Tomatito's Birthday on 20 August

Tomatito
Flamenco guitarist
Born: 20 August, 1958
Tomatito, Flameco guitar
with Michel Camilo, piano (2006)
- Libertango (Piazzolla)

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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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Tab 2 Feature:

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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Latin Jazz Sound for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Tab 1 Feature:

7 Aug 2016
A Salute to the 2016 Summer Olympics

Vann Burchfield, tenor sax (2015)

- One Night in Rio 3'35"
(Burchfield)


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Tab 2 Feature:

7 Aug 2016
A Salute to the 2016 Summer Olympics

Vann Burchfield, tenor sax (2015)

- Rhythms of Rio 3'33"
(Burchfield)


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An Italian Baroque Composer's Birthday Anniversary

Leonardo Leo
Italian Baroque composer
(5 Aug 1694 - 31 Oct 1744)
Sol Gabetta, cello (2011)
- Cello Concerto in D Major
5. Fugue (Leo)

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Like Summer Cushions, For All Guests That Come

"This silken grass, these pleasant flowers in bloom,
Among these tasty molehills that do lie
Like summer cushions, for all guests that come;
Those little feathered folk, that sing and fly
Above these trees, in that so gentle sky,
Where not a cloud dares soil its heavenly light;
And this smooth river softly grieving bye—
All fill mine eyes with so divine a sight,
As makes me sigh that it should e’er be night."

-John Clare

The Clebanoff Strings(1961)
- Quite Village (Baxter)

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Steal Forth with Silent Drums

"I know I am but summer to your heart,
And not the full four seasons of the year;

...And I have loved you all too long and well
To carry still the high sweet breast of spring

...Wherefore I say: O love, as summer goes,
I must be gone, steal forth with silent drums."

--Edna St. Vincent Millay

Living Guitars(1964))
- 500 Miles (Hedy West et al.)

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The Art of the Nocturne

July 2016 - Catch-22 Seafood Restaurant, Dublin, Ireland

John Field, Irish pianist
who elevated and gave us the art of the Nocturne
(26 Jul 1782 - 23 Jan 1837)

Benjamin Frith, piano (1999)
- Nocturne No. 5 in Bb Major (Field)

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The Decline and Fall of the USA

No more of the Grand Old Flag. The frog is not being slowly boiled.

First Day of Summer, 2016

2016 Summer Solstice and Strawberry Moon

20 June 2016
1841 Hours PDT Log
Current Temperature and Condition:
89° F | 32° C
Clear

Astronomy:

20 June 2016              Rise:        Set:
Actual Time            5:42 AM PDT  8:28 PM PDT
Civil Twilight         5:11 AM PDT  9:00 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight      4:32 AM PDT  9:39 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight  3:47 AM PDT 10:23 PM PDT
Moon (6/20)            8:40 PM PDT  6:08 AM PDT

Length of Visible Light 15h 48m
Length of Day 14h 46m
Tomorrow will be 0m 1s shorter.

Full, 100% of the Moon is Illuminated.

Delay in Music and Blog Posting for a Long Spell

It has been a very busy June, ever.

1. Flea infestation from a neighbor's Butterfly Bush got all contiguous property owners up in arms and scratching their legs. For over a week no one knew from whence the fleas came, not until my gardener found the source on Friday last. This pest problem is now slowly under control, but still on-going.


2. The power supply on the desktop computer where I did my music and YouTube stuff burnt out. The system is dead. It is not a priority to fix it at this point. Moreover, the reinstalling of the software on the system, when fixed, would be very difficult and resource intensive. At this point, however, I am doing what I can to replicate the music creation stuff on my other computers. It is a slow going process at best, if it could be done at all.

3. On the week of Summer Solstice, I will be heading over to the Republic of Ireland. The first stop will be the town of Shannon in County Clare.


So there you have it.