Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait fait douce et tendre

♥ 14 February 2017 ♥

Tony Sandler
French vocal (1992)

- Aranjuez
(Bontempelli and Rodrigo)

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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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Another Tandem Birthday - Frank and Gustav

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20 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Frank DeVol
conductor, arranger, composer, and actor
(20 September 1911 - 27 October 1999)

Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (1958)
Dreamy
(E. Garner)
2'12"

~*~

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21 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Gustav Holst
neo-classical composer and teacher
(21 September 1874 - 25 May 1934)

The Central Band of the RAF (1988)
Second Suite in F, IV: Fantasia on the Dargason
(G. Holst)
3'39"


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Amy Beach Birthday Anniversary

Feature 1:

5 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Amy Beach
composer and pianist
(5 September 1867 - 27 December 1944)

Virginia Eskin, piano (1997)
Ballad in Db
- Part 1 of 2 excerpt 3'38"

~*~

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5 September 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Amy Beach
composer and pianist
(5 September 1867 - 27 December 1944)

Virginia Eskin, piano (1997)
Ballad in Db
- Part 2 of 2 excerpt 3'52"


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Birthdays of Ketèlbey and Glazunov

Panorama - Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland, July 2016

Feature 1:

9 Aug 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Albert Ketèlbey
composer, conductor, and pianist
(9 August 1879 - 26 November 1959)

Eric Rogers, conducting
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1996)

- Appy 'Amstead 2'25"
(Ketèlbey)

~*~

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10 Aug 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Alexander Glazunov
composer and conductor
(10 August 1865 - 21 March 1936)

Robert Irving, conducting,
Concert Arts Orchestra (1960)

- The Seasons, III. Summer:
Waltz of the Conrflowers and Poppies 2'01"
(Glazunov)


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Shostakovich's Birthday

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25 September  2015
Dmitri Shostakovich's Birthday
Russian neo-classical composer & pianist

Michael Round, piano 
and The National Philharmonic Orchestra
2003

- Piano Concerto No. 2, F Major,  Op. 102
2nd Movement - Andante  7'14"
(D.  Shostakovich)

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:
25 September  2015
Dmitri Shostakovich's Birthday
Russian neo-classical composer & pianist

Riccardo Chailly, conducting
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestr
1993

- Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two} 3'32" 
(V. Youmans, arr. Shostakovich)


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Un conseil de goûter le charme d'être au monde

"...to taste the charm in and of the world"
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22 August 2015

A Birthday Anniversary
Claude Debussy
French neo-classical composer
(22 August 1862 - 25 March 1918)

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
(2011)
- Bon Soir 
(Debussy) 3'00"

~Debussy wrote this piece to the setting of Paul Bourget's poem, "Beau Soir"

~*~

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22 August 2015

A Birthday Anniversary
Claude Debussy
French neo-classical composer
(22 August 1862 - 25 March 1918)

Joshua Bell, violin
(2003)
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
(Debussy) 2'36"


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Two Women of Note Birthdays

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21 August  2015
A Birthday Anniversary
Lili Boulanger
French composer

(21 August 1893 - 15 March 1918)

JoAnn Falletta, conducting
(1997)
- Du matin de printemps 
(L. Boulanger) 5'04"

~*~

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21 August 2015
Consuelo Velazquez
Mexican concert pianist & composer 
(21 August 1916 - 22 January 2005)

Dutch Swing College Band
(1970)
- Besame Mucho
(C. Velazquez) 2'36"


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Richard Addinsell Birthday Anniversary 2015

Richard Addinsell
20th Century British Composer
(13 January 1904 - 14 November 1977)

Tab 1 Feature:
Roger Williams, piano (1964)
- Theme from 'Dangerous Moonlight'
aka 'The Warsaw Concerto'
(Addinsell) 3'31"

~*~

Tab 2 Feature:
Werner Muller and His Orchestra (1971)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
(Villa-Lobos) 4'14


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Rimsky-Korsakov's Birthday Anniversary

A birthday of note today.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Neo-classical Composer
(18 Mar 1844 - 21 Jun 1908)
Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet (1977)
-Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)

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Maurice Ravel's Birthday Anniversary

Maurice Ravel
French Neo-Classical Composer
(7 March 1875 - 28 December 1937)
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Bernard Hermann, London Philharmonic (1970)
- Five O'Clock Foxtrot (Ravel)

Leopold Godowsky's Birthday Anniversary

Leopold Godowsky
Polish-born American pianist and composer
(13 February 1870 - 21 November 1938)
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Stephen Hough, piano (1999)
- Alt Wien "Old Vienna" (Tirakontameron No.11)
(Godowsky)

Rebecca Clarke Birthday Anniversary

Rebecca Clarke
English Neo-Classical composer and violist
Best known for her chamber music works
(27 August 1886 - 13 October 1979)

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Daniel Hope, violin (pizzicato)
and Sophia Raham, piano (2007)
- Chinese Puzzle (Clarke)

Note: Eric Coates, English light music composer, was also born on 27 August 1886, and coincidentally, a violist as Rebecca Clarke.

A Beautiful Evening on Debussy's Birthday

Claude Debussy
French Neo-Classical composer
His 150 birthday today!
(22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918)
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- Beau Soir (Debussy)
~Debussy wrote this piece to the setting of Bourget's poem,
"Beau Soir" (Beautiful Evening).

Beau Soir

Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses.
Et qu'un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé,
Un conseil d'être heureux semble sortir des choses
Et monter vers le coeur troublé;
Un conseil de goûter le charme d'être au monde
Cependant qu'on est jeune et que le soir est beau,
Car nous nous en allons, comme s'en va cette onde:
Elle à la mer, - Nous au tombeau!

--"Les aveux, En voyage, VII-Beau Soir" de Paul Bourget

George Butterworth Birthday Anniversary

George Butterworth
English composer killed in World War I
(12 July 1885 - 5 August 1916)
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The Bournemouth Sinfonietta (1991)
- The Banks of Green Willow (Butterworth)

Frank Bridge Birthday Anniversary

Frank Bridge
English violinst and neo-classical composer
(26 February 1879 - 10 January 1941)
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Sir Adrian Boult
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1978)
- Rosemary (Bridge)

Scriabin's Birthday

Alexander Scriabin
Russian neo-classical composer and pianist
(6 January 1872 - 27 April 1915)
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Evgeny Kissen, piano (2005)
- Five Preludes, Op. 15, No. 1 (Scriabin)

Bolero at Tiffany's

Joseph Maurice Ravel
French Neo-classical composer
(7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937)
"Bolero," Ravel once said, "is seventeeen minutes of orchestra without music." After all, he further qualified, this piece was "an experiment in a very special and limited direction." To the contrary, the musical society and public have deemed it a great favorite piece of all time.

Tomorrow, 7 March, is Ravel's 136 birthday anniversary. For this occasion, I thought you might enjoy listening to a three-minute jazz version of "Bolero" interlaced with Henry Mancini "Moon River".

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The Opera Swing Quartet and the Philharmonie Merck (2008)
- Bolero at Tiffany's (after Ravel and Mancini)

The Spartacus Onedin Line

    Ballet Spartacus (Khachaturian)
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian composer
(6 June, 1903 – 1 May, 1978)

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Ronnie Aldrich twin-piano (2004)
- Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
(The 'Spartacus' Ballet Orchestration)
or as
The Theme from 'The Onedin Line'

Satie's Birthday Anniversary

Erik Satie
French neo-classical composer and pianist
(17 May 1866 - 1 July 1925)
Emile Pandolfi, piano (2005)
Gymnopédie No.1 (Satie)
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