Musical Diary

June 11, 1724

Johann Sebastian Bach "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort", Cantata for solo choir orchestra and basso continuo BWV 20, first performance: Leipzig.

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On June 12, 1917, in Munich, the first performance of Pfitzner's Palestrina took place.

PFITZNER "PALESTRINA", PRELUDE TO ACT

Prelude of Act I from Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Ruhig (Andante) Berliner Philharmonike...

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John Ireland

(Bowdon, August 13, 1879 - Washington, June 12, 1962)

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Hermann Scherchen

(Berlin, June 21, 1891 - Florence, June 12, 1966)

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Alexandre Tansman

(Lódz, June 12, 1897 - Paris, November 15, 1986)

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Maurice Ohana

(Casablanca, June 12, 1913 - Paris, November 13, 1992)

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Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea

(Chelsea, June 12, 1941)

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June 12, 1996, Wednesday

world premiere at the Palais Omnisport-Bercy in Paris of Hector Berlioz's "Grande Messe des morts" ("Requiem") H.75 op.5, conducted by Michel Plasson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEf-PS4jSLM

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On June 13, 1911, in Paris, the first performance of Stravinsky's Petrouchka took place.

Stravinsky Petrouchka (1/4)

http://youtu.be/JbWDG3LU4bc

Part 1: Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Ballet in Four Parts -- Even the most stubborn Stravinsky-hater

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Géza Anda

(Budapest, November 19, 1921 - Zurich, June 13, 1976)

Another unforgettable pianist from my youth. The first piano concertos by Mozart that I attended were conducted and performed by him in the solo part. And, among Amadé's concertos, this was and is my favorite.

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Carlos Chávez

(Mexico City, June 13, 1899 - August 2, 1978)

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Rudolf Kempe was born in Dresden on June 14, 1910 (Dresden, June 14, 1910 – Zurich, May 12, 1976).

http://youtu.be/OaVmw8Z1EaU

Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben A Hero's Life Rudolf Kempe Royal Philarmonic

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Orlando di Lasso

(Mons, circa 1532 - Monaco di Baviera, 14 giugno 1594)

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Carlo Maria Giulini

(Barletta, May 9, 1914 - Brescia, June 14, 2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avq8-c4MINQ

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Francesco Guccini

(June 14, 1940)

The times when the war of the beggars began

All men are equal

The torch of Anarchy

Perhaps with more rage in their bodies

But at the Bologna station

A madman threw himself against the train

Long live proletarian justice

They picked him up while he was still breathing

But we like to imagine him still behind the engine,

thrown against injustice.

Thanks Franzasc!

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June 15, 1810

First performance in Vienna at the Burgtheater of the "Music for the drama by Goethe Egmont Opus 84" by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Edvard Grieg

(Bergen, June 15, 1843 - September 4, 1907)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLFQi4k85j0

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I would also like to remember Edvard Grieg

EDVARD GRIEG " LAST SPRING " ( Symphonic poem )

EDVARD GRIEG " LAST SPRING " MODERN TIMES ORCHESTRA Dir JOEL SPIGELMAN RECORDED

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On June 16, 1973, in Aldeburgh, the first performance of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice took place.

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice

http://youtu.be/TY7CVdJJnUk

A film of an Benjamin Britten's operatic adaptation of Thomas Mann's haunting novella, Death in Venice. When he wrote the opera, Britten was

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June 16, 1715

First absolute performance on the occasion of Trinity in the Weimar Hofkapelle of the sacred Cantata “O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad” BWV 165 by Johann Sebastian Bach

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