Korngold in the Vienna Woods (and Sherwood Forest)

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) Soldiers March , from Die Käthrin Austrian State Radio Orchestra; Gottfried Kassowitz, cond.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood film music National Philharmonic; Charles Gerhardt, cond. BMG 0912

On This Day

Births

• 1739 - Bohemian composer Johann Baptist Wanha (Vanhall) in Nechanicz;

• 1754 - German composer and publisher (of Mozart and Beethoven) Franz Anton Hoffmeister, in Rottenburg;

• 1755 - Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Viotti, in Fontanetto da Po;

• 1842 - French composer Jules Massenet, in Montaud, near St.-Etienne, Loire;

• 1845 - French composer Gabriel Fauré, in Pamiers (Ariège);

• 1903 - English composer Sir Lennox Berkeley, in Boar's Hill, near Oxford;

• 1941 - American composer, harpsichordist and organist Anthony Newman, in Los Angeles;

Deaths

• 1871 - French opera composer Daniel-François Auber, age 89, in Paris;

• 1884 - Bohemian composer Bedrich Smetana, age 60, in Prague;

• 1931 - Belgian composer, violinist and conductor Eugene Ysaÿe, age 72, in Brussels;

Premieres

• 1736 - Handel: opera "Atalanta" in London at the Covent Garden Theater; Handel dedicated the opera to the recently-married Frederick, Prince of Wales (Gregorian date: May 23);

• 1832 - Donizetti: "L'Elisir d'Amore" (Elixir of Love), in Milan;

• 1894 - R. Strauss: opera "Guntram," in Weimar , with Strauss conducting;

• 1917 - Bartók: ballet "The Wooden Prince," in Budapest;

• 1926 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, by Leningrad Philharmonic, Nikolai Malko conducting;

• 1937 - Walter Damrosch: "The Man Without a Country," in New York at the Metropolitan Opera;

• 1938 - Honegger: opera "Joan of Arc at the Stake" (concert performance) in Basel, Switzerland, at the Grosser Musiksaal; The first staged production occurred in Zürich on June 13, 1942;

• 1938 - Korngold: premiere showing of Warner Brothers' film "The Adventures of Robin Hood";

• 1943 - Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, in Moscow;

• 1944 - Ginastera: "Overture to the Creole Faust," in Santiago, Chile;

• 1980 - John Harbison: Concerto for Piano, at Alice Tully Hall in New York, with soloist Robert Miller and the American Composers Orchestra, Gunther Schuller conducting;

• 1983 - Earle Brown: "Sounder Rounds" for orchestra, in Saarbrücken, Germany;

• 2002 - Steve Reich & Beryl Korot: multi-media presentation "Three Tales" ("Hindenburg," "Bikini," and "Dolly") at the Vienna Festival in Austria, by members of the Ensemble Moderne and Synergy Vocals, directed by Bradley Lubman.