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Clair de Lune – Debussy
“Clair de Lune” is the famous movement from Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque. It was published in 1905 and is inspired by a poem by Paul Verlaine. The piece evokes a sense…
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Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is a beautiful musical rendition of Max Ehrmann’s inspirational poem, Desiderata. Check out my other videos if you enjoy this one and feel free to…
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Gabriel Fauré – Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
Gabriel Fauré’s “Les berceaux,” Op. 23/1, is a song based on a poem by Sully-Prudhomme. It links the movement of ships and cradles through a flowing melodic line and piano…
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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded – J. S. Bach
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” is a Christian hymn by J.S. Bach based on a medieval Latin poem called “Salve mundi salutare.” It addresses Christ’s body on the Cross, specifically…
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Zdeněk Fibich
…tone poem, Zaboj, Slavoj, and Ludek, which deeply influenced Smetana’s Ma Vlast. However, the period was also marked by personal tragedy. Fibich lost his wife Ruzena Hanusova, her sister, and…
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Franz Liszt
…Germany, where he was appointed Kapellmeister Extraordinaire. Over the next 13 years, Liszt shifted his focus from performing to composing and teaching. He invented the symphonic poem, a musical piece…
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Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, the emblematic Finnish composer, is distinguished for his profound influence on the development of symphony and symphonic poems, and is often associated with the surge of nationalism in…
