Synopsis
Music Played in Today's Program
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Pomp and Circumstance No. 4 London Philharmonic ; Daniel Barenboim, cond. Sony Classical 60789
Milt Jackson (1923-1999) Blues in c Modern Jazz Quartet Atlantic 1652
On This Day
Births
1803 - French composer Adolphe Adam, in Paris;
1837 - French composer and organist Théodore Dubois, in Rosnay;
1910 - German-born American composer Bernhard Heiden, in Frankfurt;
1919 - Danish composer Niels Viggo Bentzon, in Copenhagen;
1949 - American composer Stephen Paulus, in Summit, N.J.;
Deaths
1985 - American composer Paul Creston, age 78, in San Diego, Calif.;
Premieres
1846 - Suppé: operetta "Dichter und Bauer" (Poet and Peasant), in Vienna;
1907 - Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance"March No. 4, in London;
1943 - Bernstein: song-cycle "I Hate Music!" at the Public Library in Lenox, Mass., with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel and the composer at the piano; The New York premiere of this work occurred on November 13, 1943 (the day before his surprise conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic), with the same performers;
1980 - Lutoslawski: Double Concerto, for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra, in Lucerne, Switzerland by oboist Heinz Holliger, harpisy Ursula Holliger, and the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacher;
Others
1724 - Handel performs on the organ at St. Paul's Cathedral in London before the royal princesses Anne and Caroline (Gregorian date: Sept. 4);
1968 - Czech conductor and composer Rafael Kubelik launches an appeal to world musicians to boycott performances in the five nations which invaded Czechoslovakia on August 20-21 until their military forces evacuate the country; The appeal was joined by Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Otto Klemperer, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Arrau, and others.
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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.