September 9 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Michael Bublé (The Musical Birthday Series)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (b. 9 September 1957) is one of the most admired and ambitious pianists of our time.

Pierre-Shaped Tones

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who finds

  Relentless exploration 

Of music’s avant-gardist minds

  A pleasant recreation,

Performs Xenakis and Boulez,

  And when the program’s done,

He turns to us and blithely says,

  “I told you it was fun.”

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Michael Bublé (b. 9 September 1975) is a singer specializing in American songbook standards.

Confiteor

While you may not much care either way,

I know there are thoughts yea and nay

When considering MB:

His signature charm

Can morph into smarm;

He’s not very subtle

(That brooks no rebuttal);

But still he can sing

With a Vegasy swing,

And I admit I’ve been held in his sway.

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