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July 13-19, 2009
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Monday, July 13
Schoenberg and Strauss in the E.R.? ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949): Death and Transfiguration Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, cond. DG 447 422 & Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951): String Trio, Op. 45 Members of the Juilliard String Quartet Sony 47690 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Schoenberg On Richard Strauss Richard Strauss timeline ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1932—Danish composer Per Norgaard, in Gentofte (near Copenhagen); Deaths: 1951—Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, in Los Angeles, on a Friday the 13th; He was superstitiously obsessed with the number 13 and, ironically, was 76 years old at the time of his death (7+6 = 13) Premieres: 1829 — Mendelssohn: Double Concerto (in e) for two pianos and orchestra, in London at a benefit concert, with the composer as Ignaz Moscheles as the soloists 1995 — Corigliano: "Soliloquy" for clarinet and string quartet, in Portland, Oregon, by Chamber Music Northwest Other: 1937—The first Pan-American Chamber Music Festival is held in Mexico City
Tuesday, July 14
Kernis goes dancing ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960): 100 Greatest Dance Hits David Tanenbaum, guitar; The Chester Quartet New Albion 083 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Aaron Jay Kernis ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1874—Russian-born American double-bass player, conductor and new music patron, Serge Koussevitzky, in Vishny-Volochok (Gregorian date: July 26) 1901—English composer Gerald Finzi, in London 1930—American composer Eric Stokes, in Haddon Heights, N.J. Deaths: 1674—English composer and chorister, Pelham Humfrey, age 27, in Windsor; An entry in Samuel Pepy's famous diary describes him in 1667 as being "full of form, and confidence, and vanity," and disparaging "everything and everybody's skill but his own." Premieres: 1942 — Wm. Schuman: "Newsreel," at a New York Philharmonic concert at Lewisohn Stadium, conducted by Arthur Smallens 1948 — Kurt Weill: folk opera "Down in the Valley" at the University of Indiana in Bloomington 1949 — Britten: "Spring Symphony" at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam 1999 — Kernis: "Concierto de Dance Hits," in Minneapolis, by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by David Miller, with guitarist David Tanenbaum
Wednesday, July 15
Bloch in America ... MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM: Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959): America Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond. Delos 3135 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: On Ernest Bloch ALSO ON THIS DATE: Births: 1921—American composer Jack Beeson, in Muncie, Indiana 1934—English composer Harrison Birtwistle, in Accrington, Lancashire 1949—English composer John Casken, in Barnsley Deaths: 1789—French composer and harpsichordist Jacques Duphly, age 74, in Paris 1857 —Austrian composer and piano teacher Carl Czerny, age 66, in Vienna 1959 —Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch, age 78, in Portland, Oregon Premieres: 1852 — Spohr: opera "Faust" (2nd version in Italian), in London at Covent Garden 1942 — Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" Nos. 6, 9 and 11, in Rio de Janeiro, conducted by the composer 1945 — Antheil: "Heroes of Today," by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting 1965 — Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms" at Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) by the New York Philharmonic conducted by the composer, with The Camerata Singers and boy alto John Bogart; On July 31, 1965, Bernstein attended the U.K. premiere of this work (performed by a male-only choir) at Chichester Cathedral in England 1988 — John Harbison: Piano Sonata No. 1 ("In Memoriam Roger Sessions"), at the Dorothy Taubman Piano Institute in Amherst, Mass., by pianist Robert Shannon
Thursday, July 16
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Friday, 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
Saturday, July 18
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Sunday, 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 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 |
