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Friday, September 3
Ives in San Francisco ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Charles Ives (1874-1954): Washington's Birthday Chicago Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas; cond. CBS/Sony 42381 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Charles Ives ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1568—Italian organist and composer Adriano Banchieri, in Bologna; 1695—Italian violinist and composer Pietro Locatelli, in Bergamo; 1891—French composer and harpist Marcel Grandjany, in Paris; 1897—Brazilian composer Francesco Mignone, in Sao Paolo; Deaths: 1914—French composer Alberic Magnard, age 49, killed by German soldiers while defending his house in Baron, Oise; 1974—American composer, performer and instrument inventor Harry Partch, age 73, in San Diego, Calif.; 1987—American composer Morton Feldman, age 61, in Buffalo, New York; Premieres: 1906 — Victor Herbert: operetta, "The Red Mill," during trial run in Buffalo, N.Y.; 1912 — Schoenberg: "Five Orchestral Pieces," at a Proms concert in London, conducted by Sir Henry Wood; 1931 — Ives: "Washington's Birthday," at the Community Playhouse in San Francisco, presented by composer Henry Cowell's New Music Society; with a chamber ensemble conducted by Nicolas Slonimsky; 1938 — Jon Leifs: "Loftr" Suite, at a Nordic Music Festival concert in Copenhagen conducted by the composer; 1944 — Hindemith: Theme and Variations ("The Four Temperaments"), in Boston, conducted by Richard Burgin; 1949 — Bloch: "Concerto Symphonique" at the Edinburgh Music Festival, with the BBC Scottish Symphony conducted by the composer. Other: 1806—Beethoven writes to his publisher that he has completed his three "Rasoumovsky" String Quartets (Op. 59); The premiere performances were given in February the following year, probably by Ignaz Schuppazigh's quartet, at an unknown site in Vienna, since Rasoumovsky's palace was not yet ready.  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. |
