Historical Events of March 19
19 March
** 1740 - birth of Joseph F. Weigl (Bavaria) d.1820
cellist, orchestra musician, opera orchestra musician, Imperial Band and Court and chamber musician {father of the more well-known composer Joseph Weigl}
** 1761 - Luigi Boccherini, eighteen years old, gives a concert entirely programming music by himself
(Florence, Italy)
** 1847 - birth of Constantin Dimitrescu (Blejoi, Rumania) d.1928
composer, teacher & cellist
** 1865 – at a Löwenberg Orchestra Concert, David Popper was once again invited soloist playing the Volkmann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33, along music orchestral music of Liszt, Schumann. Constantin, Berlioz and Beethoven.
** 1868 - birth of Luigi Stefano Giarda (Viña del Mar, Chile) d.1952
cellist, conductor, composer & teacher
** 1876 - in the German press “Signalen für die Musikalische Welt” the following was written about cellist Karl Ripfel (he had recently passed away on 8th March):
“Although not known in an extensive circle, he was esteemed by Bernhard Romberg to be the greatest master of technique on his instrument, which he was at last able to manipulate almost as well as Paganini”
** 1883 – the second complete performance of David Popper - Cello Concerto No.2 in E minor, Op.24 (the first time was two days previously)
soloist - David Popper, conducted by Anton Rubinstein (St. Petersburg, Russia)
** 1894 - birth of Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (San Diego, USA) d.1975
cellist, film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter, director of Western films
** 1896 - first performance of Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
soloist Leo Stern (London)
** 1921 – birth of Harry Babasin (Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.) d.1988
Double bassist, cellist in jazz (working with Benny Goodman & Woody Herman)
** 1931 – Gregor Piatigorsky gave his first performances in Los Angeles. Billed as "The Russian Casals", on 19th March Piatigorsky played chamber music with a local quartet made up of Los Angeles Philharmonic players at the Biltmore Hotel, which was just across the street from Philharmonic Auditorium. The next night, he was soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Haydn Concerto conducted by Artur Rodzinski.
** 1933 - cellist Maurice Maréchal performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in both C.P.E. Bach – Cello Concerto in A Major and Honegger – Cello Concerto. Concert in Amsterdam, conducted by Pierre Monteux
** 1942 - first performance of Bohuslav Martinu - Cello Sonata no.2
(New York)
** 1944 - on March 19, 1944, the Nazis invaded Hungary and - incredibly - stopped in mid-concert a Sunday performance, whilst firing and subsequently rounding up all Jewish musicians, including George Horvath (father of cellist Janet)
** 1944 - birth of Myung-Wha Chung (Seoul, South Korea)
cellist
** 1973 - cellist Thomas Igloi gave a recital including Bach - Solo Cello Suite No.1 and Beethoven - Sonata in F Major, Op.5/1
Bishopsgate Hall, London
** 1977 – on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 22nd of this month, cellist Lorne Monroe performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Leinsdorf), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)
** 1990 - on this day cellist Janos Starker made a live recording of Martinu - Cello Concerto No.1 (in the third and final version), in Prague, with the Radio Czech Orchestra conducted by John Nelson
** 1991 - birth of Pablo Ferrandez (Madrid)
Cellist
** 1999- on this day cellist Janos Starker made a live recording of Alan Hovhaness - Cello Concerto, with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Denis Russell Davis
** 1999 - Lito Iglesias/cello and Jordi Vilaprinyo/piano performed Joan Juinjoán - Duo for cello and piano (1970), and Manuel Oltra Ferrer - Sonata for cello and piano (1959) in the Sociedad General de Autores de España (SGAE), Barcelona, recorded live by Spanish National Radio.
** 1999 – Janos Starker recorded Alan Hovhaness – Cello Concerto, Op.17, with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
