11-20: Section 25 : From the Hip 1984 - Chris Whitley Boulder 2001 - Pierre de la Rue : Requiem / Clemencic 1990 - Mahler Das Lied : Baker / King / Haitink 1975 - Anton Rubinstein Solo Piano Music / Howard 1997

1518 – Pierre de la Rue (Flemish composer)
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman (Swedish composer, "Father of Swedish Music")
1827 – Alexey Titov [Алексей Титов] (Russian composer, violinist & cavalry officer)
1851 – Wenzel Sedlak (Czech clarinettist & composer)
1882 – Béla Kéler (Hungarian bandmaster & composer)
1894 – Anton Rubinstein [Анто́н Рубинште́йн] (Russian pianist, composer & conductor)
1908 – Albert Hermann Dietrich (German composer & conductor, friend of Brahms)
1927 – Wilhelm Stenhammar (Swedish composer, conductor & pianist)
1939 – Désiré Pâque (Belgian organist, teacher & composer)
1950 – Francesco Cilea (Italian composer)
1951 – Thomas Quinlan (English opera impresario)
1957 – Weldon Hart (American composer & violinist)
1964 – John Tasker Howard (American musicologist, radio host, writer, lecturer, composer & curator of NY Public Library)
1984 – Alexander Moyzes (Slovak composer)
2004 – Jenny Ross (English post-punk singer & keyboardist, Section 25)
2005 – Chris Whitley (American blues, rock & alt-country singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2005 – James King (American tenor)
2010 – Roxana Briban (Romanian operatic soprano)

I know, we already had one excellent Das Lied von der Erde for our commemoration of this year's Mahler death centenary. But this Das Lied is really, really good too! And since we'd yet to feature any of the fabulous Janet Baker or Bernard Haitink (much less James King), this is an opportunity I could hardly pass up.

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