Historical Events of April 12
12 April
** 1766 - birth of Joachim Josef Fuetsch (Salzburg, Austria)
cellist, ‘court cellist’ & composer
** 1787 - on this day the ‘Journal de Paris’ reported on a performance of cellist Emmanuel Guerin (just 11 years old) and his 10-year-old violinist brother performing a Symphony Concertante of Breval for solo violin and cello speaking in terms of “their astounding talent created quite a sensation and would have earned the same applause for grown up artists.”
** 1821 - birth of Carl Bergmann (Ebersbach, Germany) d.1876
cellist & conductor {later settled in the U.S.A.}
** 1868 – on this date the premiere was heard of Friedrich Gernsheim’s Cello Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.12, with Erneste DeMunck (cello) and the composer on piano, in Paris. The music was published the same year. His second sonata was written almost forty years later!
** 1879 - at the Crystal Palace Saturday Orchestral Concerts (South London) the featured invited soloists on this day were Madame Lemmens-Sherrington (vocal) with ‘Signor Piatti’ (cello). The programme also included the first English performances of Reinecke - Festival Overture in C Major, Op.148 and C. A. Krebs - Pastorale Religioso for Orchestra.
** 1920 - Juan Ruiz-Casaux was appointed, by unanimous decision, as head of the cello department of the Madrid Conservatoire, a post he maintained until he retired in 1960.
** 1947 - a recital at the Wigmore Hall (London) was given by Zara Nelsova, accompanied by Gerald Moore.
** 1958 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Schumann - Cello Concerto, Op.129. Two concerts, in Düsseldorf (12th April) and Bad Godesberg (13th April), conducted by Eduard van Beinum
** 1975 – cellist Zara Nelsova performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Schumann - Cello Concerto, Op.129. Three concerts, in Amsterdam (10th and 12th February), and Den Haag (11th April), conducted by Bernard Haitink
** 1984 – on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th of this month, cellist Lorne Munroe performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Davis), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)
** 1991 – cellist Antonio Meneses performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126. Two concerts, in Amsterdam (11th April), and Den Haag (12th April), conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
** 1999 - birth of Zlatomir Fung (U.S.A.)
cellist
