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Haruki Murukami on writing:

How should Christians read the Great Books? From art to literature to music to films, the great works of culture are moved by Beauty and Love pointing to a Transcendent reality where Love exists beyond space and time. My book explores this reality. stonetowerpress.com/shop-2/authors…

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An incredible performance of Ravel’s sonata for violin and cello. youtu.be/szPF0KhxYIs?si…

The CLT’s time is now!

Read my review of Aaron Gwyn’s excellent novella “The Cannibal Owl” over VoegelinView:

I made a new video that illustrates some of my more romantic thoughts about repetition in music. youtu.be/Fgo4RzwgFtI?si…

Churchill played with his children. Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt played with theirs’. So did Lincoln. JFK. If they can take time to play with their kids, you can. Because the day is coming when they’ll stop asking and you won’t notice until it’s too late.

For 2025, we commissioned 25 new pieces of music from leading composers, each marking some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.  In a special series beginning this Saturday at 1pm, Naga Munchetty introduces them all in '25 for 25: Sounds of the Century', and shares

This is taking off. My gratitude to everyone who is watching. An Inscrutable Labyrinth: Jean Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony youtu.be/rxdxujVOCuo

EPISODE 11 of THE ARTISAN PARLOR, this time with Dr. Stephen Blackwood (Stephen Blackwood), the founding president of Ralston College (Ralston College). Dr. Blackwood's work as a philosopher and educator has garnered both national and international attention, placing both him and

Elizabeth Stice: We do not need more thought leaders, but more thoughtful human beings. frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/books-…

Two rather different musicians b otd, exactly 80 years apart. On great composers: Gustav Mahler (1860): "In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God." (On his deathbed): 'Mozart...Mozart." Ringo Starr (1940): "I like Beethoven, especially the poems." Haha.

Hot take: Gabriel Faure and Amy Beach have a nearly identical musical style. Compare, for instance, Beach’s piano quintet and Faure’s piano quartets.

Just composed an orchestral transition between two motifs that didn’t make me want to pull my hair out. Have I arrived? #composerstruggles #composition

Studying this piece of brilliance today thanks to some inspiration from #analyzingstravinsky podcast.

Sinner visits Pope, wins Wimbledon.