the lights showing us something better in this moment of the world. Seriously, thanks @hankgreen.bsky.social

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 30: Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata, no. 1, op. 13. Mov. 1 Allegro Molto www.youtube.com/watch?v=YulF...

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 29: "Trio" from Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" The trio Burton-Hill has selected ends at the kiss before the halfway mark of this video, so if you're listening along, but don't want the full video, stop there. Unless you want to keep going, up to you and your ears.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 28: Reynaldo Hahn's "L'Heure Exquise"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 27: Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony, mov. 4: Molto Allegro

Thumb your nose at the blizzards and ice.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 26: Elena Kats-Chernin's "Unsent Love Letters"

#YearOfWonder2026 Day 25: Traditional setting of Burns' "Red Red Rose" Sung here a cappella by Scots singer Cameron Nixon, it's a departure from the heavily composed and structured pieces to something small and plaintive and beautiful. Just in time for Burns Night.

"I never have been in despair about the world. I'm enraged by it, but I don't think I'm in despair. I can't afford despair. I can't tell my nephew, my niece -- you can't tell the children there's no hope." James Baldwin

“Renee Good was a domestic terrorist.” “Liam Conejo’s father fled the scene.” “Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist.” These are all examples of our “Christian government” breaking the 9th commandment: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." (Exodus 20:16)

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 24: Wm. Byrd's "Mass for Five Voices" Agnus Dei: The Agnus Dei is a prayer for mercy and peace.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 23: Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto no. 1 in Fm, mov. 3: Rondo - Allegretto www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV77...

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 22: Shostakovich's Adagio from "Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District", arranged for strings.

Year of Wonder, Day 21: Paul Hindemith's "Trauermusik"

Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!) #BookSky #bookchallenge #books

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 20: Year of Wonder, Day 20: Schubert's "An die Musik"

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 19: Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint", mov. 1: Fast

Dear Idiocy, The first actor to ever play Anne Boleyn on stage was in 1613, ten years after her daughter died. That actor was born in a male body. So transphobes gettin' all frothy and fixated on Dylan Mulvaney playing her in a musical can stfu. She's going to be great. Respectfully yours, History

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 18: Morten Lauridsen's choral setting of Rilke's poem "Dirait-on". This is the first piece in the book that I already know well, and so I offer to those following along two versions below, one SATB from the Minnesota Choral Artists, one TTBB from the lads of King's College.

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 17: Tomaso Albinoni's Oboe Concerto op. 9 no. 2, Adagio:

#YearOfWonder2026, Day 16: Alexander Scriabin's "Étude in C#m, op. 2, no. 1.