MAKE MUSIC PART OF YOUR LIFE SERIES: Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 20 in C, K.303

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Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 20 in C, K.303

I. Adagio – Molto allegro [0:00]
II. Tempo di Menuetto [5:04]

Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Luc Devos, fortepiano

performed on period instruments

Painting of Mozart family by Johann Nepomuk della Croce

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GREAT COMPOSITIONS/PERFORMANCES: Berliner Philharmoniker – Edward Elgar Salut d’amour op. 12 2010

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Berliner Philharmoniker – Edward Elgar Salut d’amour op. 12 2010

Berliner Philharmoniker – Edward Elgar Salut d’amour op. 12 2010

von der Berliner Waldbühne, Dirigent Ion Marin

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SAINT OF THE DAY May 1: ST. MARCULF

SAINT OF THE DAY

ST. MARCULF
May 1: Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, … Read More

May 1

St. Peregrine Laziosi St. Marculf St. Andeolus St. Augustus Schoffler St. Aceolus St. Acius St. Aldebrandus St. Amator St. Arigius St. Asaph St. Benedict of Szkalka St. Bertha of Kent St. Bertha of Val d’Or St. Brieuc St. Buriana St. Ultan St. Theodard St. Ceallach St. Cominus St. Evermarus St. Grata St. Isidora St. John-Louis Bonnard St. Orentius St. Orentius and Patientia St. Panacea St. Isidora the Simple St. Riccardo Pampuri

QUOTATION: Jerome K. Jerome

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don’t want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: JOHN WOO (1946)

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THIS DAY IN THE YESTERYEAR: MINAMATA DISEASE OFFICIALLY DISCOVERED IN JAPAN (1956)

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Minamata disease is a degenerative neurological disorder characterized by a loss of coordination and peripheral vision, poor articulation of speech, and numbness of the extremities. It was first encountered in 1956, when numerous cases of the then-unknown disease were observed in Minamata, Japan. Investigations showed that the consumption of seafood contaminated by a local chemical factory‘s mercury-laden wastewater caused the disorder. What brought more attention to the disease in 1965? More…

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