Wednesday, September 17, 2025

On this day in music history – Guilty Pleasures, by Renée Fleming and Sebastian Lang-Lessing (2013):


Guilty Pleasures

Album by Renée Fleming and Sebastian Lang-Lessing,
released September 17, 2013.

Track list:

Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op. 7: 1. Villanelle; Duparc: Phidylé; Refice: Ombra di nube; Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas: 5. Nana; Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas: 6. Canción; Tchaikovsky: Undina: Undina’s Aria; Rachmaninoff: Sumerki (Twilight), Op. 21, No. 3; Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix; Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: “Sous le dôme épais” (Flower Duet); Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne: 7. La Delaissado; Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne: 13. Malurous qu’o uno Fenno; Dvořák: Armida: “Za Štíhlou Gazelou”; Smetana: The Kiss (Hubicka) - Opera in 2 Acts: Lullaby; J. Strauss II: Walzer aus Wien: “Frag mich oft”; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume; Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles / Act II: “Once There Was A Golden Bird”; Traditional: “O Danny Boy”.

On this day in movie history - The Town (2010):


The Town

directed by Ben Affleck,
written by Peter Craig, Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard,
based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan,
was released in the United States on September 17, 2010.
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams and David Buckley.


Cast:

Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Dennis McLaughlin, Brian Scannell, Isaac Bordoy, Jack Neary, Edward O'Keefe, Victor Garber, Jim Ford.

On this day in movie history - Devil (2010):


Devil

directed by John Erick Dowdle,
written by Brian Nelson,
based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan,
was released in the United States on September 17, 2010.
Music by Fernando Velázquez.


Cast:

Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Geoffrey Arend, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Joshua Peace, Caroline Dhavernas, Joe Cobden, Zoie Palmer, Vincent Laresca, Rudy Webb, Craig Eldridge, Robert Lee, Genadijs Dolganovs, Joe Pingue, Killian Gray, Michael Rhoades, Kelly Jones, Lee Oliveira, Jonathan Potts, Alice Poon, Stacy Chbosky, Jay Hunter, Mark Behar, Mark Baldesarra, Shannon Garnett, Kimberly Ables Jindra, Gage Munroe, Farzad Sadrian.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Day of Honor.
Released September 17, 1997.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Jeri Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Majel Barrett, Alexander Enberg, Alan Altshuld, Michael Krawic, Kevin Stillwell, John Austin, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Christine Delgado, Kerry Hoyt, Andray Johnson, Keith Rayve, Guy Richardson, Richard Sarstedt.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: Anomaly.
Released September 17, 2003.
Directed by David Straiton.
Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Robert Rusler, Nathan Anderson, Julia Rose, Sean McGowan, Kenneth White, Ryan Honey, Ken Lally, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Nikki Flux, Duncan K. Fraser, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Aldric A. Horton, Lisa Hoyle, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Kortney Manns, Marnie Martin, Tom Morga, Lin Oeding, Aric Rogokos, Lidia Sabljic, Webster Whinery.

On this day in music history – Visions of Love: Mozart Arias, by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras (1996):


Visions of Love: Mozart Arias

Album by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras,
released September 17, 1996.

Track list:

Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh, vieni; Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi...Mi tradi; Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Ach, ich liebte, war so glucklich; Il re pastore: L’amero, saro costante - Renee Fleming/Krista Bennion Feeney; Die Zauberflote: Ach, ich fuhl’s, es ist verschwunden; La finta giardiniera: Geme la Tortorella; La finta giardiniera: Crudeli, fermate, crudeli, oh Dio! fermate-; La finta giardiniera: Ah, dal pianto, dal singhiozzo; Zaide: Ruhe sanft; Il sogno di Scipione: Lieve son al par del vento; Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento...Al desio; Con aria, K383: Nehmt meinen Dank.

On this day in television history - M*A*S*H (1972 – 1983):


M*A*S*H

developed by Larry Gelbart,
based on the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker,
was originally aired in the United States on CBS and ran for eleven seasons,
from September 17, 1972 – February 28, 1983.
Theme music by Johnny Mandel.


Cast:

Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, G. W. Bailey, Kellye Nakahara, Jeff Maxwell, Johnny Haymer, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter.

On this day in movie history - Violent City (1970):


Violent City

Italian title: Città violenta,
aka The Family,
directed by Sergio Sollima,
written by Sauro Scavolini, Gianfranco Galligarich, Lina Wertmüller and Sergio Sollima,
based on a story by Dino Maiuri and Massimo De Rita,
was released in Italy on September 17, 1970.
Music by Ennio Morricone.


Cast:

Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders, Benjamin Lev, Peter Dane, Corinne Dunne, Richard Dunne, Iver Gilborn, Denny Hulme, Rémy Julienne, Stirling Moss, Beryl Salvatore, George Savalas, Jo Siffert, Robert Spafford, Goffredo Unger, Arnold Williams.