I just played through "September" — reminding of one of my fondest musical memories when I heard #KiriTeKanawa singing the #VierLetzteLieder of #RichardStrauß at Ravinia; here she's singing it on 6.17.90
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I just played through "September"; here's the late great Jessye Norman singing the second of the "Vier Letzte Lieder" of #RichardStrauß:

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#TatianaTroyanos was born #OnThisDay in 1938, becoming one of the leading mezzo sopranos of her generation; here she is as Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" of #RichardStrauß with Kathleen Battle in the presentation of the rose scene

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#RichardStrauß died #OnThisDay in 1949, the last great German opera composer; his "Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) are four of the greatest #songs ever written, sung here by the great Jessye Norman:

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#GeorgSolti died #OnThisDay in 1997; the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg was regarded as one of the great conductors of the 20th c.; here's "Beim Schlafengehen" from the Vier Letzte Lieder of #RichardStrauß
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