I'd Have Been the Shadow of Your Shadow

Rod McKuen
Singer, musician, and poet
(29 April 1933 - 29 January 2015)
The Norman Luboff Choir
& the Melachrino Strings (1967)

- If You Go Away (Ne me quitte pas)
(Brel, tr. McKuen)

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He Is Risen, Indeed

Dale Warland's Birthday Anniversary

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14 April 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Dale Warland
American choral composer and conductor (ret)
Born: 14 April 1932

Dale Warland, conducting
The Dale Warland Singers (2005)
"Simple Gifts" 2'17"
(Brackett, arr. Warland)

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14 April 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Dale Warland
American choral composer and conductor (ret)
Born: 14 April 1932

Dale Warland, conducting
The Dale Warland Singers (1996)
"Oh, Shenandoah" 3'30"
(Traditional, arr. Houkom)



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And Loss and Sorrow, Breathe a Breath

Righteous and Having Salvation Is He

Palm Sunday 2017

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
     Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
     righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
     on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 9:9 ESV

From the Vintage of Gold and of Light

Lavender Trumpet Vine & Orange Calandiva
The earth is the cup of the sun,
That he filleth at morning with wine,
With the warm, strong wine of his might
From the vintage of gold and of light,
Fills it, and makes it divine. - Archibald Lampman

Gibson and Camilo Birthdays

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3 April 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Don Gibson
American Country Music writer
(3 April 1928 - 11 November 2003)

Denis Champoux, guitar (1990)
"I Can’t Stop Loving You" 2'52"
(Gibson)

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4 April 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Michel Camilo
Jazz pianist
Born: 4 April 1954

Michel Camilo, piano, et al. (2000)
"Spain - Intro" 3'21"
(Rodrigo)


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One Breath Outdoors Takes All My Care Away

April Charms

William H. Davies, 1920

When April scatters coins of primrose gold
Among the copper leaves in thickets old,
And singing skylarks from the meadows rise,
To twinkle like black stars in sunny skies;

When I can hear the small woodpecker ring
Time on a tree for all the birds that sing;
And hear the pleasant cuckoo, loud and long—
The simple bird that thinks two notes a song;

When I can hear the woodland brook, that could
Not drown a babe, with all his threatening mood:
Upon whose banks the violets make their home,
And let a few small strawberry blossoms come;

When I go forth on such a pleasant day,
One breath outdoors takes all my care away;
It goes like heavy smoke, when flames take hold
Of wood that’s green and fill a grate with gold.

He Is Abel to Spring It For Sure

Richard Abel
Canadian pianist
Born: 1 April 1955
Richard Abel, piano (2007)

- O Mio Babbino Caro
(Puccini)

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