A Bartók premiere (and patron) ...

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): String Quartet No. 5
Emerson String Quartet
DG 423 657

On Béla Bartók and his music:
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/bartok.html
&
http://classicalsites.net/bela-bartok/

Births:
1692 - Italian composer and violin virtuoso Giuseppe Tartini, in Pirano;

Deaths:
1848 - Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, age 50, in Bergamo;
1920 - American composer CharlesTomlinson Griffes, age 35, in New York;
1937 - American composer Arthur Foote, age 84, in Boston;

Premieres:
1876 - Ponchielli: opera "La Gioconda," in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala;
1894 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 5, in Graz, with Franz Schalk conducting his own much-edited and reorchestrated version of Bruckner's score;
1927 - Varèse: "Arcana" for orchestra, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting;
1931 - Shostakovich: ballet "The Bolt," in Leningrad;
1938 - Walter Piston: Symphony No. 1, by the Boston Symphony, with the composer conducting;
1949 - Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ("The Age of Anxiety"), by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, with composer as piano soloist;
1989 - Libby Larsen: "Songs from Letters" (of Calamity Jane to her daughter), for soprano and orchestra, in New York, by soprano Mary Elizabeth Poore;

Others:
1886 - Franz Liszt plays for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.

Rubinstein "rescues" Manuel de Falla ...

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Nights in the Gardens of Spain & Ritual Fire Dance
Artur Rubinstein, piano;
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, cond.
RCA/BMG 63070

On Manuel de Falla ...
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/falla/bio.html

... and Artur Rubinstein:
http://www.arims.org.il/artist.htm

Births:
1846 - Italian-born British composer and vocal teacher Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, in Ortona;
1906 - Hungarian-born American composer and conductor Antal Dorati, in Budapest;
1935 - Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, in Salmi;

Deaths:
1933 - German composer and organist Sigfrid Karg-Elert, age 55, in Leipzig;
1960 - Australian composer and pianist Arthur Benjamin, age 66, in London;

Premieres:
1926 - Varèse: "Amériques," by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting;
1948 - Barber: song-cycle "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" for voice and orchestra, in Boston, with soprano Eleanor Steber;
1959 - Benjamin Lees: "Prologue, Capriccio and Epilogue" for orchestra, in Portland, Ore.;

Others:
1938 - American premiere of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 by the NBC Symphony, Artur Rodzinski conducting;
1939 - First lady Eleanor Roosevelt sponsors an Easter Sunday concert by Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, to protest racial discrimination after the singer is denied use of that city's Constitution Hall (owned and administered by the Daughters of the American Revolution).

Antheil reaches Carnegie Hall ...

George Antheil (1900 - 1959): A Jazz Symphony
Ivan Davis, piano;
The New Palaise Royale Ensemble; Maurice Peress, cond.
MusicMasters 67094

On George Antheil:
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/antheil_bio.html
&
http://www.antheil.org/

Births:
1864 - Scottish-born German composer and pianist Eugéne d'Albert, in Glasgow;
1892 - Italian composer and conductor Victor de Sabata, in Trieste;

Premieres:
1868 - Brahms: "A German Requiem," at a Good Friday concert at Bremen Cathedral conducted by the composer;
1886 - Chabrier: opera "Gwendoline," in Brussels;
1913 - Montemezzi: opera "L'Amore dei tre re" (The Love Three Kings), in Milan at the Teatro della Scala, with Tullio Serafin conducting;
1919 - Fauré: "Masques et bergamasques" (Masks and Bergamascas), in Monte Carlo;
1935 - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4, in London, by the BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting;
1963 - Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, at Carnegie Hall (posthumously) with clarinetist Benny Goodman and pianist Leonard Bernstein;
1988 - Joan Tower: Clarinet Concerto, with soloist Charles Neidich and the American Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester conducting;
1996 - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: "Passacaglia Immaginaria," in Minneapolis by the Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue conducting.

Piano Trios by Beethoven and Reale ...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1828): Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 70, no. 2 (Archduke)
Wilhelm Kempff, piano; Henryk Szeryng, violin; Pierre Fournier, cello
DG 453 751
&
Paul Reale (b. 1943): Finale, fr Piano Trio (1980)
Mirecourt Trio
Music and Arts 635

On Beethoven ...
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven.html

... and Paul Reale:
http://www.minotaurz.com/minotaur/Reale_Catalog.html

Births:
1682 - French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret, in Avignon; He achieved belated fame in American when one of his trumpet fanfares was used as the theme for public television's "Masterpiece Theater";
1916 - Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera, in Buenos Aires;

Premieres:
1689 - Purcell: opera "Dido and Aeneas," in Chelsea (London) at Josias Priest's School for Young Ladies;
1727 - J.S. Bach: possible premiere of "St. Matthew Passion" (first version), at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig;
1884 - d'Indy: symphonic poem "La Mort de Wallenstein" (Wallenstein's Death), in Paris;
1891 - Dvorák: "Dumky" Piano Trio, Op. 90, in Prague, with the composer at the piano;
1934 - Bloch: "Sacred Service," in New York City, by the Schola Cantorum, conducted by the composer;
1965 - David Amram: Passover opera "The Final Ingredient" is produced on television in New York City;
1967 - Hovhaness: "The Holy City" for orchestra, in Portland, Maine;

Others:
1874 - American premiere of Brahms' "Haydn Variations," by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, conducted by Theodore Thomas;
1919 - The New Symphony Orchestra, organized by composer Edgard Varèse for the performance of new music, gives its first concert in New York City;
1930 - American premiere of staged version of Stravinsky's ballet "The Rite of Spring," in Philadelphia, choreographed by Massine and conducted by Stokowski;
1941 - Austrian-born composer Arnold Schönberg becomes an American citizen and officially changes the spelling of his name to Schoenberg.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco in New York ...

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968): Violin Concerto No. 2 (The Prophets)
Jascha Heifetz, violin;
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, cond.
RCA BMG 7872

On Castelnuovo-Tedesco:
http://www.beal-net.com/john/Mario.html
&
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0011/music1.html

Births:
1801 - Austrian composer and violinist Josef Lanner, in Vienna;
1932 - Bulgarian-born American composer Henri Lazarof, in Sofia;

Deaths:
1814 - British music journalist and historian Charles Burney, age 88, in Chelsea;

Premieres:
1826 - Weber: opera "Oberon," in London at Covent Garden, conducted by the composer;
1867 - Offenbach: operetta "Le Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein" (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein), in Paris;
1930 - Janácek: opera "From the House of the Dead," in Brno at the National Theater;
1957 - Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 4, at the University of Illinois, Urbana;
1978 - Ligeti: opera "La Grand Macabre," in Stockholm at the Royal Opera;
1995 - John Williams: "Bassoon Concerto ("The Five Sacred Trees"), by Judith LeClair and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur;

Others:
1877 - American premiere of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" in New York City.

Handel "Recycled" by Zwillich (and Handel himself) ...

George Frederic Handel (1685 - 1759): Sinfoni, fr Messiah
Boston Baroque Orchestra; Martin Pearlman, cond.
Telarc 80348
&
Violin Sonata in D, Op. 1, no. 13
Andrew Manze, violin; Richard Egarr, harpsichord
Harmonia Mundi 907259
&
Ellen Taafe Zwillich (b. 1939): Concerto Grosso 1985
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond.
New World 372

On Handel ...
http://bruichladdich.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/handelwww/handelcat.html

... and Zwillich:
http://www.emory.edu/MUSIC/ARNOLD/zwillich_content.html

Births:
1938 - American composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski, in Westfield, Mass.;

Deaths:
1826 - German composer Franz Danzi, age 62, in Schwetzingen;
1944 - French composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade, age 86, in Monte Carlo;

Premieres:
1742 - Handel: oratorio, "Messiah," in Dublin;
1943 - Randall Thompson: "A Testament of Freedom" for men's voices and orchestra, at the University of Virginia;
1952 - Morton Gould: Symphony No. 4 for band, at West Point, N.Y.;
1961 - Luigi Nono: opera "Intolerance 1960," in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice;
1992 - Schnittke: opera "Life with an Idiot," in Amsterdam at the Dutch Opera;
2000 - Danielpour: Piano Trio ("A Child's Reliquary"), at Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, by the Kalichstein-Robinson-Laredo Trio;

Others:
1896 - The American Guild of Organists is founded in New York City;
1958 - American pianist Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the first American to do so.

Jay Ungar and Roy Harris meet Ken Burns?

Jay Ungar (b. 1946): Ashokan Farewell
Jay Ungar, fiddle; Newman-Oltman Guitar Duo
MusicMasters 67145
&
Roy Harris (1898-1979): Symphony No. 6 (Gettysburg)
Pacific Symphony; Keith Clark, cond.
Varese -Sarabande 47245

On Jay Ungar ...
http://www.jayandmolly.com/index.html

... and Roy Harris:
http://www.royharrisamericancomposer.com/

Births:
1933 - American electronic music composer Morton Subotnik, in Los Angeles;

Deaths:
1759 - German-born British composer George Frideric Handel, age 74, in London; He is buried in Westminster Abbey;
1843 - Austrian composer and violinist Josef Lanner, age 42, in Oberdöbling;

Premieres:
1789 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537 ("Coronation"), at the Royal Saxon Court in Dresden, with the composer as soloist;
1883 - Delibes: opera "Lakmé," in Paris at the Opéra-Comique;
1951 - Cowell: "Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3," for strings, in Los Angeles;
1967 - Penderecki: oratorio "Dies Irae," in Krakow;
1967 - Webern: "Three Pieces "for orchestra, posthumously, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting;
1972 - Paul Chihara: "Grass" for double-bass and orchestra, at Oberlin College, Ohio;
1977 - Leon Kirchner: opera "Lily" (after Saul Bellow's novel, "Henderson, the Rain King"), in New York City.