Bernstein at the temple

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) Psalm 148 Angelina Reaux, mezzo-soprano; Barry Snyder, piano Naxos 8.559407

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) Hashkiveinu soloists; BBC Singers; Avner Itai, cond. Naxos 8.559407

On This Day

Births

• 1791 - Bohemian composer Jan Václav (Johann) Voríšek(Worzischek), in Vamberk;

• 1855 - Russian composer Anatoly Liadov, in St. Petersburg (Julian date: April 29);

• 1888 - American popular song composer Irving Berlin (Isidore Balin) inTemun, Russia (Julian date: April 29);

• 1895 - American composer William Grant Still, in Woodville, Miss.;

• 1954 - Scottish composer Judith Weir, in Aberdeen;

Deaths

• 1849 - German composer Otto Nicolai, age 38, in Berlin;

• 1916 - German composer, Max Reger, age 43, in Leipzig;

• 1947 - Swedish composer Ture Rangström, age 62, in Stockholm;

Premieres

• 1728 - Handel: opera "Tolomeo, re d'Egitto" (Julian date: April 30);

• 1917 - Busoni: opera "Arlecchino" (Harlequin) and "Turandot" in Zürich at the Stadttheater;

• 1945 - Bernstein: "Hashkiveinu" (text from the Sabbath Evening Service) for Cantor, Choir and Organ, at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City, by Cantor David Puttterman, Max Heffman conducting;

• 1948 - Cowell: "Hymn, Chorale, and Fuguing Tune" No. 8 for strings, at Florida State University Recital Hall by the School of Music Faculty String Quartet;

• 1955 - Bliss: Violin Concerto, in London;

• 1963 - William Grant Still: opera "A Southern Interlude," by the University of Miami Opera; This opera was later revised as "Highway 1, U.S.A.";

• 1966 - Andrew Imbrie: Symphony No. 1, by the San Francisco Symphony;

• 1981 - Andrew Lloyd-Webber: musical "Cats" (after T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats") in London at the New London Theatre; This enormously popular and long-running musical opened on Broadway on October 7, 1982;

• 1984 - John Harbison: "Ulysses' Bow," by the New Haven Symphony, Murry Sidlin conducting;

• 1995 - John Adams: musical "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky"at the Zellerbach Playhouse in Berkeley, California, with the Paul Dresher Ensemble conducted by Grant Gershon;

• 2000 - Colin Matthews: "Pluto The Renewer" (as a new contribution to Gustav Holst's "The Planet"), in Manchester, by the Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano conducting;

• 2002 - Kenneth Frazelle: "Concerto for Chamber Orchestra," in Glendale, Calif., by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane conducting.