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Raining (from “Rocky”)

Today we feature “Raining,” a beautiful song from the recent Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty Broadway musical Rocky (2012). Numerous modulations between B minor and Bb minor occur throughout the piece, at 0:31, 0:51, 1:01, 1:57, 2:07, 2:27, and 2:37.

Make Our Garden Grow (from “Candide”)

Here is the maestro Leonard Bernstein conducting his composition “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide (1956). Key changes at 1:42 and 3:02.

Lara Fabian | Adagio

Another new artist for MotD today — Lara Fabian. Two key changes in this 1999 tune — from G minor to Ab minor at 2:18, and then to C minor at 3:10, with a high quality music video to entertain you along the way. Enjoy!

The tune is based on a composition originally thought to be by Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio in G minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo. The neo-Baroque composition was actually written in the 1950s by 20th century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni.

Fly, Fly Away (from “Catch Me If You Can”)

Here’s Kerry Butler singing “Fly, Fly Away” from Catch Me If You Can The Musical (1998). Modulation comes at 3:12. It sounds like there’s another one at 3:26, but it is actually just coming to settle firmly in G Major after wandering to some distant tonal areas in the prior 24 seconds.

The Carpenters | Only Yesterday

Here’s The Carpenters‘ “Only Yesterday” (1975), co-written by by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. The track reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it was the duo’s eleventh release to reach #1. The key change is at 3:31.