Music for a Time of War is a 2011 Oregon Symphony concert recording of four compositions: Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question (1906), John Adams' The Wound-Dresser (1989), Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem (1940) and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 4 (1935). The program was performed on May 7 and May 8 under the artistic direction of Carlos Kalmar at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, and again on May 12 at Carnegie Hall. A concert album, the orchestra's first in eight years, was released five months later on CD by Dutch record label PentaTone Classics. The live performances and album received favorable reviews; the recording debuted at number 31 on Billboard's Classical Albums chart, and made several lists of the best classical recordings of 2011. The album earned two nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the 2013 Grammy Awards, and producer Blanton Alspaugh received the Grammy for Producer of the Year, Classical, for his contributions to this and other recordings.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1842:

A train derailed and caught fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_rail_accident

1886:

In Atlanta, American pharmacist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola (glass pictured) as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

1924:

Lithuania signed the Klaipėda Convention with the nations of the Conference of Ambassadors, taking the Klaipėda Region (German: Memelland) from East Prussia and making it into an autonomous region under unconditional sovereignty of Lithuania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Convention

1945:

A parade to celebrate the end of World War II turned into a riot, followed by widespread disturbances and killings in and around Sétif, French Algeria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9tif_and_Guelma_massacre

1972:

Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to demand the release of 315 convicted Palestinian terrorists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_571

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

quail: 1. (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, wither. 2. (transitive, now rare) To frighten, daunt (someone). 3. (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quail

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.   --E. M. Forster https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._M._Forster