#OnThisDay 1732 Austrian composer Joseph Haydn was born. Here's Theme from Haydn's Surprise Symphony performed by Dunblane Cathedral's beginner children's handbell ensemble, all aged 8 years old
▶️ youtu.be/6mLxTyYmbqg
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🗓️🇬🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1943 Greek composer Vangelis was born so here’s his “Chariots of Fire" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Youth Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/-JZiytGNGug
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🗓️🇩🇪✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1827 German composer Ludwig van Beethoven died. Here’s Ode to Joy from his 9th (Choral) Symphony arranged by Patricia Sanders Cota performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensembles
▶️ youtu.be/5FCvFps87jg
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🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1918 French composer Claude Debussy died. Here’s his "La fille aux cheveux de lin" performed by River City Ringers of Omaha, USA
▶️ youtu.be/MyuuZPXP-6Q
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It's the birthday today of US composer/arranger Cathy Moklebust Music so here's her beautifully evocative arrangement of traditional Scottish melody "Loch Lomond"
▶️ youtu.be/5KmMZwkEppg
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#OnThisDay 1685 composer J S Bach was born. Here’s his Brandenburg Concerto Number 3, 3rd movement, performed on handbells by the Raleigh Ringers from North Carolina, USA
▶️ youtu.be/fbiPQZl1W9c
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#OnThisDay 1844 composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was born so here’s his Flight of the Bumblebee performed by Estonia’s fabulous Arsis Youth Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/ifc-JLgjGVM
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☘️ For #StPatricksDay today here’s popular Irish traditional melody “Mountains of Mourne” arranged for handbells, flutes and ‘cello by Dunblane’s Malcolm Wilson
▶️ youtu.be/6-GLum4JtmI
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#OnThisDay 1921 Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla was born. Here's his Libertango performed by Estonia's Campanelli Handbell Ensemble with Aivar Oroper (Accordion) & Toomas Söelsepp (Cymbells & Maracas)
youtu.be/p-1JPoGw2B4
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It's #InternationalBagpipeDay. World's first published music for bagpipes & handbells was arrangement by Dunblane's Malcolm Wilson of "Amazing Grace" - now been performed by many groups around world
youtu.be/BTGqcP1MM7w
#BagpipeDay
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🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1875 French composer Maurice Ravel was born so here’s his Boléro performed by the outstanding Hong Kong Youth Handbell Ensemble and The Clappers Handbell Emsemble
▶️ youtu.be/kzw8Q-TXwfY
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🗓️🏴✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1951 Welsh singer/songwriter Ivor Novello died - here’s his “Keep the home fires burning” performed by Dunblane Cathedral Youth & Children’s Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/8ovlN01dVRk
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🗓️🇭🇺✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1967 Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály died. Here's his "Bells" piece performed by Japan's KIRIKU Handbell Ensemble
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0K5...
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#OnThisDay 1953 Ukrainian-born composer Sergei Prokofiev died. Here’s "March" from his opera "The Love for Three Oranges" performed by Estonia's fabulous Arsis Handbell Ensembles
▶️ youtu.be/Mx52Hf9T8-U
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🗓️🇧🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1887 Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born - here’s Dansa (Martelo) from his Bachianas Brasileiras #5 performed by Puerto Rico’s Vivace Handbell Ensemble with viola soloist
▶️ youtu.be/jAnno0ve56w
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🗓🐘 It's #WorldWildlifeDay
#WildlifeDay today so here's Baby Elephant Walk performed by Purdue University Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/uXfO7b8qGDw
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🗓️🇵🇱✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1810 Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was born. Here’s his Tristesse, which it is said Chopin considered to be his most beautiful melody, performed by Estonia’s Arsis Handbell Ensembles
▶️ youtu.be/GCKKbAeShZM
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🗓️🏴✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1848 English composer C Hubert Parry, most famous for choral song “Jerusalem”, was born. Here’s “Jerusalem” performed by Japan’s Andante Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/xmSS_ofpoN8
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Today is #NationalTellAFairyTaleDay so here's traditional Scottish Gaelic lullaby "Faery's Lament" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble
#NationalTellAFairyTaleDay2026
#TellAFairyTaleDay
▶️ youtu.be/LOSVYv8MP_g
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#OnThisDay 1950 Scottish actor, comedian & singer/songwriter Sir Harry Lauder died. Here’s his "Keep Right On To The End Of The Road" performed by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/gI-APGe90NQ
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#OnThisDay 1704 French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier died. Here’s his most famous work (used as signature tune of Eurovision) “Te Deum” performed by Dunblane Cathedral Children’s & Youth Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/A_73xFHNZqs
#Handbells #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All
🗓️🏴🎶✍️ #OnThisDay 1934 English composer Edward Elgar died, so here's his "Salut d'Amour" performed by Japan's Kobe YMCA Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/E3dhENMEAys
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🗓️🇫🇷✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1844 French composer Charles-Marie Widor was born so here’s his Toccata from Symphony No 5 performed by BellForza handbell ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/A-jMGVg7-6Q
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🗓️🇮🇹🎶 #OnThisDay 1816 Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premiered. Here’s a performance by the handbell ensemble of St John's Lutheran Church, Orange, California, USA of the Overture to the Barber of Seville
▶️ youtu.be/YksWWEDK8Kc
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🗓️🇮🇹✍️🎶 #OnThisDay 1743 Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini was born. Here's his Largo from Sonata in Do minor performed on handbells, cello and organ
▶️ youtu.be/WtA2W27WtlA
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#OnThisDay 1944 Welsh composer Karl Jenkins was born. Here’s his Palladio performed by Hershey Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/XA2dfBGpci8
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🗓️🇩🇪🎶✍️ #OnThisDay 1883 German composer Richard Wagner died. Here’s the prelude from his “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” performed by Japan’s Andante Handbell Ensemble
▶️ youtu.be/tnf2nLK1Lc0
#Handbells #HandbellMusic #HandbellsRFun #Handbells4All
🎶 #OnThisDay 1924 George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” was premiered, so here’s a performance of it by Estonia’s fabulous Arsis Handbell Ensembles
▶️ youtu.be/OJbswEu1FP8
#HandbellMusic #Handbells4All #Handbells #HandbellsRFun
HRGB Scottish Regional Association Spring Rally & AGM will be held on Sat 14 Mar 2026 in Bankfoot, near Perth
Click on link below for more information, registration form & details of the massed ringing music.
www.hrgbscotland.org.uk/calendar/hrg...
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🌹 Did you know it's #RoseDay🥀today? So here's a performance by Dunblane Cathedral Handbell Ensemble of "My Love is like a Red, Red Rose"
▶️ youtu.be/elV6MIVec0s
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