Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.
November 13, 2020
In honor of the recent “blue moon,” Jay plays four songs about the moon—two classical, two popular. He also has some Quincy Jones, some Cannibal Corpse (yup), some Villa-Lobos, and some Bruckner. Complain if you will, but not about a lack of variety.
Rodgers & Hart, “Blue Moon”
Bellini, “Vaga luna, che inargenti”
Dvořák, “Song to the Moon,” from “Rusalka”
Howard, “Fly Me to the Moon”
Jones, “The Streetbeater”
Cannibal Corpse, “Frantic Disembowelment”
Villa-Lobos, “Punch,” from “The Baby’s Family”
Villa-Lobos, “Lullaby” from “The Baby’s Family”
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4
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Topics:Classical Music, Dvořák