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Category Archives: Music
Tom Moore, U.K.’s 100-Year-Old Hero, Is Awarded Knighthood For Fundraising Walks
Thanks to Sand J. for letting us know about this hero who has inspired all of Britain. Capt. Tom Moore, the British World War II veteran who raised more than $39 million to support health workers by walking 100 laps … Continue reading
Bernstein, the greatest 5 minutes in music education
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Hershey Felder performs for Seattle Rep Benefit
The Immigrant Songwriter Who Gave America a Voice Experience some of America’s greatest songs in the context in which they were written. From “God Bless America,” to “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “White Christmas,” “Always,” … Continue reading
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Ballet at home – Opera National de Paris
Thanks to Diane S.
I Will Be Free
From Sybil-Ann: Dana Winner is the stage name of Chantal Vanlee (born 10 February 1965 in Hasselt). She is a Belgian singer who is famous especially in Flanders, South Africa and the Netherlands
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The language of whistling
Thanks to Marilyn DiB!
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Music is in our genes
This is Zubin Mehta’s grandson. He’s sure got his grandfather’s genes. So in this time of self reflection, it made me wonder just what genes of ours are embedded in our grandkids, from Linda W.
One day more – from Les Miserables
Thanks to Sue Van L!
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Hello (from the Inside) An Adele Parody by Chris Mann
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Inspiration in the sky in Italy
Quite a tribute! Thanks to Gordon G. As Italy is in quarantine, the Italian Air Force flies a single jet, representing the virus, to meet other jets that stream the colors of the Italian flag while Pavarotti’s Nessus Dorma plays with the … Continue reading
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Neil Diamond sings “Hands..washing hands”
Thanks to Donna McK — something to sing about!
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Hiromi Lorraine Sakata Collection of Afghan Traditional Music (1966-67; 1971-73)
Ed note: Did you hear yesterday’s NPR program or see today’s NY Times about the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registrar? Well, it’s not hard to believe, but Lorraine’s Afghan Music field recordings from 1966-67 and 1971-73 made it on the … Continue reading
MetOpera night & day
Thanks to Dorothy W for this info All nightly streamings start at 7:30 p.m. and will remain on the Met’s home page at MetOpera.org for 20 hours. “We’d like to provide some grand opera solace to opera lovers in these extraordinarily difficult … Continue reading
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Singing the blues – G&S Style
A friend of mine currently in Cairo shared the following bit of comic relief. (If you are not sureof the tune Google “I am the very model of a Modern Major General” from Pirates of Penzance. A PATTER-SONG FOR THE … Continue reading
Tchaikovsky’s Divine Liturgy – Performed by Cappella Romana
The link to the broadcasted performance is https://www.facebook.com/cappellaromana/videos/1294997770699445/ You can also watch from Cappella Romana’s homepage at cappellaromana.org PROGRAM Peter Tchaikovsky: Divine Liturgy, with: Kalinnikov: First Antiphon Sheehan: Second Antiphon, Alleluiarion Rachmaninoff: Beatitudes for double choir, from his Divine Liturgy Chesnokov: Choral concerto, … Continue reading
Greetings from Brussels!!
Last month you may recall that Spotlight on the Performing Arts sponsored a pre-competition recital by Yvette Kraft on February 29th. What follows is an email from Yvette and her mother Karen Sent to Mary Ann Hagan. Just an update … Continue reading
The unofficial Australian national anthem
Today our virtual walk in Australia begins. Lets celebrate this beautiful country and pray for better times for our friends down under who are going through hard times.
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