written by

Amy Owens

Soprano
Joseph Canteloube:  Baïlèro

Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro

For years, I have adored the Chants d’Auvergne, folk songs from the Auvergne region of France in the local language, Occitan. The collector and arranger of these landscape-inspired songs was Auvergne native Joseph Canteloube, who took more than thirty years...

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Farhad Mehrad: Booye Eydi

Farhad Mehrad: Booye Eydi

Today I bring you music from one of the most influential Iranian artists of all time, Farhad Mehrad. After rising to popularity in the years before and during the Iranian Revolution in the 70’s, he was banned from singing for several years. He began producing music...

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Leonard Bernstein:  Silhouette

Leonard Bernstein: Silhouette

I am grateful and excited to contribute to this week’s Song of the Day, which gives us something beautiful to ponder about in the midst of chaos. Today, I have chosen a song by the great Leonard Bernstein: “Silhouette,” or “Galilee.” Bernstein wrote this song as a...

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