John Morton in a box

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

Daniel Jensen Spin Spin Edelweiss 8" music box (Angelo Rulli collection) Scandia 2323

John Morton (b. 1954) White Tara John Morton, music boxes and piano; William Blossom, bass innova 553

On This Day

Births

• 1687 - German violinist and composer and violinist Johann Georg Pisendel, in Cadolzburg;

• 1926 - American trumpeter and composer Earle Brown, in Lunenburg, Ma.;

Premieres

• 1709 - Handel: opera "Agrippina" in Venice at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo;

• 1723 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 40 ("Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes") and "Magnificat" in E-flat, (S. 243a) performed on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1723/24);

• 1724 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 121 ("Christum wir colleen loben schon") performed on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig (1724/25);

• 1725 - Bach: Sacred Cantata No. 57 ("Selig ist der Mann") performed in Leipzig on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle(1725/27);

• 1734 - Bach: Part 2 ("Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegen") of the 6-part "Christmas Oratorio," S. 248, in Leipzig;

• 1767 - Gluck: opera, "Alceste" (1st version) in Vienna at the Imperial Court Theater;

• 1770 - Mozart: opera, "Mitridate, Re di Ponto," (composed at age 14) in Milan, at the Teatro Regio Ducale;

• 1772 - Mozart: opera, "Lucio Silla," (composed at age 16) in Milan, at the Teatro Regio Ducale;

• 1827 - Schubert: Piano Trio in Eb, Op. 100 (D. 929), at the Music Society Hall in Vienna, by Ignaz Schuppanzigh (violin), Josef Linke (cello), and Carl Maria von Bocklet (piano);

• 1830 - Donizetti: opera, "Anna Bolena," at the Teatro Carcano, Milan;

• 1831 - Bellini: opera, "Norma," in Milan the Teatro alla Scala;

• 1833 - Donizetti: opera "Lucretia Borgia," in Milan;

• 1867 - Bizet: "La jolie fille de Perth," at the Théatre-Lyrique in Paris;

• 1880 - Brahms: "Tragic Overture," Op. 81, in Vienna;

• 1897 - Rimsky-Korsakov: "Sadko," in Moscow (Gregorian date: Jan. 7);

• 1926 - Sibelius: tone-poem "Tapiola" by the New York Symphony, Walter Damrosch conducting;

• 1931 - Gershwin: musical "Of Thee I Sing," at the Music Box Theater in New York City; This show includes the classic Gershwin songs "Love is Sweeping the Country," "Of Thee I Sing," and "Who Cares?" (see also Dec. 8 for Boston trial run premiere);

• 1941 - Robert Russell Bennett: Violin Concerto, on an NBC Symphony broadcast;

Others

• 1936 - First concert of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra in Tel Aviv, with Arturo Toscanini conducting;