Musical Diary

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Isabella Leonarda, Novara, September 6, 1620 - February 25, 1704

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Evgenij Fëdorovič Svetlanov was born in Moscow on September 6, 1928

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Svetlanov - USSR State Symphony Orch. - 1969)

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On September 7, 1985, Franco Ferrara passed away in Florence.

FRANCO FERRARA conducts Respighi: Antiche Danze & Arie - Suite II

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September 6, 1720

first absolute performance at the Teatro do Palacio Real da Ribeira in Lisbon of "Contesa delle stagioni", serenata by Domenico Scarlatti

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7 September 1940

the tenor Giuseppe Giacomini is born in Veggiano (Monselice, Padua)

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September 7, 2002

world premiere (for the Beethoven Festival) at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn of "A Quia", piano concerto by Pascal Dusapin

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September 8, 1613

the composer and luthier Carlo Gesualdo, Count of Conza and Prince of Venosa, dies in Naples

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September 8, 1726

absolute first performance in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig of –Geist und Seele wird verwirret” BWV.35, cantata in 2 parts and 6 numbers (1.sinfonia, 2.aria, 3.recitativo, 4.aria/sinfonia, 5.recitativo, 6.aria) for contralto, obbligato organ and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach (adaptation from the Concerto in D minor for oboe BWV.1059), text by Georg Christian Lehms (“Gottfälliges Kirchen-Opffer”)

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September 8, 1943

The Badoglio government signs the Armistice. The Resistance begins!

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September 9, 1844

the composer Felix Mendelssohn finishes the score of Sonata No. 5 W.60 in D major (1.andante, 2.andante con moto in B minor, 3.allegro maestoso) for organ (from the "Sechs Sonaten" op.65)

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September 9, 1957

world premiere (for the 10th anniversary of the BBC Third Programme) at the Albert Hall in London of Goffredo Petrassi's "Concerto No. 6 'Invenzione concertata'" (1.mosso, inquieto, 2.energico, 3.mosso, 4.energico, 5.adagio sostenuto, 6.tempo: liberamente, 7.molto deciso) for brass, strings and percussion, conducted by George Basil Cameron.

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September 9, 1963

world premiere in New York of “Vexations” for piano by Erik Satie (“pour se jouer 840 fois ce motif, il sera bon de se préparer au oréalable, et dans le plus grand silence, par des immobilités sérieuses”) pianist John Cage and 9 others

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September 9, 1968

world premiere (for the 31st Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music) at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice of "Sesto Non-senso" ("He was an old man of the marsh"), piece no. 6 for a cappella choir by Goffredo Petrassi, text by Edward Lear ("Nonsenses"), Italian translation by Carlo Izzo, conducted by Nino Antonellini (choir master) and premieres of "Mottetti per la Passione" [Motets for the Passion], cycle of 4 motets (1.Tristis est anima mea, 2.Improperium exspectavit cor meum, 3.Tenebrae factae sunt, 4.Christus factus est) for a cappella choir by Goffredo Petrassi, conducted by Nino Antonellini (choir master); of "Estri", chamber symphony (1st version) for 15 instruments by Goffredo Petrassi, conducted by Marcello Panni; of "Serenata" (allegretto) for flute, viola, double bass, harpsichord and percussion by Goffredo Petrassi, conducted by Marcello Panni and of "Tre per sette", three performances for wind octet (4 trumpets and 4 trombones), conducted by Marcello Panni.

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September 9, 1968

world premiere stage performance (for the 31st Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music) at the Teatro alla Fenice in Venice of Bruno Maderna's "Concerto No. 2 for oboe and orchestra" (oboe player Lothar Faber) and premieres of symphonic fragments from "Le martyre de Saint-Sébastien" L.130 RB.124, 18 incidental pieces for voices, chorus and orchestra by Claude Debussy (for the mystery in 5 "mansions" by Gabriele D'Annunzio); of Anton Webern's "Fünf Sätze" op.5 (2nd version) for string orchestra and of "Figures-Doubles-Prismes" (augmented revision of "Doubles"), a composition in 4 movements for orchestra by Pierre Boulez, conducted by Bruno Maderna.

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September 10, 1680

the composer and violinist Marco Uccellini dies in Forlimpopoli (Franpul) (Forlì)

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Niccolò Jommelli was born in Aversa on September 10, 1714

Jommelli - Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah for Holy Wednesday - Lesne - Gens - Rousset

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Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774) - Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah for Holy Wednesday - Les lamentations du prophète Jérémie pour le Mercredi Saint (composed around 1750 in Rome). Gérard Lesne - Véronique Gens - Christophe Rousset, Il Seminario musicale. The recordings of this great Neapolitan melodist (who worked in Venice, Rome and Germany) are rare - and this one is precious... Let's enjoy it!

Giovanni Pannini, Interior of St. Peter's in Rome, 1750, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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On September 11, 1951, in Venice, the first performance of The rake's progress (The career of a libertine) by Igor Stravinsky was given

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Glyndebourne)

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On September 12, 1910, in Munich, Gustav Mahler conducted the first performance of his Eighth Symphony

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Rattle · National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

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On September 13, 1819, Clara Wieck Schumann was born in Leipzig

Clara Schumann - Piano Works [selection]

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On September 14, 1978, in New York, the first performance of Samuel Barber's Essay for Orchestra no.3 was given

Samuel Barber, 1/2 Third Essay Op. 47

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