Tea time for Lady Marian and Sir Guy of Gisbourne.
Tag: YouTube
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Richard Strauss Documentary Birthday Tribute
Happy birthday, Richard Strauss! Fans of the composer will enjoy this two-hour documentary I found on YouTube, featuring commentary by prominent musicians, interviews with people who actually KNEW him, narration by Sir John Gielgud, and, not least of all, footage of Strauss himself. Strauss described himself as “a first-rate second-class composer.” He certainly lived a remarkable life.
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Happy Birthday Schumann Symphony No 4
Happy birthday, Robert Schumann!
Here’s a fabulous performance of Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, from perhaps an unexpected source:
I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-V6qHLCyto
II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWHDBcAy0o
III. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Gr4oS8xAI
IV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5gyhln2Veg
Nice to hear Sir Adrian excel in something other than Elgar and Vaughan Williams!
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Marlboro Music Festival YouTube Gems Await
Did you know that Marlboro Music had a YouTube channel? There are some real gems on there, including documentaries about Pablo Casals and Marlboro co-founder Marcel Moyse (“He was the only musician I knew who could play the flute and smoke a pipe at the same time,” according to Claude Frank).
In addition, you’ll find an interview with Pina Carmirelli, Library of Congress performances of music by Haydn, Webern, Brahms, and the late Krzysztof Penderecki, and a beautiful promotional video showing off the idyllic splendor of the Marlboro grounds.
For a hit of the Marlboro Music Festival, look here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvDJxEjaVxObDMU96_k1w
Then sample from the audio archive here:
“Music from Marlboro” is on hiatus from WWFM – The Classical Network until we get the all-clear from COVID-19, but Marlboro Music is still very much in our thoughts!
Marlboro School of Music and Festival: Official Page
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Paul Robeson Sings for Passover Princeton Birthday
Paul Robeson for Passover.
Happy birthday to Princeton’s own!
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