Chamber Diamond

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

David Diamond (1915 - 2005) Clarinet Quintet David Shifrin, clarinet; Chamber Music Northwest Delos 3088

On This Day

Births

• 1839 - American composer and organist Dudley Buck, in Hartford, Conn.;

• 1844 - Spanish composer and violinist Pablo de Sarasate, in Pamplona;

• 1892 - French composer Arthur Honegger, in Le Harve;

• 1903 - American composer and jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, in Davenport, Iowa;

Deaths

• 1832 - Italian-born composer Muzio Clementi, age 80, in Evesham, England;

• 1870 - Czech-born composer and pianist Ignaz Moscheles, age 75, in Leipzig;

• 1910 - German composer Carl Reinecke, age 85, in Leipzig;

• 1991 - American composer Elie Siegmeister, age 82, in Manhasset, N.Y.;

Premieres

• 1785 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467, at the Burgtheater in Vienna, with the composer as soloist;

• 1837 - Mercadante: opera "Il Giuramento" (The Oath), in Milan;

• 1875 - Goldmark: opera "Die Königin von Saba" (The Queen of Sheba), in Vienna at the Court Opera (Hofoper);

• 1877 - Borodin: Symphony No. 2, in St. Petersburg, by the Russian Musical Society, Eduard Nápravik conducting (Julian date: Feb. 26);

• 1880 - Paine: Symphony No. 2 ("Spring"), at Sanders Theater in Boston, by the Boston Philharmonic, Bernard Listermann conducting; The following day, the orchestra of the Harvard Musical Association performed the same work downtown at Boston's Musical Hall, with Carl Zerrahn conducting;

• 1888 - Franck: symphonic poem "Pysché," in Paris;

• 1912 - Gliere: Symphony No. 3 ("Ilya Murometz") in Moscow (Gregorian date: Mar. 23);

• 1916 - Granados: "Intermezzo & Epilogue," from "Goyescas," by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting;

• 1922 - Loeffler: "Irish Fantasies" (Nos. 2, 3 & 5 only) for voice and orchestra, by the Boston Symphony, with Pierre Monteux conducting and tenor John McCormack the soloist;

• 1932 - Wallingford Riegger: "Dichotomy" for orchestra, in Berlin;

• 1952 - David Diamond: Quintet for clarinet and strings, at Town Hall in New York City, by clarinetist David Oppenheim, Nathan Gordon and Lillian Fuchs (violins), and Aaron Twerdowsky and Bernard Greenhouse (cellos);

• 1963 - Henze: opera "Il re cervo" (The Stag King), in Kassel at the Staatstheater; This is the 2nd version of Henze's opera "König Hirsch" which was first staged in an abridged version in Berlin on September 24, 1956; The complete original version of the opera was eventually staged in Stuttgart on May 7, 1985;

• 1964 - John Harbison: "Sinfonia," in Cambridge, Mass., with violinist Rose Mary Harbison and the Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard, Gregory Biss conducting;

• 1977 - John Harbison: "Diotima" for orchestra, in Boston, with the Boston Symphony, Joseph Silverstein conducting;

Others

• 1937 - Frank Capra's film "The Lost Horizon" opens at the Four Stars Theater in Los Angeles, featuring a classic film score composed by Dmitri Tiomkin (and conducted by Max Steiner).