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Sunday, May 11
Offenbach in America ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): American Eagle Waltz Gulbenkian Orchestra; Michel Swierczewski, cond. Nimbus 5303 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Offenbach ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1791—Bohemian composer Jan Václav (Johann) Voríšek(Worzischek), in Vamberk; 1855—Russian composer Anatoly Liadov, in St. Petersburg (Julian date: April 29); 1888—American popular song composer Irving Berlin (Isidore Balin) inTemun, Russia (Julian date: April 29); 1895—American composer William Grant Still, in Woodville, Miss.; 1954—Scottish composer Judith Weir, in Aberdeen; Deaths: 1849—German composer Otto Nicolai, age 38, in Berlin; 1916—German composer, Max Reger, age 43, in Leipzig; 1947—Swedish composer Ture Rangström, age 62, in Stockholm; Premieres: 1728 — Handel: opera "Tolomeo, re d'Egitto" (Julian date: April 30); 1917 — Busoni: opera "Arlecchino" (Harlequin) and "Turandot" in Zürich at the Stadttheater; 1945 — Bernstein: "Hashkiveinu" (text from the Sabbath Evening Service) for Cantor, Choir and Organ, at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City, by Cantor David Puttterman, Max Heffman conducting; 1948 — Cowell: "Hymn, Chorale, and Fuguing Tune" No. 8 for strings, at Florida State University Recital Hall by the School of Music Faculty String Quartet; 1955 — Bliss: Violin Concerto, in London; 1963 — William Grant Still: opera "A Southern Interlude," by the University of Miami Opera; This opera was later revised as "Highway 1, U.S.A."; 1966 — Andrew Imbrie: Symphony No. 1, by the San Francisco Symphony; 1981 — Andrew Lloyd-Webber: musical "Cats" (after T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats") in London at the New London Theatre; This enormously popular and long-running musical opened on Broadway on October 7, 1982; 1984 — John Harbison: "Ulysses' Bow," by the New Haven Symphony, Murry Sidlin conducting; 1995 — John Adams: musical "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky"at the Zellerbach Playhouse in Berkeley, California, with the Paul Dresher Ensemble conducted by Grant Gershon; 2000 — Colin Matthews: "Pluto The Renewer" (as a new contribution to Gustav Holst's "The Planet"), in Manchester, by the Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano conducting; 2002 — Kenneth Frazelle: "Concerto for Chamber Orchestra," in Glendale, Calif., by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane conducting.  More from this week... Buy music played this week...More from previous weeks:  See complete archiveComposers Datebook is produced by American Public Media in association with the American Composers Forum with support from the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. |
