Purcell (and Stucky) in the 20th century

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Henry Purcell (1659 ? - 1695) arr. Steven Stucky (b. 1949) Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble; Craig Kirchhoff, cond. innova 517

On This Day

Births

• 1941 - American composer Stephen Albert, in New York;

Deaths

• 1497 - Flemish composer Johannes Ockeghem, age c. 76, in Tours;

Premieres

• 1724 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 144 ("Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin") performed on Septuagesimae Sunday as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1723/24);

• 1727 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 157 ("Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn") for a funeral service in Leipzig;

• 1813 - Rossini: opera "Tancredi," in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice;

• 1851 - R. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenish"), in Düsseldorf, conducted by the composer;

• 1930 - Roussel: "Petite Suite" for orchestra, in Paris;

• 1933 - Henry Brant: "Angels and Devils" for solo flute and flute ensemble, at a Pan-American Association of Composers concert at Carnegie Chapter Hall in New York City, with the famous French-born flautist Georges Barrère as the soloist; On the same program, Brant accompanied soprano Judith Litante at the piano in the premiere performances of three songs by Charles Ives: "Afterglow," "Ann Street," and "Like a Sick Eagle";

• 1941 - Hindemith: Cello Concerto, at the Sanders Theater (Cambridge, Mass.) by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, with Gregor Piatigorsky the soloist;

• 1944 - Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, by the NBC Symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski, with Eduard Steuermann as soloist;

• 1959 - Poulenc: opera "La voix humaine" (The Human Voice), in Paris at the Opéra Comique;

• 1976 - John La Montaine: opera "Be Glad, Then, America," at University Park, Pa.;

• 1996 - Stephen Paulus: "Dramatic Suite," for flute, viola, cello and piano, in St. Cloud, Minn., by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center;

Others

• 1838 - Mendelssohn finishes his String Quartet in Eb, Op. 44, no. 3.