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Porgy has got his Bess, he is happy now: I got plenty o'nuttin. Then Maria chuck cocaine dealer Sporting Life out of her shop. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sporting Life). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.
Video duration: 344 seconds
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now - love duet of a beggar and a cured(?) dope. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.
Video duration: 581 seconds
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Take your hands off - Bess is delirious after she met Crown. Oh, Doctor Jesus - Serena's prayer for Bess to get sane. Porgy's waiting for Bess' awakening. Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Mervin Wallace (Peter). Lead by Simon Rattle, directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on Glyndebourne production in 1986/87.
Video duration: 311 seconds
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Duet), with the brazilian jazz group Nouvelle Cuisine and a string quartet (a glorious and insuperable rendition of this song) - from the DVD Marisa Monte Ao Vivo - 1988
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This is a British Redcoat from Jersey in the Channel Islands showing "why" the British Army were the Best in the 18th century in the world....and still are !!!
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This musket, and variants, were used by the British Army from the early 1700s until the 1800s.
Here seen in action in Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, where it was used to crush a French invasion force by Scottish Infantry.
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"Summertime" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
-music: George Gershwin
-arr. J. Heifetz
-violin: me
-accompaniment: Vladimir Polezhayev
-photo: Myron Leveen
Played on May 16, 2008, Long Island, New York, USA.
I hope you enjoy this. Thank you for listening!