Branching Out / Vol. 17
What to listen to next, based on our recent experiences with the melancholy music of Gustav Mahler and Claudio Monteverdi.
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A place to cultivate calm, connection, and healing through melancholy moments of classical music.
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Claudio Monteverdi / L’Orfeo
From the shores of the Underworld, the mythic Orpheus conjures all the power of music to return his beloved to the land of the living.
Melancholy Mixtape / July 2026
A bouquet of songs exploring the ways flowers reflect our longing for solace, connection, and renewal.
Gustav Mahler / What Love Tells Me
At the close of the composer’s Third Symphony, a hymn of praise to the divine love that animates all of nature.
Branching Out / Vol. 16
What to listen to next, based on our recent experiences with the melancholy music of Mozart and Rachmaninoff.
Sergei Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2
Following a crisis of confidence, a young composer forges a personal path toward healing and artistic rebirth.
Melancholy Mixtape / Second Anniversary Edition
Celebrating two years of musical experiences that inspire hope and possibility in our broken yet beautiful world.
W. A. Mozart / Fantasy in D Minor
What can a pair of "unfinished" works by Mozart and Alice Neel teach us about how we communicate with art?
Branching Out / Vol. 15
What to listen to next, based on our recent experience with the melancholy music of Lili Boulanger.
Melancholy Mixtape / March 2026
Experience five moments of classical music that exchange earthly shadows for weightless journeys through cerulean skies.