Monday Sluefoot from Daddy Long Legs (1955) Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire (4:51)
Tuesday Today I’m just going to hand over a big lovely chunk of classics: Ella and Louis – Jazz About Love (53:12)
Wednesday Back to some choral music. I cannot get over how beautiful the work of Morten Lauridsen is. I’ve already shared the last song, “Dirait-on,” (watch out, it gets stuck in your brain!) Here’s the complete set of the Songs of the Roses, performed by the Elora Festival Singer...
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Ella Fitzgerald
Song of the Day for March 29 – April 4, 2021: Holy Week
Monday Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie (4:27)
Tuesday Domine Deus – from Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor (2:40) with soloists Diana Damrau and Elīna Garanča
Lord God, King of Heaven,God the Father Almighty.Lord only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
Wednesday Et incarnatus est – Mozart Great Mass in C Minor – (8:28) I've offered different parts of this amazing work. This recording from the 70s was one of my first loves.
Et inc...
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Song of the Day for June 29 – July 5, 2020
Monday I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvVgpqQE6U&ab_channel=TheLateLateShowwithJamesCorden
Tuesday Shake Sugaree – Rhiannon Giddens (5:14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIEIbuh71o&ab_channel=Last.fm
Wednesday Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnXLVTi_m_M&ab_channel=PuertoLibre
Thursday How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Al Green
Frida...
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Song of the Day for May 18 – 24, 2020
Tuesday, May 19 Sull'aria from The Marriage of Figaro, by Mozart (3:00)
Wednesday, May 20 His Eye is on the Sparrow Lauryn Hill, Tanya Blouth (4:17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74FBgOZTDw&ab_channel=SAVEDBYGRACE
Thursday, May 21 April in Paris Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (6:33)
Friday, May 22 Star Wars Theme by One Voice John Williams (1:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckky1pCA9c&ab_channel=MatthewVanNess
Saturday, May 23 Some...
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Song of the Day for May 11 – 17, 2020
Monday, May 11 Cabin Fever The Muppets (2:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsezrzS27UY&ab_channel=Tbrands88
Tuesday, May 12 Take Five Rodrigo y Gabriela Kitchen Rehearsal (4:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVci0LazqI&ab_channel=RodrigoyGabriela
Wednesday, May 13 Alleluia Randall Thompson (6:14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAhPD9zAImI&ab_channel=Octarium
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