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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Morten Lauridsen
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 February 1 – 7, 2021
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Wednesday Throw Down Your Heart – Béla Fleck Béla & Ruth: banjo + thumb piano. This is a selection from the film, Throw Down Your Heart. Throw Down Your Heart (2008) – Full Movie (1:37)
Thursday Glitter and Be Gay – from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide – performed by Kristen Chenowith (7:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5liuHR6wug&list=PLa9H-OAtVZCDK2-4cHdOPhbLypXTQP2SR&index=11&ab_channel=AlyssaVerhees
Friday Land of Hope an...
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Song of the Day for April 6 – 12, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8 Choral Reflections of Amazing Grace Arr. for choir by R. Ames 9:27
Thursday, April 9 Such Sweet Thunder Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 3:50
Friday, April 10 One Pair of Hands Elvis Presley 3:02
Saturday, April 11 Sona Jobarteh plays the Gambia, Live in Hungary 10:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7geOeMxVdQ
Easter Sun...
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