Historical Events of May 14
14 May
** 1792 - birth of Johann Georg Herman Voigt (Osterwick, Germany)
cellist and organist, organist St. Peter’s Church, Leipzig, principal cello ‘Grosse Concert’ (later ‘Gewandhaus Concerte’) {father of Karl Ludwig Voigt}
** 1809 - birth of Johann Benjamin Gross (Elbing, Germany) d.1848
cellist, member Royal Orchestra of Berlin, member Konigstadter Theatre Orchestra, principal cello of the theatre at St. Petersburg, chamber musician and composer
** 1880 - birth of May Mukle (London) d.1963
cellist
May Mukle and her sister Anne, a pianist, formed a trio with the American violinist Maud Powell; and they toured successfully in South Africa and America. When she was seventeen, she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of London (A..R.A.M.). She thereafter became internationally famous as a performer, sometimes even being called "the female Casals," by the press. She was responsible for several first performances of important cello works of British composers, and was committed to the growth of cello playing among others of her own sex. The Royal Academy of Music in London awards the May Mukle prize yearly, in her memory.
** 1884 – birth of Samuil Abramovich Amosud (Tiflis, Russian Empire) d.1964
A Soviet/Russian conductor and pedagogue, who started his career as a cellist. He was a theatre and opera conductor before founding what was to become the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
** 1902 - William Henry Squire performed his own Bourree, Op.24, and his Sérénade at the Bechstein Hall, London, as solo cello items on a vocal recital.
** 1915 - cellist May Mukle recorded Adolphe Fischer - By the brook (Au bord du ruisseau) for violoncello and piano Op.6, and Edward MacDowell - ‘Nautilus: a Fairy Sail and a Fairy Boat’ for violoncello and piano, with George Falkenstein (piano), in New York
** 1917 – The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Frederick Stock) recorded Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture, featuring the principal cello Bruno Steindl (the recording is still available today).
** 1924 – in a Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Gala concert dedicated to the 60th birthday of Richard Strauss, Friedrich Buxbaum performed Strauss – Don Quixote, Op.35, with the composer conducting. Place: Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna
** 1926 - birth of Denis Vigay (London) d.2015
cellist, principal cello in the Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; freelancer, cello professor at the Royal Academy of Music, cello tutor to the National Youth Strings Academy.
** 1945 – birth of Jürnjakob Timm (Neubrandenburg, Germany)
German cellist and university lecture. He was a member during more than 40 years of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, becoming its principal cello in 1973. Cellist of the Gewandhaus String Quartet.
One of his two sons, Andreas Timm, works as deputy principal cello with the Konzerthausorchester of Berlin from 2002.
** 1946 – birth of Victoria Jagling d.2011
cellist composer / studied cello with Rostropovich and composition with Kabalevsky and Krennikov. Winner of the 1969 Gaspar Cassado Cello Competition, and prizewinner in Moscow International Competition. Works for cello include three concertos and a Solo Suite. Professor in the Jean Sibelius Academy – Helsinki.
** 1956 - on this day cellist Pierre Fournier made a live recording of Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor, in Vienna, with the Sinfonie-Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg, conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
** 1965 - the American debut of cellist Jacqueline Du Pre (Elgar Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati - New York)
** 1974 - first ‘modern’ performance of Brahms - Cello Sonata in G Major, Op.78 {perhaps reworked by Brahms - or Paul Klengel? - from his Violin Sonata in D Major}
(performers?) Vienna
** 1976 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Bloch – Schelomo. Two concerts, in Amsterdam (14th May) and Groningen (15th May), conducted by Yoav Talmi
** 1979 - birth of Danjulo Ishizaka (Bonn, Germany)
cellist and professor
** 1986 - birth of Hermine Horiot (Dijon, France)
cellist, orchestra principal cello Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitane and the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne.
** 1990 - Gheorghe Motatu/cello and Assumpta Coma/piano gave the premiere of Alejandro Gabriel Civilotti Carvahlo - Capriccio for Cello and Piano (1985), and Francesc Taverna-Bech - Temperaments (1990)
Barcelona, Catalonia
** 1991 - Dimitar Furnadjiev/cello and Zdravka Radoilska/piano performed José de Uruñuela Fernández - ‘Jorrai-dantza variata’ and ‘Pavana’ for cello and piano, in a concert recorded by Spanish National Radio
Church of Capuchinos, Rentería (Guipuzcoa), Basque Country
