The Classical music collection
Our classical music collection is in a small, curious corner of the Stereo Stories library.
O LOVELY PEACE by GEORGE FRIEDRICH HANDEL. Story by Felicity Sandral
As a teenager, I harboured completely delusional fantasies about becoming a classical musician. I mean. Completely. Delusional
KEYBOARD SONATAS by DOMENICO SCARLATTI. Text and poem by Kevin Densley
The keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), and a poem I wrote about them, have a close connection to my favourite rental place, an historic mansion in Newtown, Geelong.
The Sun God rises, three years on
Three years ago, John Malins flipped the Stereo Stories concept a little by writing about a song he had never heard: The Sun God, written by William G James and Aubrey De Vere.
OH! YE DEAD by KEVIN McDERMOTT and RALPH RICHEY. Story by Annette Signorini
The great writer would have been impressed. He was the subject of all discussion, around which everything circled.
LACRIMOSA from the REQUIEM MASS in D MINOR (K. 626) by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART. Text by Kevin Densley
I have a vivid memory from that time of watching this wonderful film near the end of its run in Mid-City’s main cinema, which seated close to a thousand people, with only a couple of others in attendance.
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 – III. Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco. Poem by Stephen Andrew
Staring at nothing/But sleep’s petulant absence./Most nights were like this/Toward the end.
CHRIST THE KING by CLARE MACLEAN Story by Ria Andriani
It’s like seeing a tapestry in the dark – there’s beauty, but there’s also a great deal of uncertainty. And I didn’t know which thread I was supposed to embody.
MORNING MOOD by EDVARD GRIEG Fiction by Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri
The music conjures images of a new person. A person who can smile, laugh, interact.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 Story by Luke R Davies
The love of any form of art is always a subjective thing. What is cool is an art form that can take you to a new level of appreciation of another art form.