Today's the Day

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Delighted to see your headline being St Piran's Day (One 'r') - Our singing group will be very busy with three engagements during the afternoon and evening, the last one leading the 'Trelawny Shout' in our local pub. Pasties will feature at all three venues!

- and spelling mistake corrected

[cloughie]

- and spelling mistake corrected

Methinks I'll be ready for tomorrow evening Kernow bys vyken!

[johncorrigan]

That's a bad couple of days that sees the loss of both Ivor Cutler and Viv Stanshall, ferney, albeit a few years apart...won't see their likes again, I reckon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfcnoJd6V0U

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That's a bad couple of days that sees the loss of both Ivor Cutler and Viv Stanshall, ferney, albeit a few years apart...won't see their likes again, I reckon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfcnoJd6V0U

- even if anyone of their like did appear, they'd never get broadcast/recording time in these manufactured and manicured media days.

[Joseph K]

I think Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871, not '70.

[cloughie]

- even if anyone of their like did appear, they'd never get broadcast/recording time in these manufactured and manicured media days.

Stanshall was barking (well he was a Bonzo Dog), but brilliant. Saw the live in the 60s - amazing!

[edashtav]

Haitink and Vivaldi both have birthdays, today. I wonder if Bernie has conducted any of Antonio's pieces?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871, not '70.

You are absolutely right, of course, Joseph: many thanks, duly corrected.

[greenilex]

I suppose we have to wait a bit for the furry dance? Can’t be all that long.

[cloughie]

I suppose we have to wait a bit for the furry dance? Can’t be all that long.

Two months and three days, and Trevithick Day is April 27.

[greenilex]

Plenty of time to practice the forward and backward part, then. The couples bit is easy.

[Bryn]

I think Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871, not '70.

An eagle-eyed observation, if ever.

[Joseph K]

An eagle-eyed observation, if ever.

Thanks.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

March 6th

European Day of the Righteous - in commemoration of all those who have stood up to totalitarianism and crimes against humanity, its name reflects the Garden of Righteousness in Jerusalem, initiated by Moshe Bejski (whose own life had been saved by the actions of Oskar Schindler) to pay tribute to those non-Jews who put their freedon and survival at risk to help Jews during the Holocaust. The idea is extended to include and honour all people who helped to save lives during all genocides and mass murders.

Also on this Date: Mohammad delivers his Final Sermon on Mount Arafat to followers making Haij to Mecca (632); King John loses Normandy to the King of France (1204); the first issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is published in 1665 - 354 years on and it's still going strong; the first "Australian" penal colony is established in Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean [actually, nearly 900 miles from the Australian mainland](1788); the Pierian Solidarity forms the first collegiate orchestra in any US university at Harvard - now called the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, it is arguably the oldest Symphony Orchestra in the USA (1808); Bellini's La Sonnambula is premiered in Milan (1831); the Battle of the Alamo ebds with the victory of the Mexican army over187 Texan volunteers including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, both of whom are killed (1835); Verdi's La Traviata is premiered at La Fenice Opera House in Venice (1853); the Supreme Court of the US rules that "negroes" whose ancestors were brought to America, cannot be US citizens, whether now free or slaves, and therefore had no redress to the US legal system (1857); Bayer, the German pharmaceutical company registers "Aspirin" as a trademark (1800); during the Turko-Italian War, the Italian army becomes the first to use aircraft to drop bombs on enemy territory (1912); Ethel and Julius Rothberg go on trial in the US for spying (1951); Ghana declares independence from Britain (1957); Cassius Clay announces his membership of the Nation of Islam and changes his name to Mohammad Ali (1964); Svetlana Allilujeva, Stalin's daughter, defects to the USA (1967); Walter Cronkite delivers his final broadcast as news anchor at CBS Evening News after over 19 years (1981); Tippett's The Mask of Time is premiered in Boston, conducted by Colin Davis; and the [nearly] year-long Miners' Strike begins (both 1984); 193 passengers are killed when the ferry "The Herald of Free Enterprise" sinks within minutes of leaving Zebrugge (1987); three unarmed members of the IRA are shot dead by SAS troops on Gibralta as part of Operation Flavius (1988); and this time last year, Megan Barry resigns as Mayor of Nashville after only a month in office - she has been having an extramarital affair with her bodyguard.

Birthdays today include; John of Gaunt (1340); Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475); Cyrano de Bergerac (1619); Johann Kuhnau (1660); Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806); George du Maurier (1834); Oscar Straus (1870); Carlos Salzedo (1885); Phyllis Tate (1911); Will Eisner and Frankie Howerd (both 1917); Lewis Gilbert (1920); Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927); Edison Denisov (1929); Lorin Maazel (1930); Valentina Tereshkova (1937); Kiri Te Kanawa (1944); David Gilmour (1946); Kiki Dee and Rob Reiner (both 1947); Alan Davies (1966); and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (1975).

Final Days for: Notker the Stammerer (912); Francis Beaumont (1616); Louisa may Alcott (1888); Gottlieb Daimler (1900); John Philip Sousa (1932); Oliver Wendell Holmes (1935); Ivor Novello (1951); George Formby (1961); Margaret Dumont (1965); Nelson Eddy and Zoltan Kodaly (both 1967); Pearl S Buck (1973); Georgia O'Keefe (1986); Hans Bethe (2005); Jean Baudrillard (2007); and Nancy Reagan (2016).

And the Radio 3 schedules for the morning of Tuesday, 6th March, 1979 were:

Overture: Cherubini Anachreon Ovt; Rossini Intro, Theme & Variations; Respighi Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite 3.
Morning Concert: Haydn Overture in D ; Schubert Rondo in A D438; Schumann: Spring Symphony.
This Week's Composer: Berlioz (including the complete Lélio)
Cantilena conducted by Adrian Shepherd: Vivaldi Concert Madrigalesco RV129); Pachelbel Canon; Brade Dance Suite; Vivaldi Goldfinch Flute Concerto RV428; Wildman Shepherds' Dance; Handel Concerto Grosso #9 in Bb.
A Short Talk by psychiatrist Dr Anthony Storr.
Andrew Watkinson and Simon Nicholls play Gerhard's Gemini for vln & pno, and Bartok's 2nd Vln Sonata.
BBC Welsh SO conducted by Erich Bergel: Weber Oberon Ovt; Charles Barnes Piano Concerto (Martin Jones, soloist - 1st broadcast performance); Dvorak Symphony #8

[cloughie]

Plenty of time to practice the forward and backward part, then. The couples bit is easy.

Will you be there on the day?