Today's Birthdays in Music: January 11 (Glière, Duruflé)

1875 - Reinhold Glière, Kiev, Ukraine; composer

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Emma Dogliani sings Glière's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano, 1st mvt.


Glière's Horn Concerto, 3rd mvt. (Ionut Podgoreanu, horn; Ploiesti Symphony Orchestra, Romania; Ilarion Ionescu-Galati, conducting)



1902 - Maurice Duruflé, Louviers, France; composer, organist; arranger

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Introit and Kyrie from Duruflé's Requiem (University Singers, Laura Artisani, organ; Dennis Cox conducting; University of Maine, 2008)

Today's Birthday in Music: August 1 (Gagnon)

1942 - André Gagnon, Saint-Pacôme-de-Kamouraska, Canada; pianist, composer, conductor, arranger

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André Gagnon plays:

 "Après La Pluie"


"Nelligan"

Today's Birthdays in Music: April 18 (Stokowski, Malfitano)

1882 - Leopold Stokowski, London, England; conductor and arranger

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90-year-old Stokowski conducts Debussy's L'après-midi d'une faune (London Symphony Orchestra, 1972)



1948 - Catherine Malfitano, New York City, U.S.A., opera soprano

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Catherine Malfitano as Jenny in Rise And Fall of Mahagonny by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht (Salzburg 1998)