The Culture Club (3 June 2023)

Welcome to The Rhythm Section! The aim of this blog is to celebrate how music has shaped people’s lives over … More

The Culture Club (27 May 2023)

Welcome to The Rhythm Section! The aim of this blog is to celebrate how music has shaped people’s lives over … More

Welcome to The Rhythm Section! The aim of this blog is to celebrate how music has shaped people’s lives over … More

One you’ll all recognise today. Mozart (1756 – 91) ‘s 1786 opera buffo, the Marriage of Figaro. I’ve linked to … More

One you’ll all have heard today, Spring from Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) ‘s Four Seasons. And another simple question. … More

This week, from Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856). from his Kinderszenen, this is Träumerei, a beautiful piano piece. And I … More

This week, from Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1838 – 81), one of a Russian clicque of composers knon as the … More

A delightful waltz this week. Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)‘ Waltz in A Flat Major. Okay, a tiny question for … More

Nice and chilled today. From Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904)‘s 9th symphony. This symphony, better known as the … More

Some opera this week. This in One Fine Day from act 2 of Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)‘s Madame Butterfly. … More

One of my favourite composers, and excellent music for writing, this is Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) ‘s Clair de … More

A far more lightweight piece this week. From Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907), From the Peer Gint suite, … More

Something much more sinister this week. To mid-ninetenth century Germany, and the strange world that is Richard Wagner. Much of … More

For this week, I’m posting Handel‘s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Handel (1685 – 1759) was a German-born baroque … More