A big day for Britten and America

Now playing - Gerald Finzi's For St. Cecilia on the 1979 Argo LP ZRG 896 seen above. Finzi's Ode for tenor, chorus and orchestra also has a birthday today. It was first performed exactly sixty years ago, on November 22, 1947, by René Soames, the Luton Choral Society and BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Another fine choral work that deserves to be heard more often.
Do you mind if I leave you now with these birthday links? You see, I'm off to celebrate my own birthday.
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Comments
I would also add Boris Becker's birthday, who was somehow art in motion, too.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Cheers
David Cavlovic
Konrad Kreutzer - b. 1780
Hugo Godron - b. 1900
Arthur Sullivan - d. 1900
Pietro Yon - d. 1943
Guy Ropartz - d. 1955
Edvin Kallstenius - d. 1967
Guy Ropartz, in particular, is worth further exploration - http://www.ropartz.org/