Year 2020: Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday

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11 November 2020 Beethoven's 250th Birthday in Year 2020 Celebration

Bagatelle No.25, in A Minor (Fűr Elise) 2:31
(Beethoven)

In a Classical Mood - Tranquility (1996)

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11 November 2020 Beethoven's 250th Birthday in Year 2020 Celebration

Midnight Blue En Irlande (French) 3:19
(after Beethoven "Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, 2nd Movement")

Michèle Torr (1995)

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Mozart's Birthday

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27 January 2020
Mozart 264th Birthday

Là Ci Darem La Mano 2:53  (Mozart)
Eric Hammerstein
and the London Promenade Orchestra (1987)

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27 January 2020
Mozart 264th Birthday

Voi Che Sapete 2:50  (Mozart)
Eric Hammerstein
and the London Promenade Orchestra (1987)


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On Mozart's 264th Birthday

Kazu & Keiko Matsui  (1997)
"Through the Grasses with B Flat"
(after Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, 2nd Movement)

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Autumn Foliage

Manuel and His Music of the Mountains (1999)

From Ballet Suite No. 2
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
(Khachaturian)

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Two (Joe and Vernon) Birthday Anniversaries Today

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10 October 2019
Giuseppe Verdi
206th Birthday Anniversary

Verdi: Triumphal March (opera "Aida") 2:14
Franck Pourcel and Orchestra (2005)


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10 October 2019
Vernon Duke
116th Birthday Anniversary

Duke: Autumn in New York 3:47
Beegie Adair, jazz piano (2017)



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Labor Day - Not Yet on Summer's Death

"ta peau
Est la grive qui chante,
Tes mains sont ma chaleur
Et la fiè de l'été
Qui porte ton nom."

- Claude de Burine

John O'Conor, piano (1990)
Nocturne in G major: Lento
(John Field)

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The Spring of Poulenc and Grieg

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31 Mar 2018
On a Spring Day

Pascal Roge, piano (1990)
"Humoresque" 2:01
(Poulenc)

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31 Mar 2018
On a Spring Day

Mikhail Pletnev, piano (2000)
"To Spring, Op.43, No. 6" 3:01
(Grieg)


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For the Beauty of the Earth...Over and Around Us Lies

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21 Mar 2018
On This Second Spring Day

Frankie Carle, piano (1966)
"Andalucia and Green Eye Medley" 2:55
(Lecuona-Menendez)


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21 Mar 2018
On This Second Spring Day

Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler directing (1958)
"Bolzoni Minute" 3:44
(Bolzoni)



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O Tenderly the Haughty Day

July

"O tenderly the haughty day
Fills his blue urn with fire;
One morn is in the mighty heaven,
And one in our desire."
—Emerson

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21 July 2017
On This Summer Day

Denis Solee, tenor sax (2005)
"Summer Wind" 4:51
(Henry Mayer)

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21 July 2017
On This Summer Day

Stephen Hough, classical piano (1999)
"Weep You No More" 1:53
(Roger Quilter)



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A Passion for Alfa Romeo Giulia Starts with Callas

Your passion for an Alfa Romeo Giulia
starts by knowing Callas singing
Bellini's Casta Diva
in the car ad.

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21 May 2017

Maria Callas, soprano (1961)
"Casta Diva"
(Bellini, Opera "Norma", Act I)

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21 May 2017
You might also like Gallway's rendition of this Bellini piece.

James Gallway, flute (2004)
"Casta Diva"
(Bellini, Opera "Norma", Act I)



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Bolzoni & Paramor Birthdays

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15 May 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Giovanni Bolzoni
Italian late classical era composer and violinist
(15 May 1841 - 21 February 1919)

Arthur Fiedler, conducting

The Boston Pops Orchestra (1958)
"Minuet for Strings and Orchestra" 3'44"
(Bolzoni)

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15 May 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Norrie Paramor
British musician, conductor, and etc.
(15 May 1914 - 9 September 1979)

Norrie Paramor, conducting

The Midland Radio Orchestra (1979)
"Petite Fleur" 3'18"
(Bechet)


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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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Heath and Abel Birthdays

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30 March 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Ted Heath
English trombonist
and Big Band leader
(30 March 1902 - 18 November 1969)

Ted Heath and His Orchestra (1966)
"The Girl from Ipanema" 2'47"
(Jobim)

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1 April 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Richard Abel
Canadian pianist
Born: 1 April 1955

Richard Abel, piano, et al. (2007)
"O Mio Babbino Caro" 3'51"
(Puccini)


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Spring Is Bach!

J.S. Bach
A Classical music immortal
(21 March 1685 - 28 July 1750)
Living Jazz (1966)

- A Lover's Concerto
(Linzer and Randell
after J.S. Bach, Minuet in G major)

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Kanawa and Logan Birthdays

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6 March 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
operatic soprano
Born: 6 March 1944

Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (1994)
"Du Bist Wie Eine Blume"
(R. Schumann)

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6 March 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Ella Logan
Scottish actress and singer
(6 March 1913 - 1 May 1969)

Ella Logan, vocal (1994)
"How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"
(Harburg and Lane)


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One Fine Day It Is, Little Sheba

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23 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

George Frideric Handel
no need to say more who he was
(23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759)

Adrian Shepherd, conducting
The Cantilena Chamber Orchestra (2003)
"Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
(Handel)

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24 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Renata Scotto
Italian operatic soprano and director
Born: 24 February 1934

Renata Scotto, soprano (1988)
"Un bel di"
(Puccini)


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Andrés Segovia Birthday Anniversary

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21 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Andrés Segovia
Spanish classical guitar virtuoso
(21 February 1893 - 2 June 1987)

Andrés Segovia, classical guitar
(1989 compilation)

"Españoletta" 1'26"
(Sanz)

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21 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Andrés Segovia
Spanish classical guitar virtuoso
(21 February 1893 - 2 June 1987)

Andrés Segovia, classical guitar
(1989 compilation)

"Intermezzo" 1'23"
(de Valera)


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Faster Than Spring-time Show'rs Comes Thought on Thought

"...paint the meadows with delight..."
"...the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees..."
   - Shakespeare

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16 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Alexander Brailowsky
Ukrainian classical pianist
noted(pun) for his Chopin interpretations
(16 February 1896 - 25 April 1976)

Alexander Brailowsky, piano (1952)
"Waltz No. 12 in F Minor" 2'57"
(Chopin)

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"A vrai dire, je ne t'aime pas avec mes yeux,
car ils remarquent en toi une foule d'erreurs;
mais c'est mon coeur qui aime ce qu'ils méprisent,
et qui se laisse charmer en dépit d'eux."

   - Sonnet 141 un extrait de Shakespeare
(Ce n'est pas la citation exacte, je crois que je la paraphase assez fidèlement.)


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17 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Tommy Edwards,
American singer and lyricist
(17 February - 22 October 1969)

Tommy Edwards (1958)
"It's All in the Game" 2'39"
(Sigman and Dawes)


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Then Let Each with the Glad New Year Begin

"Then let each with the glad New Year begin
To act so they may fadeless victories win,
Since heaven's choice gifts and deathless wreaths of fame
Wait for the good, and great, their joys to claim."

--Hannah S. Battersby (1887)


Max Bruch
German Romantic composer
(6 January 1838 - 20 October 1920)
James Last and His Orchestra (1966)

- Adagio aus the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
(after Bruch)

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Alex and Hank

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12 November 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Alexander Borodin
Russian Romantic Era composer
(12 November 1833 - 27 September 1887)

James Last
and His Orchestra

Notturno (1998 recording)
(after Borodin, String Quartet No. 2)
2'48"


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12 November 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Henry Jerome
trumpeter and orchestra leader
(12 November 1917 - 23 March 2011)

Blue Moon (1960 recording)
(Rodgers & Hart)
2'00"


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