Clarinet works by Poulenc and Tower

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Clarinet Sonata Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Irma Vallecillo, piano BMG 60198

Joan Tower (b. 1938) Clarinet Concerto David Shifrin, clarinet; The Louisville Orchestra D'Note 1016

On This Day

Births

• 1864 - Scottish-born German composer and pianist Eugéne d'Albert, in Glasgow;

• 1892 - Italian composer and conductor Victor de Sabata, in Trieste;

Deaths

• 1911 - Lithuanian painter and composer Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, age 35, in Pustelnik-Minski, near Warsaw (Julian date March 28);

Premieres

• 1868 - Brahms: "A German Requiem," at a Good Friday concert at Bremen Cathedral conducted by the composer;

• 1886 - Chabrier: opera "Gwendoline," in Brussels;

• 1913 - Montemezzi: opera "L'Amore dei tre re" (The Love Three Kings), in Milan at the Teatro della Scala, with Tullio Serafin conducting;

• 1919 - Fauré: "Masques et bergamasques" (Masks and Bergamascas), in Monte Carlo;

• 1927 - Antheil: "A Jazz Symphony," at Carnegie Hall in New York, by members of the W.C. Handy with the composer at the piano;

• 1935 - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4, in London, by the BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting;

• 1936 - Carlos Chavez: "Sinfonia India," by the Boston Symphony with the composer conducting;

• 1963 - Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, at Carnegie Hall (posthumously) with clarinetist Benny Goodman and pianist Leonard Bernstein;

• 1984 - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: "Prologue and Variations" for strings, by the Chattanooga Symphony, Richard Cormier conducting;

• 1988 - Joan Tower: Clarinet Concerto, with soloist Charles Neidich and the American Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester conducting;

• 1992 - Michael Torke: "Music on the Floor," for chamber ensemble, in Milwaukee, Wisc., by the Present Music ensemble, Kevin Stalheim conducting;

• 1996 - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: "Passacaglia Immaginaria," in Minneapolis by the Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue conducting.

• 2005 - Gabriela Lena Frank: “Ghosts in the Dream Machine” for piano quintet, in Philadelphia, by pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the Chiara Quartet.