September 30 Today in classical music history

David OISTRAKH (1908-1974)

1622 Birth of composer Johann Sebastiani

1685 Birth of composer Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus

1729 Vivaldi's father prepares to leave for Bohemia with his son Antonio by taking leave from St. Marks's in Venice.

1732 FP of PERGOLESI's "Lo Frate 'nnamurato" Naples.

1743 Birth of composer Jeronymo Francisco de Lima

1752 Birth of composer Justin Heinrich Knecht

1755 Death of Italian composer and teacher Francesco Durante in Naples. b-Frattamaggiore, 31 MAR 1684.Search Amazon.com for Francesco Durante

1752 Birth of German organist, conductor, and composer Justin Heinrich KNECHT in Biberach. d-Biberach, 1 DEC 1817.

1775 FP of BIANCHI's "La réduetion de Paris" Paris.

1787 (30 MAR?)Death of German composer and Prussian music patron Princess Anna Amalia in Berlin. b-Berlin, 9 NOV 1723.

1791 FP of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, at the Freihaustheater auf der Wieden, conducted by the composer in Vienna. CD-Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Karl Bohm, Fritz Wunderlich, Roberta Peters, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

1805 FP of DALAYRAC's "Gulistan" Paris.

1810 FP of CHERUBINI's "Le Crescendo" Paris.

1812 FP of DRECHSLER's "Die Feldmühle" singspiel, Vienna.

1832 Debut of 13 year old pianist Clara WIECK at Leipzig Gewandhaus. Playing Moscheles Piano Concerto g.

1824 Birth of composer Peter Milne

1840 Birth of Norwegian composer Johann SVENDSEN in Christiania. d-Copenhagen, 14 JUN 1911.

1852 Birth of Irish composer and organist Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD in Dublin. d-London, 29 MAR 1924.

1856 Birth of composer Andrejs Jurjans

1862 Birth of composer Georgy Eduardovich Konyus

1863 FP of Georges Bizet's opera Les Pecheurs de perles 'The Pearl Fishers' at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

1867 Birth of Spanish organist, composer and conductor Joaquin CASSADO near Barcelona. d- Barcelona, 25 MAR 1926. Father of Gaspar on same day in 1897*. Zarzuela: "La real mentira" (1906); "La noche del Pilar" (1906); "El cortijo" (1908); Opera: "Lo monjo negre" (1920).

1868 FP of Offenbach's "L'lle de Tulipatan" Paris.

1869 FP of HEISE's "The Pasha's Daughter" Copenhagen.

1871 Birth of composer Ruben Mattias Liljefors

1877 FP of GOETZ's "Francesca da Rimini" unfinished, 3rd Act completed by Ernest Frank; Mannheim.

1878 Birth of Austrian soprano Hedwig Francillo-Kaufmann, in Vienna. d. Rio de Janeiro, Apr. 26, 1948.

1879 Birth of French conductor, composer and violist Henri CASADESUS in Paris. d-Paris, 31 MAY 1947. Founded Society of Ancient Instruments of Paris.

1879 Birth of composer Ernst Isler

1887 Death of Austrian singer Josef Matras in Vienna. b-Vienna, 1 MAR 1832.

1896 Birth of American soprano Jeannette Vreeland, in Los Angeles. d. July 20, 1939.

1897 Birth of Catalan cellist Gaspar CASSADO in Barcelona, Spain. d-Madrid, 24 DEC 1966.

1898 Birth of composer Johannes Rontgen

1903 Birth of German baritone Renate Specht-Lengstorf. d. 1982.

1906 Birth of composer Eamonn O Gallagher

1907 Birth of American composer Arnold ELSTON. d-1971.

1908 Birth of Russian violinst David OISTRAKH in Odessa. d-Amsterdam, 24 OCT 1974. Search Amazon.com for David OISTRAKH

1919 Birth of American soprano Patricia NEWAY in Brooklyn, NY.

1920 Birth of composer Ghazar Saryan

1921 FP of ROMBERG's "Blossom Time" operetta, New York.

1923 Birth of English composer and entertainer Donald SWANN. d- 3 APR 1984.

1926 Birth of composer Peder Holm

1929 Birth of American composer Norman HEIM in Chicago, IL.

1930 Birth of Italian mezzo-soprano Flora Raffanelli, in Florence. d. Jan. 17, 1990. Search Amazon.com for Flora Raffanelli

1933 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe Campora, in Tortona. MET Début Jan. 20, 1955 [Rodolfo] La Bohème, 7 seasons (1954-59, 63-65) 90 perf., 9 roles.

1933 FP of STOLZ "2 Herzen im 3/4 Takt" operetta, Zürich.

1933 FP of STOLZ "Der verlorene Walzer" operetta, Zürich.

1935 Birth of Czech composer Lubos FISER in Prague. d-1999.

1935 FP of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with book by DeBose Heyward.
At Boston's Colonial Theater. w/Todd Duncan (1903-1998) U.S. [Porgy] CD-Porgy And Bess (1956 Studio Cast) [CAST RECORDING] Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Porgy And Bess (Related Recordings), George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Betty Roche

1937 Birth of Ukranian composer Valentin SILVESTROV in Kiev.

1938 Birth of English clarinetist and conductor Alan HACKER in Dorking.

1941 FP of FERNÁNDEZ "Malazarte" Rio Janeiro.

1944 Birth of Scottish soprano Patricia Hay.

1944 FP of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Oboe Concerto, soloist Leon Goosens and the Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. Search Amazon.com for Ralph Vaughan Williams' Oboe Concerto

1946 Birth of Canadian composer Jean Jacques LAMOUREUX in Montreal.

1948 Birth of English composer Jonathan LLOYD in London.

1957 Birth of American guitarist and composer Scott FIELDS in Chicago, IL.

1959 FP of BETTINELLI's "La smorfia" in Como.

1959 FP of CHAILLY's "Procedura penale" in Como.

1960 FP of Samuel Barber's Toccata Festiva for organ and orchestra. Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, Paul Callaway the soloist at Academy of Music.

1961 FP of DZERZHINSKY's "A Man's Destiny" Moscow.

1963 Birth of American composer Andrew RINDFLEISCH.

1968 Birth of American composer Lisa BIELAWA.

1968 FP of DALLAPICCOLA: "Odysseus" Berlin.

1972 Death of Austrian mezzo-soprano Maria Huder. b. Vienna, 1907.

1975 Birth of American composer Javier ARAU.

1979 FP of Krystoff Penderecki's Te Deum in Assisi, Italy.

1984 FP of Reimann's "Die Gespenstersonate" Berlin.

1989 FP of Daniel Asia's Piano Quartet. Domus ensemble at Wigmore Hall in London.

1989 Death of American composer and music critic Virgil Thomson at age 92, in NYC. b-Kansas City, MO 25 NOV 1896. Search Amazon.com for Virgil Thomson

1999 FP of Michael Tilson Thomas' Whitman Songs for Orchestra. San Francisco Symphony, composer conducting.

2003 FP of Magnus Lindberg's Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste at the Barbican Centre in London.Search Amazon.com for Magnus Lindberg Concerto for Orchestra