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July 14-20, 2008
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Monday, July 14
Ingram Marshall's "Dark Waters" ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Ingram Marshall (b. 1942): Dark Waters Libby van Cleve, English horn; Ingram Marshall, electronics New Albion 112 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Ingram Marshall ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1874—Russian-born American double-bass player, conductor and new music patron, Serge Koussevitzky, in Vishny-Volochok (Gregorian date: July 26) 1901—English composer Gerald Finzi, in London 1930—American composer Eric Stokes, in Haddon Heights, N.J. Deaths: 1674—English composer and chorister, Pelham Humfrey, age 27, in Windsor; An entry in Samuel Pepy's famous diary describes him in 1667 as being "full of form, and confidence, and vanity," and disparaging "everything and everybody's skill but his own." Premieres: 1942 — Wm. Schuman: "Newsreel," at a New York Philharmonic concert at Lewisohn Stadium, conducted by Arthur Smallens 1948 — Kurt Weill: folk opera "Down in the Valley" at the University of Indiana in Bloomington 1949 — Britten: "Spring Symphony" at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam 1999 — Kernis: "Concierto de Dance Hits," in Minneapolis, by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by David Miller, with guitarist David Tanenbaum
Tuesday, July 15
Villa-lobos premieres ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Heitor Villa Lobos (1887 - 1959): Choros No. 9 Hong Kong Philharmonic; Kenneth Schermerhorn, cond. Naxos 555241 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Villa-Lobos ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1921—American composer Jack Beeson, in Muncie, Indiana 1934—English composer Harrison Birtwistle, in Accrington, Lancashire 1949—English composer John Casken, in Barnsley Deaths: 1789—French composer and harpsichordist Jacques Duphly, age 74, in Paris 1857 —Austrian composer and piano teacher Carl Czerny, age 66, in Vienna 1959 —Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch, age 78, in Portland, Oregon Premieres: 1852 — Spohr: opera "Faust" (2nd version in Italian), in London at Covent Garden 1942 — Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" Nos. 6, 9 and 11, in Rio de Janeiro, conducted by the composer 1945 — Antheil: "Heroes of Today," by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting 1965 — Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms" at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) by the New York Philharmonic conducted by the composer, with The Camerata Singers and boy alto John Bogart; On July 31, 1965, Bernstein attended the U.K. premiere of this work (performed by a male-only choir) at Chichester Cathedral in England 1988 — John Harbison: Piano Sonata No. 1 ("In Memoriam Roger Sessions"), at the Dorothy Taubman Piano Institute in Amherst, Mass., by pianist Robert Shannon
Wednesday, July 16
Violinist, conductor and composer Eugene Ysaye ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890): Violin Sonata in A Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano EMI 56815 & Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931): Chant d'hiver Aaron Rosand, violin; Radio Luxembourg Orchestra; Louis de Froment, cond. Vox Box 5102 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Ysaÿe ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1858—Belgian composer, violinist and conductor Eugène Ysaÿe, in Liège 1901—Austrian conductor and composer Fritz Mahler, a nephew of Gustav Mahler, in Vienna; He studied composition with Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern; He emigrated to America in 1936, where he taught at the Juilliard Summer School and conducted the Erie Philharmonic and the Hartford Symphony 1904 —Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi, in Zagarolo (near Rome 1941 —English composer Geoffrey Burgon, in Hambleton, Hampshire 1959 —Scottish composer James MacMillan, in Kilwinning, Ayrshire Deaths: 1729—Burial date of German composer and lawyer Johann David Heinichen, age 46, in Dresden 1763—French flutist and composer Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, age 89, in Paris Premieres: 1782 — Mozart: opera "The Abduction from the Seraglio," in Vienna at the Burgtheater 1998 — Carol Barnett: "Meeting at Seneca Falls," for soloists, narrator, and chamber ensemble, at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, with Apo Hsu conducting
Thursday, July 17
Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Peter Schickele (b. 1935): Pentangle Kenneth Albrecht, French horn; Louisville Orchestra; Jorge Mester, cond. Albany/First Edition 024 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Peter Schickele ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1832—Swedish composer August Söderman, in Stockholm 1875 —English composer, pianist, and music scholar Sir Donald Tovey, in Eton 1935—American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele, in Ames, Iowa; He "discovered" and performed the music of P.D.Q Bach (1807-1742?) Deaths: 1937 —French composer and conductor Gabriel Pierné, age 73, in Ploujean, Brittany 1967—Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, age 40, in Huntington, Long Island (New York Premieres: 1717 — Handel: "Water Music" on the river Thames, during a royal barge trip from Whitehall to Chelsea (Gregorian date: July 28) 1927 — Milhaud: opera "L'enlèvement d'Europe" (The Rape of Europa), in Baden-Baden at the Stadthalle 1975 — Sallinen: opera, "The Horseman" at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland 1983 — Sir Lenox Berkeley: Cello Concerto, in Manchester. Other: 1877 —Otto Dessoff conducts the Vienna Philharmonic on its first concert tour to Salzburg, as part of a three-day "Salzburger Musikfest" (Salzburg Music Festival) on July 17-19; The orchestra would return to Salzburg in 1879, 1891, 1901, 1904, 1906, and 1910, for special concerts, and in 1925 the annual "Salzburg Festival" was established, with the Vienna Philharmonic as the Festival's prominent participant
Friday, July 18
Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Musical Superwoman? ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821 - 1910): Cinderella Sandrine Piau, soprano; Nicholas Kok, piano Opera Rara 212 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Pauline Viardot-Garcia ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1670—Italian opera composer Giovanni Bononcini, in Modena; In 1720 he joined the Royal Academy of Music in London, where one faction favored Bononcini's works over those by Handel 1821 —French mezzo-soprano PaulineViardot-Garcia; She arranged some of Chopin's mazurkas as songs and performed them with the composer in concert; She also wrote an opera, "La Derniére Sorcière," that was performed in Weimar in 1869, and a chamber opera version of "Cendrillon (Cinderella)" which was performed privately in 1904 1872 —Czech composer Julius Fucik, in Prague; A student of Dvorák's, he composed the famous "circus" march, "Entrance of the Gladiators"; 1894 —Dutch-born American composer Bernard Wagenaar, in Arnhem; He was the son of the Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941); He came to the U.S. in 1920, was a violinist with the New York Philharmonic from 1921-23, and in 1927 became a composition teacher at the Juilliard Graduate School 1933—Canadian composer R. Murray Schafrer, in Sarnia, Ontario 1954—American composer Tobias Picker, in New York Deaths: 1949—Czech composer Vitezslav Novák, age 78, in Skutec, Slovakia Premieres: 1713 — Handel: "Utrecht Te Deum," in London (Julian date: July 7) 1791 — Cherubini: opera, "Lodoiska, in Paris 1920 — Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 5, in Moscow 1972 — Panufnik: Violin Concerto, in London, with Yehudi Menuhin as soloist 1976 — Stockhausen: multi-media work "Sirius," in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian Institute 1984 — Sallinen: String Quartet No. 5 ("Pieces of Mosaic"), at the Kuhmo Festival in Finland, by the Kronos Quartet
Saturday, July 19
Olympic music by Richard Strauss and John Williams ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Olympic Hymn Locke Brass Consort; James Stobart, cond. Chandos 8419 & John Williams (b. 1932): Summon the Heroes Boston Pops; John Williams, cond. Sony 89364 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Richard Strauss On John Williams ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1906—Norwegian composer Klaus Egge, in Gransherad, Telemark 1913—American composer and pianist Peggy Stuart-Coolidge in Swampscott, Mass.; 1952—English composer Dominic Muldowney, in Southhampton 1965—Scottish composer and percussionist Evelyn Glennie, in Aberdeen Deaths: 1730—French composer and flutist Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, age 49, in London Premieres: 1924 — Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9, for string quartet , in Donauschingen (Germany), by the Amar Quartet 1973 — Penderecki: Symphony No. 1 in Peterborough Cathedral by the London Symphony, conducted by the composer 1976 — Richard Wernick: "Visions of Terror and Wonder" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado; This work won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1977 1996 — John Williams "Summon the Heroes," a six-minute theme for the 1996 Summer Olympics, commissioned by the Atlanta Olympic Organizing Committee Other: 1942 —Arturo Toscanini conducts the American premiere of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad") on a NBC Symphony broadcast; The world premiere performance by the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra had occurred on March 1, 1942, in Kuybishe, the wartime seat of the Soviet government
Sunday, July 20
Morton Feldman salutes his piano teacher ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987): Madame Press died last week at 90 Orchestra of St. Luke's; John Adams, cond. Nonesuch 79249 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Morton Feldman Another Feldman website ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1872 —French composer Déodat de Severac, in Saint-Félix-de-Caraman, Lauraguais 1908 —Swedish composer Gunnar de Frumerie, in Nacka (near Stockholm Deaths: 1752—German-born English composer and conductor John Christopher (Johann Christoph) Pepusch, age 85, in London; In 1710 was one of the founding members of the "Academy of Ancient Music," which revived 16th century vocal music; He orchestrated some of the numbers in John Gay's famous "The Beggar's Opera" in 1728 Premieres: 1920 — Stravinsky: "Grande Suite" from the staged work "The Soldier's Tale," in London at Wigmore Hall, with Ernest Ansermet conducting 1924 — Schoenberg: "Serenade" for chamber ensemble, in Donaueschingen, Germany 1942 — Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 23, in Moscow 1958 — Xenakis: "Achorripsis" for 21 instruments, in Brussels 1970 — Morton Feldman: "Mme. Press Died Last Week at Ninety," an orchestral work commemorating his Russian piano teacher, in St. Paul de Venice, France |
