Music Monday: An Alpine Symphony (Thunder and Tempest, Descent)

This week's Music Monday is Thunder and Tempest, Descent, a section of An Alpine Symphony by German composer Richard Strauss.

Enjoy!

See below for all previous Music Monday posts. Do you have a song you'd like to suggest for a future Music Monday? Email me at JamisonFaught@MuskogeePolitico.com.

August 17th, 2020: Stand By God's Man
July 27th, 2020: Down in the River to Pray
July 20th, 2020: I'm Glad I'm Serving a God

July 6th, 2020: Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame
June 22nd, 2020: The Time Is Now
June 8th, 2020: Schumann's 'Fantasie in C major'
May 25th, 2020: Mansions Of The Lord

May 18th, 2020: The Ballad of Davy Crockett

May 4th, 2020: Reunited (from Homeward Bound)

April 20th, 2020: Coronavirus Beach Chase (Chariots of Fire/Rocky)

April 6th, 2020: Rise and Shine (Patch the Pirate)

March 30th, 2020: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

March 23rd, 2020: How Firm A Foundation

March 9th, 2020: Spring, from The Four Seasons

February 24th, 2020: "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations

February 17th, 2020: Wayfaring Stranger

February 3rd, 2020: My City Was Gone (Rush Limbaugh theme song)

January 27th, 2020: My Next Thirty Years

January 20th, 2020: Music for the Royal Fireworks

January 13th, 2020: Overture from The Cowboys

January 6th, 2020: I Am Resolved

December 23rd, 2019: Angels We Have Heard On High

December 16th, 2019: I Wonder As I Wander

December 9th, 2019: O Come, All Ye Faithful

December 2nd, 2019: I Saw Three Ships

November 25th, 2019: Count Your Blessings

November 18th, 2019: Poor Wayfaring Stranger

November 11th, 2019: Over There

November 4th, 2019: Great Speckled Bird

October 28th, 2019: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

October 14th, 2019: Batman Theme

September 30th, 2019: These Are My People (Johnny Cash)

September 23rd, 2019: Pictures at an Exhibition (Great Gate of Kiev)

September 16th, 2019: The Streets of Laredo (Piano Puzzler)

September 9th, 2019: I'm Ready To Go

August 26th, 2019: It Is Not Death To Die

August 5th, 2019: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

July 29th, 2019: Let It Be Said Of Us

July 15th, 2019: Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor

July 8th, 2019: The Majesty and Glory of Your Name

July 1st, 2019: Medley of Sousa Marches

June 24th, 2019: Seventy-Six Trombones

June 17th, 2019: I Want To Be That Man

June 3rd, 2019: "Les Toreadors" from 'Carmen'

May 20th, 2019: Lonesome Road

May 13th, 2019: Mr. Mom

April 29th, 2019: Have Faith in God (Muskogee's hymn)

April 15th, 2019: The Government Can

March 25th, 2019: Transcendental Étude No. 4, "Mazeppa"

March 18th, 2019: St. Patrick's Day in the Morning

March 11th, 2019: What Wondrous Love is This

March 4th, 2019: Scandinavian Waltz

February 18th, 2019: Adagio for Strings

February 11th, 2019: 'Romance' from 'The Gadfly'

February 4th, 2019: Columbia, Gem of the Ocean

January 7th, 2019: Loch Lomond

December 31st, 2018: Auld Lang Syne

December 24th, 2018: Remember O, thou Man

December 17th, 2018: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 10th, 2018: Carol of the Bells (medley)

December 3rd, 2018: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

November 26th, 2018: Happy Birthday

November 19th, 2018: My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness

November 12th, 2018: Hymn to the Fallen

October 29th, 2018: A Mighty Fortress is Our God

October 22nd, 2018: Hymn to Red October

October 15th, 2018:  Indian Reservation ("Cherokee People")

October 8th, 2018: Wagner's 'Columbus Overture'

October 1st, 2018: Danny Boy

September 24th, 2018: Dvorak's 'From The New World' Symphony, 4th Movement

September 17th, 2018: Deep River

September 10th, 2018: Muleskinner Blues

September 3rd, 2018: Boomer Sooner

August 20th, 2018: Psalm 23

August 13th, 2018: Ashokan Farewell

August 6, 2018: How the West Was Won

July 23rd, 2018: I Just Can't Wait to Be King

July 16th, 2018: 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets'

July 9th, 2018: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty

July 2nd, 2018: Turn The Tide

June 25th, 2018: Good Guys Win

June 18th, 2018: Watching You

June 11th, 2018: Adoration

June 4th, 2018: March from 'A Moorside Suite'

May 28th, 2018: Taps

May 21st, 2018: Listz's La Campanella

May 14th, 2018: Handful of Weeds

May 7th, 2018: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

April 30th, 2018: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 ("Heroic")

April 23rd, 2018: Blow Ye The Trumpet

April 16th, 2018: Asturias (Leyenda)

April 9th, 2018: Old Mountain Dew

April 2nd, 2018: His Life For Mine

March 19th, 2018: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!

March 12th, 2018: Choctaw Nation

March 5th, 2018: Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal

February 19th, 2018: The Olympic Spirit

February 12th, 2018: Olympic Fanfare and Theme

January 29th, 2018: Hail to the Chief

January 23rd, 2018: Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39 No. 15

January 15th, 2018: Bleed The Same

January 8th, 2018: Saint-Saëns' Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Maestoso)

December 25th, 2017: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

December 18th, 2017: I Saw Three Ships (The Piano Guys)

December 11th, 2017:Who Is He In Yonder Stall

December 4th, 2017: Carol of the Bells (Mannheim Steamroller)

November 27th, 2017: Joy to the World!

November 20th, 2017: We Gather Together

November 13th, 2017: Mansions of the Lord

November 6th, 2017: Träumerei

October 30th: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

October 23rd, 2017: In Christ Alone

October 16th, 2017: When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass

October 9th, 2017: I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb

October 2nd, 2017: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (Brahms)

September 25th, 2017: Beethoven's Sonata No. 8 in C minor ('Pathétique')

September 11th, 2017: Have You Forgotten?

September 4th, 2017: Bach's Double Violin Concerto

August 28th, 2017: Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord

August 21st, 2017: The Heavens Are Telling The Glory of God

August 14th, 2017: Beethoven's 5th Symphony

August 7th, 2017: 'Lift High The Name Of Jesus' medley

July 31st, 2017: Fanfare for the Common Man

July 24th, 2017: Variations on 'Happy Birthday'

July 10th, 2017: Summer (Presto) from Vivaldi's Four Seasons

July 3rd, 2017: Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame

June 26th, 2017: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

June 19th, 2017: A Christian Home

June 12th, 2017: Ol' Man River

June 5th, 2017: Choctaw Cowboy

May 29th, 2017: Armed Forces Salute

May 22nd, 2017: Double Bass Concerto No.2 in B minor

May 15th, 2017: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major

May 8th, 2017: The Army Goes Rolling Along

April 17th, 2017: He Is Alive

April 10th, 2017: Surely He Hath Borne/And With His Stripes/All We Like Sheep

April 3rd, 2017: Here Comes Carolina

March 27th, 2017: 'Spring' from Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'

March 20th, 2017: Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation") Finale

March 13th, 2017: The Pigeon on the Gate

March 6th, 2017: Finlandia

February 27th, 2017: When I Can Read My Title Clear

February 20th, 2017: William Tell Overture - Finale

February 13th, 2017: 'Romance' from 'The Gadfly'

February 6th, 2017: White Winter Hymnal

January 30th, 2017: Hail, Columbia

January 23rd, 2017: Hail to the Chief

January 16th, 2017: Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

January 2nd, 2017: Auld Lang Syne

December 26th, 2016: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

December 19th, 2016: I Wonder as I Wander

December 12th, 2016: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 5th, 2016: A Christmas Festival

November 28th, 2016: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

November 21st: Beethoven's 'Hymn of Thanksgiving'

November 14th: Hymn to the Fallen

November 7th: This World Is Not My Home

October 31st, 2016: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

October 24th, 2016: 'Mars', from 'The Planets'

October 17th, 2016: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

October 10th, 2016: Spain

October 3rd, 2016: International Harvester

September 26th, 2016: 'The Imperial March' from Star Wars

September 19th, 2016: Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound

September 12th, 2016: Before the Throne of God Above

September 5th, 2016: The Hunt

August 29th, 2016: Liberty

August 22nd, 2016: Summon the Heroes

August 15th, 2016: Bugler's Dream

August 8th, 2016: Olympic Fanfare and Theme

August 1st, 2016: 'Prelude' and 'Parade of the Charioteers' from Ben-Hur

July 25th, 2016: How The West Was Won

July 18th, 2016: Six Studies in English Folk Song

July 11th, 2016: From Everlasting To Everlasting

July 4th, 2016: The Stars and Stripes Forever

June 27th, 2016: Rule, Britannia!

June 20st, 2016: Bugler's Holiday

June 13th, 2016: Ride of the Valkyries

June 6th, 2016: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, Allegro Vivace

May 30th, 2016: Armed Forces Salute

May 23rd, 2016: Paid in Full (Through Jesus, Amen)

May 16th, 2016: Overture from 'Carmen'

May 9th, 2016: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Prelude

May 2nd, 2016: My God Is a Rock

April 25th, 2016: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

April 18th, 2016: Paganini's Caprice No. 24 in A Minor

April 11th, 2016: Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune

April 4th, 2016: Hark The Sound/I'm a Tarheel Born

March 28th, 2016: Rustle of Spring

March 21st, 2016: 'Ode to Joy' sung by a 10,000-voice choir

March 14th, 2016: Hard Times Come Again No More

March 7th, 2016: 'The Suite' from Downton Abbey

February 29th, 2016: Moonlight Sonata

February 22nd, 2016: Liebestraum No. 3

February 15th, 2016: Help Is On The Way

February 8th, 2016: God of Grace and God of Glory

February 1st, 2016: 'My Story'

January 25th, 2016: Israeli Concertino

January 18th, 2016: What Grace is Mine

January 11th, 2016: "Meditation" from Thaïs

January 4th, 2016: Praeludium and Allegro

December 28th, 2015: Appalachian Carol

December 21st, 2015: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

December 14th, 2015: O Holy Night

December 7th, 2015: Christmas Fantasy

November 23rd, 2015: Simple Gifts

November 16th, 2015: Preacher Tell Me Like It Is

November 9th, 2015: Armed Forces Salute

November 2nd, 2015: Amazing Grace

October 26th, 2015: The Harmonious Blacksmith

October 19th, 2015: Liberty Fanfare

October 12th, 2015: The Majesty and Glory of Your Name

October 5th, 2015: Elgar's 'Enigma' Finale

September 28th, 2015: Stayed on Jesus

September 21st, 2015: Great Gate of Kiev

September 14th, 2015: Nearer, My God, To Thee