Monday The finale of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Now until the break of day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgafzaxS98&list=PLa9H-OAtVZCBDTt8zUYB92aepHzOYnxD6&index=11&ab_channel=CentralCityOpera
Tuesday Beethoven's String Quartet 15, in A minor, Opus 132, "Heiliger Dankgesang" - 3rd mvmt. Molto Adagio Danish String Quartet (19:04)
Wednesday Here is the blessing of this project for me. I’m sure that during my education I heard of and heard an examp...
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Song of the Day for June 14 – 20, 2021
Monday Let’s start the week with a little Gershwin!
Tuesday Just happened across this lovely duet in my searches…Will Liverman and Lawrence Brownlee perform "Au fond du temple saint " from The Pearl Fishers by George Bizet. (6:27)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07JydjjiQAA&ab_channel=WillLiverman
After a self-imposed absence, Nadir returns to the shores of Ceylon, where his friend Zurga has just been elected Fisher King by the local pearl fishermen. The two had once fa...
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Song of the Day for April 19 – 25, 2021
Monday Bang Your Drum – Dead Man Fall (4:32)
I've been thinking about the things that, are stuck inside in my head and I can’t get them out.
And I've been waking, at four in the morning; I don’t know why I can’t get back to sleep again tonight.
Keep Banging On
And your day will come
Keep Banging On
Banging on your drum
And they will hear you
I am wishing, that I was making, a list of all the good things that I've ever done with my life
And everybody thinks I have wasted, wasted e...
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Song of the Day for March 8 – 14, 2021
Monday Drive (as orig. performed by Black Coffee/Guetta) - 2019 Hilton College Competition Marimba Band (2:54)
Tuesday A vacation in three and a half minutes…
Eglise Gutierrez singing Flor de Yumuri by Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes. Jorge Emilio Rodriguez – Pianist (3:51)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVbwEjf1CIc&list=PLa9H-OAtVZCBpxwIDnbdyDTKOuoVa5ctg&index=7&ab_channel=Prorecordings
The Yumuri is a river that crosses the province of Matanzas, in Cuba. In the&nb...
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Song of the Day for January 18 – 24, 2021
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Wednesday Inauguration Day: I had a long explanation about this selection, which I also sent out last October, but I’ll let the music speak for itself. God bless America, land that I love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN09R2ryJ7o&ab_channel=JazzatLincolnCenter
Thursday Shostakovich, The Nose. (The Royal Opera) (3:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotMwwixPsw&list=PLa9H-OAtVZCB04RfHVz49IdJ-BcTWvw5j&ab_channel=RoyalOperaHouse
Friday ...
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