Today's Birthday in Music: September 18 (F. Caccini)

1587 - Francesca Caccini, Florence, Italy; composer, singer, lutenist

Wikipedia
Opus to Woman Power (La Scena Musicale, March 2005)

"O che nuovo stupor" by Francesca Caccini (Alicia Molina, soprano, with El Concierto Ylustrado; Cádiz, 2007)

Today's Birthdays in Music: July 15 (Margison, Bream, Birtwistle)

1953 - Richard Margison, Victoria, Canada; opera tenor

Biography and pictures
Richard Margison - In Constant Motion (La Scena Musicale, 2002)

Richard Margison sings "Cielo e mar!" from Ponchielli's La Gioconda (Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2005)



1933 - Julian Bream, London, England; guitarest and lutenist

Wikipedia
Guitare Diffusion Biography

Julian Bream (self-duet) plays "Fandango" by Luigi Boccherini



1933 - Harrison Birtwistle, Accrington, England; composer

Wikipedia
New York Times on Harrison Birtwistle

Scenes from Punch and Judy, Act I, by Harrison Birtwistle (Rupert Bergmann as Punch, Hamburg 2001)