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June 22-28, 2009
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Monday, June 22
Wagner in New York (and Philadelphia) ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883): American Centennial & Imperial Marches Hong Kong Philharmonic; Varujan Kojian, cond. Naxos 8.555386 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Richard Wagner On Theodore Thomas More on Theodore Thomas ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1763—French composer Étienne-Nicola Méhul, in Givet, Ardennes; Deaths: 1974—French composer Darius Milhaud, age 81, in Geneva; Premieres: 1911 — Elgar: "Coronation March," at coronation of King George V and Queen Mary; 1926 — Walton: "Portsmouth Point" Overture, in Zurich, at Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music; 1938 — Krenek: opera "Karl V," in Prague at the New German Theater. Other: 1871 —Wagner: "Kaiser March" at a Theodore Thomas Orchestra concert at Central Park Garden in New York City.
Tuesday, June 23
Reinhold Gliere ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Reinhold Glière (1875 – 1956): Russian Sailors' Dance, from The Red Poppy Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, cond. BMG 63313 & Reinhold Glière (1875 – 1956): Symphony No. 3 (Ilya Murometz) London Symphony; Leon Botstein, cond. Telarc 80609 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Glière ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1824—German pianist and composer Carl Reinecke, in Altona; Deaths: 1956—Soviet composer Reinhold Glière, age 80, in Moscow; Premieres: 1972 — David Ward-Steinman: "Sonata for Piano Fortified," by Gary Wolf at the University of South Florida, Tampa; 1982 — Persichetti: Harpsichord Sonata No. 2, in Cleveland, by harpsichordist Elaine Comparone.
Wednesday, June 24
Harry Partch and Terry Riley ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Harry Partch (1901 – 1974): Delusion of the Fury Ensemble of Unique Instruments; Danlee Mitchell, cond. innova 406 & Terry Riley (b. 1935): In C SUNY at Buffalo ensemble; Terry Riley, cond. CBS 7178 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Harry Partch On the Partch instruments On the innova Partch collection On Terry Riley ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1901—American composer, performer and instrument inventor Harry Partch, in Oakland, Calif.; 1908—German composer and organist Hugo Distler, in Nuremberg; 1935—American composer and performer Terry Riley, in Colfax, Calif.; Deaths: 1882—German composer Josef Joachim Raff, age 60, in Frankfurt, during the night of June 24/25; Premieres: 1854 — Schubert: opera "Alfonso and Estrella," posthumously, in Weimar, with Franz Liszt conducting; Schubert composed this opera in 1822; 1935 — R. Strauss: opera "Die schweigsame Frau" (The Silent Woman, after the play by Ben Jonson), in Dresden, conducted by Karl Boehm, and with vocal soloists Maria Cebotari (Aminta), Friedrich Plaschke (Sir Morosus), Matthieu Ahlersmeyer (The Barber), and Martin Kremer (Henry Morosus); 1943 — Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, at a Promenade Concert at Royal Albert Hall, with the London Philharmonic conducted by the composer.
Thursday, June 25
Mendelssohn's Second ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847): Symphony No. 2 (Hymn of Praise) Netherlands Radio Philharmonic & Chorus; Edo de Waart, cond. Fidelio 9202 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Mendelssohn More on Mendelssohn ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1860—French composer Gustave Charpentier, in Dieuze, Lorraine; 1935—Austrian composer Kurt Schwertsik, in Vienna; Deaths: 1767—German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, age 86, in Hamburg; 1822—German composer, critic and popular Romantic author Ernst Theodor Amadeus ("E.T.A.") Hoffmann, age 46, in Berlin; Premieres: 1840 — For the 400th anniversary of the Gutenberg Printing Press, Mendelssohn presents his Symphony No. 2, "Lobegesang" (Song of Praise) at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig; 1850 — R. Schumann: opera "Genoveva," in Leipzig at the Stadttheater; 1910 — Stravinsky: ballet, "The Firebird," at the Paris Opera, with Gabriel Pierné conducting; 1923 — de Falla: one-act opera "El retablo de maese Pedro" (Master Peter's Puppet Show), first staged performance in Paris at the home of the Princesse de Polignac; This opera was premiered in a concert performance in Seville on March 23, 1923; 1940 — William Grant Still: choral ballad "And They Lynched Him on a Tree," at New York's Lewisohn Stadium by the Schola Cantorum and Wen Talbert Negro Choir with the New York Philharmonic, Arthur Rodzinksi conducting; 1954 — Leroy Anderson: "Sandpaper Baller" at a Decca recording session in New York City, with the composer conducting; Three different grades of sandpaper rubbed together were used to make the vaudeville-style "soft shoe" dancing sound effects for this classic recording; 1955 — Grofé: "Hudson Valley" Suite, in Washington, D.C., by the National Symphony conducted by André Kostelanetz; 1991 — James MacMillan: "Tuireadh" (Lament) for clarinet and string quartet, by James Campbell and the Allegri Quartet at St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall (Orkney Islands).
Friday, June 26
Mahler's Ninth ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911): Symphony No. 9 Columbia Symphony; Bruno Walter, cond. Sony 64452 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Gustav Mahler ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1747—Bohemian composer Leopold Kozeluh, (Kotzeluch) in Welwearn; He was the cousin of Johann (Jan) Antonín Kozeluh, who was also a composer; 1928—American composer Jacob Druckman, in Philadelphia; Premieres: 1870 — Wagner: opera "Die Walküre" (The Valkyrie), in Munich at the Hoftheater, with Franz Wüllner conducting; The opera was performed at the Bavarian King Ludwig II's request, but against the composer's wishes; 1912 — Mahler: Symphony No. 9, by Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter conducting; 1986 — Zwilich: Piano Concerto, by the Detroit Symphony with Günther Herbig conducting and soloist Marc-André Hamelin; 2000 — Robert Kapilow: "DC Monuments," by the National Symphony; Other: 1788—Mozart finishes his Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K.543 in Vienna.
Saturday, June 27
Stanford and "The Irish" ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford ((1852 – 1924): Symphony No. 3 (Irish) Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, cond. Chandos 8545 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Stanford ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1922—American composer and pianist George Walker, in Washington, D. C.; 1932—British composer Hugh Wood, in Parbold, near Wigan, Lancashire; 1958—Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg, in Helsinki; Deaths: 1729—French composer and harpsichordist Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de LaGuerre, age 64, in Paris; 1948—Expatriate American composer and watercolorist George Templeton Strong, age 92, in Geneva; Premieres: 1985 — Dave Brubeck: dramatic scene "Voice of the Holy Spirit (Tongues of Fire)," at the National Association of Pastoral Musicians Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Richard Gloyd conducting; 1990 — Michael Torke: "Mass" for baritone, chorus and orchestra, at the New York State Theater, with baritone William Stone, the Trinity Church Choir, and the NY City Ballet Orchestra, Gordon Boelzner conducting.
Sunday, June 28
Leoni in San Francisco ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Franco Leoni (1864 – 1937): L'Oracolo Tito Gobbi, baritone; National Philharmonic; Richard Bonynge, cond. London OSA-12107 (LP) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Leoni On "L'Oracolo" ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1491—English monarch, instrument collector and part-time composer Henry Tudor(as King Henry VIII he reigned 1509-1547) in Greenwich; 1712—Swiss author, philosopher and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in Geneva; 1831—Hungarian violinist and conductor and composer Joseph Joachim, in Kittsee (now Köpcsény), near Poszony; 1902—American composer Richard Rodgers, in Hammels Station, Long Island, N.Y.; 1913—English composer George Lloyd, in St. Ives, Cornwall; 1946—American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez, in San Antonio, Texas; Deaths: 1745 —French composer and gamba virtuoso Antoine Forqueray, age 74,in Nantes; 1979 —East German composer Paul Dessau, age 85, in Königs Wusterhausen, near (then) East Berlin; Premieres: 1905 — Leoni: opera, "L'oracolo" (The Oracle), in London; The opera's story of opium and crime is set in San Francisco, and caused protests from that city's Chinese community when it was revived in San Francisco in 1937; 1916 — Hindemith: Cello Concerto, Op. 3, by the Frankfurt Conservatory Orchestra, with the composer conducting and Maurits Frank the soloist; 1951 — Leroy Anderson: "Blue Tango" at a Decca recording session in New York City, with the composer conducting; This recording reached No. 1 on the pops charts and earned Anderson a Gold Record award in 1952 when it became the first instrumental record to sell over one million copies (see also June 29); 1959 — Hovhaness: Symphony No. 4 for wind band, in Pittsburgh. |
