Historical Events of May 16
16 May
** 1764 - the young cellist Giovanni Battista Cirri (born in I740, at Forli, Italy) made his debut in London at a concert of the violinist Marella, on May 16th, I764.
** 1834 - birth of Hippolyte Müller (Hilburghausen, Germany) d.1876
cellist, ‘court band’ solo cellist & teacher
** 1837 - František Hegenbarth completes his conservatoire training on this day, on a scholarship from Prince Kinsky - it was a well worthwhile inversion for in 1838 he was appointed solo violoncellist at the theatre at Gratz, and afterwards went to Linz in the same capacity.
** 1850 - birth of Auguste Van Biene (Rotterdam, Holland) d.1913
cellist (“The Magician of the Cello”) and Theatre Production manager
** 1874 - birth of Jules Marneff (Belgium)
cellist, principal cello Lamoureux Orchestra (Paris), member of Fermin Touche String Quartet, and co-founder of ‘Double Quintet of Paris’ of wind and strings
** 1891 - birth of {Patricia} Ruth Waddell {sometimes written Waddel} (Edinburgh) d.1981
cellist, member of the Reid (Symphony) Orchestra; violoncello teacher and performer
** 1897 - cellist Leontine Gärtner performed as invited soloist with the New York Women's String Orchestra under the direction of Carl Lachmund
** 1918 - in the Wigmore Hall (London), a recital was given by Beatrice Harrison (cello) and Hilda Saxe (piano).
** 1957 - birth of Doron Toister (Durban, South Africa)
cellist, orchestra principal cello, pianist, composer and classical music arranger {based Israel}
** 1978 - first performance of Günter Bialas - Assonanzen, for 12 Cellos
The 12 Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic (Schwetzinger Festspiele, Schwetzingen, Germany)
** 1985 – During this week, solo cellist Lynn Harrell performed the first Saint-Saëns cello concerto several times with the National Symphony Orchestra (U.S.A.) – on the 16th, 17th, 18th and 21st of May
** 1994 – on today’s date and the following day, cellist Maria Kliegel recorded both Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, and the Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor alongside violinist Ilia Kaler, with the National Symphony orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Andrew Constantine.
** 1996 - the Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jirí Belohlávek, featured cello soloist Ralph Kirschbaum at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham (England).
