Today's Birthdays in Music: November 12 (Borodin, Papineau-Couture)

1833 - Alexander Borodin, St. Petersburg, Russia; composer

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Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa)



1916 - Jean Papineau-Couture, Montreal, Canada; composer, educator, administrator

Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)

Today's Birthdays in Music: November 11 (J. Simons, Ansermet)

1925 - Jan Simons, Düsseldorf, Germany; baritone, teacher, administrator

Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)
Winner of 2005 prix Hommage (La Scena Musicale, Feb. 2005)
Remembering Jan Simons (La Scena Musicale, May 2006)

1883 - Ernest Ansermet, Vevey, Switzerland; conductor

Biography and pictures

Ernest Ansermet conducts L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande in Haydn's Symphony No. 90, 4th mvt. (1965 recording)

Today's Birthdays in Music: August 5 (A. Thomas, E. Kleiber)

1811 - Ambroise Thomas, Metz, France; composer, teacher, administrator

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Mady Mesplé sings "Je suis Titiana" from Thomas's Mignon (L'orchestre nationale de Paris, 1969)



1890 - Erich Kleiber, Vienna, Austria; conductor

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Short biography and pictures

Erich Kleiber rehearses the Finale (Ode to Joy) of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, 1949)

Today's Birthday in Music: July 25 (Forrester)

1930 - Maureen Forrester, Montreal, Canada; contralto, teacher, administrator

Biography (Enclycopedia of Music in Canada)
Je me souviens de Maureen Forrester (La Scena Musicale, February 2006)

Maureen Forrester sings:

"Urlicht" from Mahler's 2nd symphony, 4th mvt. (orchestra directed by Glenn Gould, 1957)

English folk song "Blow the wind southerly" with John Newmark at the piano (CBC broadcast, 1965)


"Che puro ciel" from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice (Charles Mackerras directs the orchestra)

Today's Birthdays in Music: July 19 (Neel, Braun, Glennie)

1905 - Boyd Neel, Blackheath, England; conductor, administrator, educator


Biography


1965 - Russell Braun, Frankfurt, Germany; opera and concert baritone

Biography

David Pomeroy and Russel Braun sing "Au fond du temple saint" from Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de perles (Ottawa Under the Stars, 2007)



1965 - Evelyn Glennie, Aberdeen, Scotland; percussionist

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Segment from Evelyn Glennie documentary

Today's Birthdays in Music: April 16 (Bradshaw, Collier)

1944 - Richard Bradshaw, Rugby, England; conductor, administrator (Canadian Opera Co.)

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COC bio
Remembering Richard Bradshaw (La Scena Musicale, August 2007)

1942 - Leo Nucci, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna, Italy; opera baritone

Leo Nucci website

Leo Nucci sings "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's Barber of Seville (Metropolitan Opera production)

Today's Birthdays in Music: April 3 (Applebaum, Castelnuovo-Tedesco)

1918 - Louis Appelbaum, Toronto, Canada; composer, conductor, administrator (Stratford Music Festival

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Bio


1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Florence, Italy; composer

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Bio

César Amaro plays Tarantela by Castelnuovo-Tedesco


Sonata for clarinet and piano, 4th mvt. (Sergio Bosi clarinet, Riccardo Bartoli piano, 2007)

Today's Birthday in Music: April 2 (Adler)

1905 - Kurt Herbert Adler, Vienna, Austria; conductor, administrator (San Francisco Opera)

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