#OnThisDay 1813 Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was born. Here's "Grand March" from his "Aida" performed by a handbell quintet
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@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1813 Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was born. Here's "Grand March" from his "Aida" performed by a handbell quintet
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️🎶 #OnThisDay 1940 singer/songwriter John Lennon was born. Here's his "Imagine" performed on handbells with voices
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1852 composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was born. Here is his "Engelberg" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.socialIt's #BroadwayMusicalsDay today so here's a medley from one of the most popular musicals on Broadway, "Phantom of the Opera" performed by Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 935 Saint Wenceslas died. He is the subject of the well-known "Good King Wenceslas" carol, performed here on handbells
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️🇺🇸✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1898 US composer George Gershwin was born. Here’s a medley of some of his music performed by Hong Kong’s SKH TIn Wan Chi Nam Primary School Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️ #OnThisDay 1975 TV presenter Declan Donnelly was born. Here's his fun handbell performance along with Anthony McPartlin on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1683 French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau was born. Here's his Minuet performed by Trinity Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.socialIt’s the birthday today of US composer Matthew Compton so here’s his “Catalyst” performed by Handbell Musicians of America Distinctly Bronze East 2023 handbell musicians under the direction of Fred Gramann
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1989 composer Irving Berlin died, so here’s his “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” performed by San Diego Harmony Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓🐘 It's #NationalElephantAppreciationDay
#ElephantAppreciationDay #ElephantDay today so here's Baby Elephant Walk performed by Purdue University Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social🏴☠️ Aarrrr, it's #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay
#TalkLikeAPirateDay today, so have yer a listen, matey, to "Pirates of the Caribbean" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social🗓️🇫🇷🎵✍️ #OnThisDay 1894 French Romantic composer Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier died. Here's his España performed by Japan's fabulous Kinjo Gakuin University Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1957 German film score composer Hans Zimmer was born. Here's his "The Kraken" from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" performed by Twin Cities Bronze Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1935 Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was born. Here's his Spiegel im Spiegel performed by Estonia's Arsis Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1711 English composer William Boyce was born. Here's Gavotte from his Symphony No 4 performed by Hudson River Handbell Ensemble
@dchandbells.bsky.social#OnThisDay 1659 English composer Henry Purcell was born. Here’s his Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite performed by Cairn University Handbell Ensemble
@hrgbscot.bsky.socialThe September 2026 Newsletter of the Scottish Regional Association of the Handbell Ringers of Great Britain is available to download now: www.hrgbscotland.org.uk/news/septemb...
