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1 February 2024
Walking. Apartment. Germantown.
Let America Be America Again – James Earl Jones
Why U Turn On Me – 2Pac
Kindhearted Woman Blues – Robert Johnson
Crescendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
I Guess I’ll Get the Papers – Louis Armstrong
A Single Woman – Nina Simone
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
Red River – Lead Belly
All By Myself – Fats Domino
Fading Flower – Yuna
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
The Bottle – Gil Scott-Heron
Listen to the Lambs – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Use Me – Bill Withers
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
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A prayer about self-care
Patient God
who never gives up on us
we know,
you know,
how challenging self-care can be at times.
We know,
you know,
how crucial self-care is.
When those we love
and we ourselves
stand in need of self-care,
inspire us
to listen to,
to heed,
and to practice
the guidance we receive
from those who provide
our medical care.
When we are in need,
and we follow the guidance
we receive,
may we join you
and those who care for us.
in the healing process.
When a loved one is in need,
grant us
the grace and patience,
the strength and wisdom,
to continue in
supporting and challenging the one we love
and in that way,
join you and their care team
in the healing process.
This we pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
31 January 2024
Walking. Grove City. Germantown.
Third Movement of the Violin Concero by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Some Girls – Isaac Powell
Roll Me Away – Bob Seger
Miller’s Angels – Counting Crows
Roses – Annale
Baby Step Back – Gordon Lightfoot
Down the Road – Steve Earle
If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me – The Chicks
The Ballad of Harriet Tubman – Magpie
Terry’s Song – Bruce Springsteen
King Harvest – The Band
Wild Cherry Canyon – Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
Grond – The Hammer of the Underworld – The Return of the King
On the Road Again – Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash
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29 January 2024
Walking. Solon.
Walking. Stretching. Grove City.
Heart of the Heartland – James Galway
Carry on Til Tomorrow – Badfinger
Bold as Love – The Pretenders
Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots
The Reels – Black 47
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
Peace – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Waiting for the Rain – Bill Miller
Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile – Celtic Woman
Softly and Tenderly – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
West to wast – Nobuko Miyamoto & Benny Yee, feat. Russel Baba
Blues for Bic Scotia – Oscar Peterson Trio
Use Me – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Dave Preston
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10: No. 2, Lebhaft und zart bewegt – The Cleveland Orchestra
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30 January 2024
Walking. Grove City.
WKRP in Cincinnati – Television’s Greatest Hirs Band
Planting the Tree of Peace – Joanne Shenandoah
What Y’all Come to Do – Aretha Franklin & John Legend
Margarita – The Traveling Wilburys
Opening Song for the Maker – Joy Harjo
East Street Dream – Eva Cassidy
Something to See – Tracy Chapman
Stoned Love – The Supremes
Our Very Own – Nanci Griffith
Run On – Moby
Te Ata – J25
Sunday Bloody Sunday – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Domhnach Na Fola – T with the Maggies
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
Bloody Sunday – Cruachan
Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Wolfe Tones
Bloody Sunday – U2
28 January 2024
Most days no introduction to the playlist is provided. Today, as does every January 28, marks an exception.
About today’s playlist.
Fifty years ago today, my father, William H. Koenig, died in a plane crash. A private pilot, he was flying with a colleague to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advocate for funds for the school district where they were working. The plane went down. Both men died. My father served as the assistant superintendent.
Prior to becoming a school administrator he had been a high school band director. He kept his hands in music as he career moved in a different direction. He played string bass in the pit orchestra for high school musicals and he was the first director of the hand bell choir at our church.
He also directed a community band for several years. For two years, I played baritone horn in that band.
One or another of the bands my father directed, played almost all of the songs on this playlist at some point. Many of them I played under my father’s direction.
Dad – since it fell unto your lot
That you should rise and I should not
I’ll gently rise and I’ll softly call
Good night and joy be with you
Walking. Apartment. Germantown.
Unless otherwise noted, the artist performing the songs is the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.
Semper Fidelis
The Thunderer
Washington Post
Hands Across the Sea
Radetsky March, Op. 228
Scotland the Brave – The Pipes & Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment
Under the Double Eagle
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Stars and Stripes Forever
The British Grenadiers
The National Emblem
Rakoczy March/Hungarian March
Light Calvary Overture – London Festival Orchestra
March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Suite No. 1
Coronation March from Le Prophete
Grand March from Aida
Pomp and Circumstance
27 January 2024
Walking. Stretching. Solon.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Liberation VII. Free at Last – Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: I. Andante – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: II. Tempo di marcia – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: III. Maestoso – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: IV. Allegro – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor – Op. 113, “Babi Yar”: II. Yumor – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Music Written in Terezin by Gideon Klein
Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con fuoco – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: II. Adagio – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace – Jaromir Klepac
Trio: I. Allegro – Czech String Trio
Trio: II. Lento – Variation on Moravian folk song themes – Czech String Trio
Trio: III. Molto vivace – Czech String Trio
Dance – by Hans Krasa – Czech Folk String Trio
Four Songs on Chinese Poetry by Pavel Haas – Karl Prusa & Jiri Pokorny
A Survivor from Warsaw – Simon Joly Chorale, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Craft & Philharmonia Orchestra
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26 January 2024
Walking. Germantown. Solon. Stretching.
Wonderful – Wicked
Perfect Moment – Stiff Gins
Dirty Dishes Blues – Gary Clark, Jr.
Dreamers: Earth Chant – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
Another Yesterday – Indigenous
King’s Chorale – Mountain
Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild Women – Jim Croce
Circle of Light – Walela
Mesmerization Eclipse – Captain Beyond
Scarlet Tide – Joan Baez
Devil and Me – John Trudell
Echo – Mel Hsu
For Once in My Life – James Brown
The Old Laughing Lady – Neil Young
In My Life – The Beatles
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Along the Graybeard Trail 