Synopsis
Music Played in Today's Program
Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Marriage of Figaro and Cosi fan Tutte Overtures Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth, cond. Naxos 8.550185
On This Day
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.
Others
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
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About Composers Datebook®
Host John Birge presents a daily snapshot of composers past and present, with timely information, intriguing musical events and appropriate, accessible music related to each.
He has been hosting, producing and performing classical music for more than 25 years. Since 1997, he has been hosting on Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Service. He played French horn for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra and performed with them on their centennial tour of Europe in 1995. He was trained at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy.