Mother’s Day, 2021

Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome
Has many sonnets: so here now shall be
Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome
Has many sonnets: so here now shall be
One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me
To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home,
To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee
I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome;
Whose service is my special dignity,
And she my loadstar while I go and come
And so because you love me, and because
I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath
Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name:
In you not fourscore years can dim the flame
Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws
Of time and change and mortal life and death.

- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Johnny Pearson, piano and Orchesta  (1967)
- Friendly Persuasion
(Tiomkin)

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Michel Legrand (1932 - 2019)

Tab 1 Feature:

26 January 2019

Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Danielle Licari, parole (1964)
3:04
(Legrand)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

26 January 2019

Les moulins de mon coeur
Frida Boccara, parole (1968)
2:32
(Legrand)

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Dorothy Fields Birthday Anniversary

Tab 1 Feature:

15 July 2017
A birthday anniversary

Dorothy Fields
Oscar winning American lyricist
(15 July 1905 - 28 March 1974)

Janet Seidel, vocal jazz (2009)
"The Way You Look Tonight" 5:21
(Kern and Fields)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

15 July 2017
A birthday anniversary

Dorothy Fields
Oscar winning American lyricist
(15 July 1905 - 28 March 1974)

Cheryl Bentyne, vocal jazz (2005)
"I Won't Dance" 3:56
(Kern and Fields)


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I Still Would Choose the Isle of Innisfree

The Isle of Innisfree
Film: The Quiet Man (1952)

Music: Dick Farrelly
Arr: Victor Young

Sung by Movie Cast: Maureen O'Hara

I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
When all the things he loves are far away

And precious things are dreams unto an exile
They take him o'er the land across the sea
Especially when it happens he's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree

And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city, wondrous though it be
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
I'm once again back home in Innisfree

I wander o'er green hills through dreamy valleys
And find a peace no other land could know
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow

But dreams don't last
Though dreams are not forgotten
And soon I'm back to stern reality
But though they pave the foot-ways here with gold dust
I still would choose the Isle of Innisfree



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Kanawa and Logan Birthdays

Tab 1 Feature:

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)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

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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Born to Be Weill

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2 March 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Kurt Weill
German-born stage music composer
(2 March 1900 - 3 April 1950)

Polly Ferman, piano (2000)
"Youkali" (Tango)
(Weill)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

Kurt Weill
German-born stage music composer
(2 March 1900 - 3 April 1950)

Bernard Hermann, conducting
The London Festival Recording Ensemble (1971)
"Mack the Knife" (Jazz)
(Weill)


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Birthdays of Wolf-Ferrari and Addinsell

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12 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary
Italian composer
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

(12 January 1876 - 21 January 1948)

Stanley Black and His Orchestra (1968)

Overture to the Opera "The Secret of Suzanne" 3'11"
(Wolf-Ferrari)

~*~

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13 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Richard Addinsell
British film music composer
(13 January1904 - 14 November 1977)

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra (1959)

Warsaw Concerto 3'40"
(Addinsell)


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Birthdays - Lois and Bob

Tab 1 Feature:

26 November 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Lois Hunt
American operatic lyric soprano
(26 November 1924 - 6 July 2009)

Louis Hunt, soprano (1958)

One Kiss 3'38
(Hammerstein & Romberg)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

26 November 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Robert Goulet
American singer and actor
(26 November 1933 - 30 October 2007)

Robert Goulet (1960)

C'est Moi 3'28"
(Lerner & Loewe)


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Georges and Barbara Have Their Day

Tab 1 Feature (now playing):

25 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Georges Bizet
Romantic era French composer
(25 October 1838 - 3 June 1975)

Les Brown and His Orchestra (2001 compilation)

Bizet Has His Day
(B. Homer -
after Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole)
2'22"

~*~

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25 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Barbara Cook
American singer and stage actress
Born: 25 October 1827.

Barbara Cook & Robert Preston (1957)

Till There Was You
(Willson)
2'45"


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From No. 3, Rosa Klebb, with Love

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18 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress
wife of Kurt Weill
(18 October 1898 - 27 November 1982)

Lotte Lenya (1956)
Moritat vom Mackie Messer
(Weill)
3'04"


~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

18 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress
wife of Kurt Weill
(18 October 1898 - 27 November 1982)

Lotte Lenya (1955)
September Song
(Weill & Anderson)
3'45"


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Roger Williams Birthday Anniversary

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1 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Roger Williams, piano
American pop music pianist
(1 October 1924 - 8 October 2011)

Roger Williams, piano (1955)
on the Ed Sullivan Show
Autumn Leaves
(Kosma,Prevert, and Mercer)
3'57"

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

1 October 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Roger Williams
American pop music pianist
(1 October 1924 - 8 October 2011)

Roger Williams, piano (1984)
Born Free
(Barry)
2'17"


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A Tandem Birthday - Bob and Charlie

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15 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Robert Wright
American film and stage composer-lyricist
(15 September 1914 - 27 July 2005)

Lesley Garrett, soprano (2003)
And This Is My Beloved
(after Borodin)
2'39"

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

16 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Charlie Lee Byrd
classical and jazz guitarist
(16 September 1925 - 2 December 1999)

Charlie Lee Byrd, guitar (1971)
Pavane
(L. Milan)
2'37"


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Howard Keel & Dale Warland Birthdays

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13 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Howard Keel
American-born actor and singer
(13 April 1919 - 7 November 2004)

Howard Keel, vocal
1953

- Were Thine Thy Special Face
2'07"
(Porter)


~*~


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13 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Dale Warland
American-born choral composer & conductor
(born:14 April 1932)

Dale Warland, conducting
The Dale Warland Singers
2005

- Simple Gifts
2'17"
(Brackett)

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Two Birthdays Today

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3 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary
Doris Day
American-born vocalist and actress
(born: 3 March 1924)

Doris Day, vocal
1953
- Secret Love
3'41"
(Fain and Webster)


~*~

Tab 2 Feature:

3 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary
Don Gibson
American-born Country Music writer
(3 April 1928 - 17 November 2003)

Floyd Cramer, piano
1978
- I Can't Stop Loving You
2'33"
(Gibson)


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Kanawa and Logan Birthdays

"Bel piacere
È godere fido amor!
Qesto fa contento il cor.

Di bellezza
Non s'apprezza lo spendor,
Se non vien da un fido cor."

-- "Bel piacere"
Handel, Aria da Agrippina

Tab 1 Feature:

6 March 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Dame Kiri Te Kananwa
New Zealand operatic soprano
(born: 6 March 1944)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
1994

- Non Disperar 3'58"
(G.F. Handel)


~*~

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6 March 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

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

Ella Logan
1947

- How Are Things in Glocca Morra 3'35"
(E.Y. Harburg and B. Lane)



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Birthdays of Andre & Morris

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2 August 2015
A Birthday Anniversary
Andre Gagnon
Canadian pianist, composer & conductor
(born: 2 August 1942)

Andre Gagnon, piano
(1996)
- The Way You Look Tonight
(Kern) 3'49"

~*~

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1 August 2015
Morris Stoloff
American composer & conductor
(1 August 1898 - 16 April 1980)

Morris Stoloff, conducting
(1955)
- Moonglow & The Theme from 'Picnic'
(Duning) 3'48"


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A Toast to Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg
Austro-Hungarian American
Musical & Operetta Composer
(29 July 1887 - 9 November 1951)

Carmen Dragon, conducting
The Hollywood Bowl Pops Orchestra (1993)

- "The Drinking Song" from "The Student Prince" (Romberg)

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Robert Farnon's Birthday Anniversary

How Beautiful Is Night
Tab 1 Feature:
24 July 2015
Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer and conductor
(24 July 1917 - 23 April 2005)

Robert Farnon, conducting
(1989)
- Friendly Persuasion
(Tiomkin) 2'47"

~*~

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24 July 2015
Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer and conductor
(24 July 1917 - 23 April 2005)

Robert Farnon, conducting
(2000)
- How Beautiful Is Night
(Farnon) 3'17"


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My Words Reach Someone Else's Ear...Heart Strings, Too

3 June 2015
A Birthday Anniversary
Jan Peerce
American operatic tenor
(3 June 1904 - 15 December 1984)

Tab 1 Feature:
Jan Peerce & Jane Powell, duet
(1959)
- I Talk to the Trees
(Lerner & Loewe) 3'15"

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:
3 June 2015
A Birthday Anniversary
Jan Peerce
American operatic tenor
(3 June 1904 - 15 December 1984)

Tab 2 Feature:
Jan Peerce, tenor
(1963)
- Climb Every Mountain
(Rodgers & Hammerstein) 2'56"


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Lyrics to Peerce & Powell's version
of "I Talk to the Trees"

I Talk to the Trees
Broadway Musical: Paint Your Wagon (1951)
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe

Jan Peerce & Jan Powell, duet version (1959)

/Peerce/:
I talk to the trees
But they don't listen to me
I talk to the stars
But they never hear me

The breeze hasn't time
To stop and hear what I say
I talk to them all in vain

But suddenly my words
Reach someone else's ear
Touch someone else's heart strings, too


/Powell/:
You tell me your dreams
And while I am listening to you
We suddenly see them come true


/Peerce/:
I can see us on an April night
Sipping brandy underneath the stars


/Powell/:
Reading poem in the candlelight
Through the strumming ole guitar


/Peerce/:
I will tell you all the books I read
And the way I met the king of France
Then I sent the servants talked to them
And I asked you for a dance


[Interlude]


/Powell/:
And suddenly a voice
Reach someone else's ear
Touch someone else's heart strings, too


/Peerce & Powell/
I tell you my dreams
  I tell you my dreams
And while you're listening to me
  listening to you
I suddenly see them come out

Romance Impromptu

Erich Korngold
Late Romantic Composer
(29 May 1897 - 29 Nov. 1957)

Eric Hammerstein, conducting
The London Promenade Orchestra (1987)

- "Romance-Impromptu" (Korngold)

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From a previous birthday post, another 29 May composer's birthday:

Isaac Albéniz
Spanish-Catalan pianist and composer
(29 May 1860 - 18 May 1909)
Esteban Sánchez, guitar (1969)
España, Op. 165, No.1 - Preludio (Albéniz)

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