On this day in music history - Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs, By Susan Graham (2004)

Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs

by Susan Graham

was released on May 10, 2004.

Piano: Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Track list:

The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories; Ann Street; Serenity; 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; Remembrance; September; Soliloquy; A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass; Emerson; Hawthorne; The Alcotts; Thoreau.

On this day in music history - The album Haunted Heart, by Renée Fleming (2005)

Haunted Heart

by Renée Fleming

was released on May 10, 2005.

Track list:

Haunted Heart; River; When Did You Leave Heaven?; You’ve Changed; Answer Me; My Cherie Amour; In My Life; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress; Wozzeck/The Midnight Sun; Liebst du um Schönheit; My One And Only Love/This Is Always; Canção do Amor; Psyché; Hard Times Come Again No More.

On this day in music history - The album lovestrong, by Christina Perri (2011)

lovestrong

by Christina Perri

was released on May 10, 2011.

Track list:

Bluebird; Arms; Bang Bang Bang; Distance; Jar of Hearts; Mine; Interlude; Penguin; Miles; The Lonely; Sad Song; Tragedy; [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track].

Anne Tyler, on writing:

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.

- Anne Tyler.

Recommended reading - Master Shots

Master Shots
Volume 3
The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie

by Christopher Kenworthy.

Published by Michael Wiese Productions.
Published 2013.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1615931546
ISBN-13: 978-1615931545
 
Description:

This book is a highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. It reveals the secrets behind each shot's success, so it can be adapted to a director's individual scenes.

Your job is to create shots that reveal story, expose emotion, explore character and capture the unique feeling of your film. At the same time, you should stamp your film with your own style. This book can help you do that, whatever your experience, because it challenges you to imagine a creative solution for every scene in your film.

Born on this day – Robert Lewin:

Robert Lewin

Writer

Producer

May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Reason to Live (1985); Baretta (1976); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Cannon (1972–1973); Daktari (1966); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Gunsmoke (1965–1966); Hawaii Five-O (1969); I Spy (1965–1968); James at 16 (1978); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Kung Fu (1973–1974); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1971–1972); Medical Center (1975); Mission: Impossible (1966–1967); Movin' On (1974–1975); Rawhide (1964–1965); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1988); Starsky and Hutch (1975); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fugitive (1966); The Loner (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Paper Chase (1978 / 1984); The Rifleman (1962–1963); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); Third of a Man (1962); Today's F.B.I. (1982).

Born on this day – Geraldine McEwan:

Geraldine McEwan

Actress

May 9, 1932 – January 30, 2015

Credits:

A Flea in Her Ear (1967); A Royal Birthday Gala (1990); Abuelas (2011); All for Love (1982); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month (1970–1972); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple (2005); Beware of Children (1960); Bookmark (1999); Call My Bluff (1975); Carrie's War (2004); Caught in the Act (1988); Comedy Connections (2004–2006); Contaminated Man (2000); Crime on Our Hands (1954); Fat (1979); Festival (1963); Five to Eleven (1987–1990); Food of Love (2002); For Better, for Worse (1953); Foreign Body (1986); French and Saunders (1994); GMTV (2004); Golden Gala (1978); Henry V (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Jackanory (1967–1977); Late Night Theatre (1973–1974); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Mapp & Lucia (1985–1986); Marple (2004–2007); Moses (1995–1996); Mulberry (1992–1993); Not Without My Handbag (1993); Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990); Our Friend Victoria (2017); Out of This World (1962); Pebble Mill at One (1996); Private Affairs (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964); Pure (2002); Red Dwarf (1999); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Springing Lenin (1992); Success (1957); Tears Before Bedtime (1983); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Dance of Death (1969); The Evening Standard Theatre Awards (1994); The Garden Party (1990); The Lazarus Child (2004); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Love Letter (1999); The Magdalene Sisters (2002); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2003); The People's Detective (2010); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The South Bank Show (2007); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre Night (1957); There Was a Young Lady (1953); Thin Ice (2000); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968–1972); Titus (1999); Vanity Fair (2004); Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Outtakes (2000); Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000); Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008); Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996); Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009); Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005); Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Muzzled! (2009); 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 (2005); Wogan (1990).