Today's Birthday in Music: December 15 (I. Haendel)

1928 - Ida Haendel, Chelm, Poland; violinist

Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)
"The one they don't want you to hear" (La Scena Musicale, June 2000)

Ida Haendel plays Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, 1st mvt. (Orchestre de Radio-Canada, conducted by Franz-Paul Decker, 1981)


Brahms Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt. (Orchestre de Radio-Canada, conducted by Franz-Paul Decker, 1981)