Historical Events of March 14
14 March
** 1814 - Charles Neate performed as cellist in a quartet playing a work by Romberg.
** 1835 - birth of Walter Petit (London?) d.1882
cellist, principal cello in the Queen’s band, and at the Philharmonic Society; performed at the H.M. Theatre
** 1869 – on this date cellist Ludwig Peer performed as soloist with the Löwenberg Orchestra the Popper - Romanze for Violoncello and Piano, Op.5. This was important in that it was probably the first time an established cello soloist other than Popper himself performed one of his works in a professional concert!
** 1885 - at the Crystal Palace Saturday Orchestral Concerts (South London) the featured invited soloists on this day were Miss Anna Williams (vocal) and Robert Hausmann (cello).
** 1892 - French/American cellist Louis Victor Gaetan Amato (member Chicago Orchestra) performed at the Saint Louis Exposition
** 1903 - in the concert series “Mr Joseph Ivimey´s Chamber Concerts”, held in the Assembly Rooms, Surbiton, Surrey, England, the chamber concert was on this date featured soloists Mr Arthur Walenn (vocal) and Mr Withers (cello).
** 1907 - first performance of Widor - Cello Sonata in A Major, Op.80
(Jules Loeb/cello and composer at piano, Paris)
** 1909 - first performance of Enescu - Sinfonia Concertante, Op.8 (1901)
soloist - Joseph Salmon, Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra, conducted by composer (Paris)
** 1914 - cellist Gerard Hekking performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Schumann – Cello Concerto, Op.129. Two concerts, in Nikmegen (14th March) and Amsterdam (15th March, where he also performed Lalo - Cello Concerto on the same programme), conducted by Willem Mengelberg
** 1920 - birth of Paul Szabo (Hungary)
cellist, chamber musician - cellist of Vegh quartet
** 1921 - Felix Salmond performed as cello soloist in Brahms - Double Concerto in A minor with the violinist Sammons, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates. Salmond was now being recognized as England’s premier concert cellist
** 1945 – birth of Valentin Erben (Munich)
Member of the Alban Berg Quartet, playing with them for nearly 40 years. Professor Hochschule für Musik Vienna since 1972. Has also taught at Cologne University, the Chigiana Academy in Siena, and at ProQuartet in Paris.
** 1957 – cellist Janos Starker performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.33, with Fritz Reiner, conductor (14th and 15th March)
** 1959 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Haydn – Cello Concerto in D Major. Two concerts, in Den Haag (14th March) and Amsterdam (15th March), conducted by Eduard van Beinum
** 1977 - cellist Mstislav Rostropovich performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in THREE concerto works: Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104; Haydn – Cello Concerto in C Major; and Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations. Concert in Amsterdam, conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
** 1978 – Leonid Brezhnev signed an edict of the ‘Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet’ (U.S.S.R.), stripping cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife Galina of their citizenship.
