Mouret's "Masterpiece" theme

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682 – 1738) Rondeau Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, cond. SONY 66244

On This Day

Births

• 1871 - American composer and conductor Henry Hadley, in Somerville, Massachusetts;

• 1909 - Danish composer Vagn Holmboe, in Horsens, eastern Jutland;

• 1938 - American composer and conductor John Harbison, in Orange, New Jersey;

Deaths

• 1738 - French composer Jean Joseph Mouret, age 56, in Charenton;

• 1783 - Spanish composer and organist Padre Antonio Soler, age 54, at the monastery of El Escorial;

• 1974 - French composer André Jolivet, age 69, in Paris;

Premieres

• 1721 - Handel: opera "Floridante" (Julian date: Dec. 9);

• 1823 - Schubert: incidental music to "Rosamunde," in Vienna, at the Theater an der Wien;

• 1879 - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 1, in Moscow (Julian date: Dec. 8);

• 1886 - Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in c, Op. 101, in Budapest; The work was also presented in Vienna on February 26, 1887, by members of the Heckmann Quartet with the composer at the piano;

• 1890 - Glazunov: Symphony No. 3, in Sat. Petersbur (Julian date: Dec. 8);

• 1928 - Bloch: "America," in New York City;

• 1959 - Stravinsky: "Double Canon (Raoul Dufy in memoriam)" in New York at Town Hall, during a Stravinsky Festival;

• 1999 - Harbison: opera "The Great Gatsby," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, with a cast including Jerry Hadley as Gatsby and Dawn Upshaw as Daisy, with James Levine conducting;

Others

• 1775 - Mozart finishes his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, in Salzburg; The work was probably premiered soon after, with the composer as soloist;

• 1915 - Stravinsky's public debut as a conductor, leading a performance of his "Firebird" Ballet Suite at a benefit concert organized by Diaghilev in Geneva, Switzerland;