Hermann's "Wuthering Heights"

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Tobias Picker (b. 1954) Therese Raquin Dallas Opera Orchestra; Graeme Jenkins, cond. Chandos 9659

On This Day

Births

• 1796 - German composer Carl Loewe, near Halle;

• 1813 - French composer and pianist Charles-Henri-Valentin Alkan (née Morhange), in Paris;

• 1861 - Austrian composer Ludwig Thuille, in Bozen, the Tyrol;

• 1884 - Swedish composer Ture Rangström, in Stockholm;

• 1895 - Russian composer and pianist Sergei Liapunov (Lyapunov), in Yaroslavl (see Julian date: Nov. 18);

Deaths

• 1623 - English composer Thomas Weelkes, age ca. 48, in London;

• 1954 - German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtwängler, age 68, near Baden-Baden;

Premieres

• 1877 - Tchaikovsky: “Variations on a Rococo Theme” for Cello and Orchestra, in Moscow, with Nicolai Rubinstein conducting, and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen as the soloist (see Julian date: Nov. 18);

• 1885 - Massenet: "Le Cid," in Paris;

• 1913 - Rachmaninov: choral symphonic poem, “The Bells,” in St. Petersburg, composer conducting (Gregorian date: Dec. 13);

• 1930 - Ibert: "Divertissement," in Paris;

• 1934 - Berg: "Five Symphonic Pieces" from "Lulu," at the State Opera, Berlin;

• 1945 - Martinu: Symphony No. 4, in Philadelphia;

• 1963 - Shulamit Ran: "Capriccio" for piano and orchestra, with the teenage composer as soloist, on a New York Philharmonic "Young People's Concert" conducted by Leonard Bernstein; In 1991, Ran would win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her “Symphony” commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra;

• 1989 - John Harbison: "November 19, 1928" for piano quartet, in Atlanta, Ga., by the Atlanta Chamber Players;

• 2000 - Corigliano: Symphony No. 2, by the Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa conducting; This symphony is a reworking of Corigliano’s String Quartet of 1995, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2001;

• 2001 - Philip Glass: "Dancissimo" for violin and orchestra, with Robert McDuffie and the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by Andrea Delfs;

• 2001 - Tobias Picker: opera “Thérèse Raquin,” by the Dallas Opera;

Others

• 1903 - The old Brooklyn Academy of Music facility (at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights) burns to the ground (See Nov. 14, 1908 for gala reopening).