Today's Birthdays in Music: February 26 (Kirkby, Bridge)

1949 - Emma Kirkby, Cambridge, England; soprano

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Interview (La Scena Musicale)

Emma Kirkby sings "But who may abide" from Handel's Messiah (Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood)



1879 - Frank Bridge, Brighton, England; composer

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Julian Lloyd Webber performing Frank Bridge's Scherzetto