Brahms: Tragic Overture in D minor (SSS 2014.19)
This week, I will look at Brahms’ Tragic Overture in D minor, op. 81. I had assumed that it would sound more familiar to me that it did upon my…
This week, I will look at Brahms’ Tragic Overture in D minor, op. 81. I had assumed that it would sound more familiar to me that it did upon my…
This post is the working copy of a sermon I gave at Edwards Church, UCC in Framingham, MA on May 18, 2014. The live version deviates a bit, in that…
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