Enough with the polite formalities, cher public, and on with the weekly discussion of off-topic and general interest subjects.

Born on this day in 1890 baritone Robert Burg

Born on this day in 1902 composer William Walton

Born on this day in 1931 soprano Gloria Davy

Born on this day in 1936 composer Richard Rodney Bennett

Lawrence Brownlee “Rising” at Carnegie Hall

Lawrence Brownlee “Rising” at Carnegie Hall

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Lawrence Brownlee “Rising” at Carnegie Hall

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR), performs an anticipated program of newly commissioned works with texts drawn from great Black authors and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Thursday, March 23 at Carnegie Hall. (Photo: Zakiyah Caldwell Burroughs)

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Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR), performs an anticipated program of newly commissioned works with texts drawn from great Black authors and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Thursday, March 23 at Carnegie Hall. (Photo: Zakiyah Caldwell Burroughs)

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