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Saturday, November 21
Harbison's "Flight into Egypt" ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: John Harbison (b. 1938): Flight into Egypt Cantata Singers and Ensemble; David Hoose, cond. New World 80395 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On John Harbison ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1852—Spanish guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega, in Villarreal, Castellon; 1877—German composer and organist Sigfrid Karg-Elert, in Oberndorf-am-Neckar; 1931—Australian composer Malcolm Williamson, in Sydney; Deaths: 1695—English composer Henry Purcell, age 36, in Westminster, London; 1710—Italian composer Bernardo Pasquini, age 72, in Rome; 1938—Polish-born American piano virtuoso and composer Leopold Godowsky, age 68, in New York City; 1974—Swiss composer Frank Martin, age 84, in Naarden, Holland; Premieres: 1723 — Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 70 ("Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!") performed on the 26th Sunday after Trinity as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1723/24); 1831 — Meyerbeer: opera, "Robert le Diable," at the Paris Opéra; 1896 — Dvorák: symphonic poem "The Noonday Witch," Op. 108, in London; 1901 — R. Strauss: opera "Feuersnot" (Fire Famine), in Dresden at the Hofoper, conducted by Ernst von Schuch; 1935 — Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos, the composer and his son as soloists; 1937 — Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, by Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting; 1939 — Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6, by Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting; 1941 — Hindemith: Symphony in Eb, by the Minneapolis Symphony, Dimtri Mitropoulos conducting; 1945 — Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36, in London, by the Zorian Quartet; 1947 — Persichetti: Symphony No. 3, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; 1974 — Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 8, Daniel Barenboim conducting New York Philharmonic; 1984 — Gunther Schuller: "Concerto Quarterino" for flute, oboe, trumpet & orchestra, Zubin Mehta conducting New York Philharmonic, which commissioned it; 1986 — John Harbison: cantata "The Flight into Egypt," at the New England Conservatory of Music, with soprano Lorraine Hunt, baritone John Osborne, and the Camerata Singers, David Hoose conducting; This work won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1987; 1989 — Michael Torke: “Rust” for piano and winds, at the Huddersfield (U.K.) Contemporary Music Festival, by the Orkest de Volharding; 1996 — George Perle: "Transcendental Modulations," Jahja Ling conducting New York Philharmonic, a 150th anniversary commission;  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. |
