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September 13

Week 592: “Fårö” by Martyn Heyne

On the Swedish island of Fårö (not to be confused with the Danish-owned Faroe Islands…

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August 9

Week 587: “O Virtus Sapientie Alio Modo” by Stevie Wishart

I’m not too familiar with famous people from the Middle Ages (perhaps you’re not either)…

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May 31

Week 577: “Coucou Waltz” by Nahre Sol

Traditional piano lessons are a structured, upward march through progressively more and more difficult pieces.…

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April 26

Week 572: “Waltz” by Mother Falcon

Two days ago at the breakfast table, I was worried. Some of the worries were…

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April 12

Week 570: “Movement 1” by Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders

It feels wrong to feature only one movement from Promises. The new LP from cerebral…

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January 4

Week 556: “Ceffylau” by Catlin Finch and Seckou Keita

The coat of arms of Swansea, the second-largest city in Wales, is as elaborate as…

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December 21

Week 554: “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Gustav Holst (arr. Gjeilo)

Up here in the northern half of the world, today is the winter solstice. And…

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November 16

Week 549: “Prelude in E Minor” by Scott Twynholm

For years, I have wanted to feature Chopin’s “Prelude in E Minor” because it truly…

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May 25

Week 524: “Inspirit” by Julianna Barwick

One of my favourite at-home memories from the past few months is the time when…

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February 24

Week 511: “Plus Tôt” by Alexandra Stréliski

When I learned, probably sometime in my teens, that the history of Western art was…

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February 17

Week 510: “Waende” by Ceeys

Toronto went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, and this means…

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December 23

Week 502: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” by Sarah Spring

I’ve featured a fair bit of Christmas music over the years, and I’ve tried to…

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May 27

Week 472: “Serenade For Clarinet and Strings” by Derek Holman

When I was nine, I joined a church choir. I wasn’t especially religious or prodigiously…

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April 8

Week 465: “Spring 1” by Antonio Vivaldi (recomposed by Max Richter and Daniel Hope)

There are three people behind this beautiful and tantalizingly brief piece of music, and two…

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February 18

Week 458: “Chaconne In G” by Moondog

For 30 years, people walking 6th Avenue between 52nd and 55th streets in New York…

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January 7

Week 452: “Pilgrim’s Hymn” by Stephen Paulus

Traditionally, a pilgrim is someone who is on a journey to a holy place. But…

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December 31

Week 451: “An Ending, A Beginning” by Dustin O’Halloran

One of the most heartbreaking things about being a parent is that you almost never…

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December 24

Week 450: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Ben Laver

Of all the Christmas standards, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is the one I…

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October 22

Week 441: “Horisont” by Lars Jakob Rudjord (Kid Koala remix)

Many years ago, I left my apartment early one morning to go to work in…

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October 15

Week 440: “Weightless” by Music Within

Composers who do primarily instrumental soundtrack work are – excuse the pun but it’s actually…

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