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July 17-23, 2006
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Monday, July 17
Mozart (and the Vienna Philharmonic) in Salzburg ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791): Marriage of Figaro and Cosi fan Tutte Overtures Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth, cond. Naxos 8.550185 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Wolfgang Mozart On the Salzburg Music Festival, Past and Present 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
Tuesday, July 18
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Wednesday, July 19
Symphonic Penderecki ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933): Threnody for the Victims for Hiroshima and Symphony No. 3 National Polish Radio Symphony; Antoni Wit, cond. Naxos 8.554491 & Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933): Symphony No. 1 National Polish Radio Symphony; Antoni Wit, cond. Naxos 8.554567 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Penderecki (in German with some English) 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
Thursday, July 20
Stravinsky's "Soldier's Tale" Suite ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971): L'histoire du Soldat Suite Harmonie Ensemble; Steven Richman, cond. Koch 7438 & Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971): Pulcinella Suite Columbia Chamber Ensemble Sony 64136 & Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951): Serenade, Op. 24 Ensemble InterContemporain Sony 48463 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Igor Stravinsky 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
Friday, July 21
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Saturday, July 22
Wagner plays Faust ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883): A Faust Overture Philadelphia Orchestra; Wolfgang Sawallisch, cond. EMI 56165 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Richard Wagner ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1822—Italian composer Luigi Arditti, in Crescentino, Piedmont Deaths: 1870—Austrian composer Josef Strauss, age 42, in Vienna; Premieres: 1833 — Cherubini: opera,"Ali Baba," at Paris Opéra 1844 — Wagner: "A Faust Overture," in Dresden 1847 — Verdi: opera "I Masnadieri" (The Bandits), in London at Her Majesty's Theater 1919 — Manuel de Falla: ballet, "The Three Cornered Hat," in London, by Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1930 — Chavez: ballet "The Four Suns," in Mexico City; 1934 — Cowell: "Movement" for string quartet (String Quartet No. 2), at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., by the Pro Arte String Quartet 2000 — London premiere of Colin Matthews: "Pluto - The Renewer" (intended as a contribution to Gustav Holst's "The Planets"), at a BBC Proms concert; This music was first performed on May 11, 2000, by the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, with Kent Nagano conducting
Sunday, July 23
Harbison's Variations ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: John Harbison (b. 1937): Variations David Satz, clarinet; Rose Mary Harbison, violin; Ursula Oppens, piano Northeastern 230 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On John Harbison ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1796—Swedish composer Franz Berwald, in Stockholm 1866—Italian opera composer Francesco Cilea, in Palmi, Calabria 1916 —American composer Ben Weber, in St. Louis, Mo. Deaths: 1757—Italian composer and harpsichordist Domenico Scarlatti, age 71, in Madrid 1983—French composer Georges Auric, age 84, in Paris Premieres: 1982 — John Harbison: "Variation" for clarinet, violin and piano, at the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico, by clarinetist David Satz, violinist Rose Mary Harbison, and pianist Ursula Oppens |
