Happy Heifetz's Birthday! Happy Kreisler's Birthday, too! What chance that the two greatest violinists of the 20th century shared a birthday? But that's life, so let's celebrate.
Here is some amazing film of Heifetz: at home, practising, playing ping-pong and - good heavens, smiling?
And now Kreisler...a radio broadcast from his 80th birthday with congratulations spoken by his colleagues, including Mischa Elman, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein and many more, followed by an interview with Kreisler himself (in two parts).
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Yes but will there be an early spring or six more weeks of winter?
Apparently Punxsatawny Phil did see a shadow on Gobbler's Knob, so we are in for another 6 weeks of winter. Here in London it was -4 or so last night & snow forecast for the weekend...
Wiarton Willie says "early spring." Mind you, he made the same prediction last year -- in the middle of a snowstorm.
These are some really great videos. What did we do before youtube. Thanks for the vids. Fantastic! Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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