Sweden Archives : Professor Carol

Friday Performance Pick – 459

March 8, 2024 by Hank Reynolds

Alfvén, Aftonen We try to cover the widest possible repertoire here, something will necessarily take a lot of time, and not focus too much on any one composer, genre, or performer. That said, we have turned frequently to Voces8 in this series. I’m not sure … Read more

Friday Performance Pick – 259

February 21, 2020 by Hank Reynolds

Roman, Violin Concerto in D Minor Two facts jump out if you look up Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758): (1) he is known as the father of Swedish music, and (2) he is known as the Swedish Handel. Those two things seem to be in conflict. … Read more

And Then There's This . . .

Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”

Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”