Moog moods by Carlos and Voegeli

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

J.S. Bach (1685 –1750) arr. Carlos Fugue No. 7, fr WTC Book 1 Wendy Carlos, Moog synthesizer Sony 7194

Don Voegeli (1920 - 2009) All Things Considered theme (1974 version) Don Voegeli, Moog synthesizer NPR recording

On This Day

Births

• 1886 - French organist and composer Marcel Dupré, in Rouen;

• 1920 - American composer and jazz pianist John Lewis, in LaGrange, Ill.;

Deaths

• 1704 - Austrian composer Heinrich Biber, age 59, in Salzburg;

Premieres

• 1831 - Hérold: "Zampa," at the Opéra-Comique in Paris;

• 1893 - Horatio Parker: oratorio "Hora Novissima," in New York City;

• 1917 - Bloch: "Schlemo" and "Israel" Symphony at Society of the Friends of Music Concert, Artur Bodanzky conducting;

• 1919 - Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody (orchestral version), in Paris, with clarinetist Gaston Hamelin, at Pasdeloup Concert;

• 1929 - Poulenc: "Concert champêtre" for harpsichord and orchestra, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, by the Paris Symphony with Pierre Monteux conducting and Wanda Landowska the soloist;

• 1934 - Bernard Rogers: "Three Japanese Dances," in Rochester, N.Y.;

• 1943 - Cowell: "American Melting Pot" (Set for Chamber Orchestra), at Carnegie Hall in New York, by the Orchestrette of New York, Frédérique Petrides conducting;

• 1952 - Vaughan Williams: "Romance" for harmonica and orchestra, in New York City;

• 1958 - Walter Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds, at the Eastman School in Rochester, N.Y., by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell conducting;

• 1963 - Cowell: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harp, at the University of Miami, by John Bitter (flute), Julien Balogh (oboe), Hermann Busch (cello), and Mary Spalding (Mrs. Fabien) Sevitzky (harp); The work is dedicated to the conductor Fabien Sevitzky "in honor of his many services to American music";

• 1969 - Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, in Moscow, with David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter;

• 1989 - James MacMillan: "Visions of a November Spring" for string quartet, at University Concert Hall in Glasgowm Scotland, by the Bingham String Quartet;

Others

• 1971 - Debut broadcast of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" with an electronic theme by composer Don Voegeli of the University of Wisconsin (In 1974, Voegeli composed a new electronic ATC theme, the now-familiar signature tune of the program).