Historical Events of May 19
19 May
** 1740 - birth of Joseph Franz Weigl (Bavaria, Austro-Germany) d.1820
cellist, Esterhazy family orchestra member {father of Joseph Weigl}
** 1824 - birth of Louis Van der Wulp (The Hague, Holland) d.1850
cellist, director of music at Gouda
** 1849 - cellist Robert Lindley performed the continuo cello part to ‘Qui Tollis peccata’ (Handel), accompanying the great German oratorio singer Staudigle at the ‘Ancient Concerts’ (London)
** 1906 - a fine review on this day in 1906 for the Chaplin Trio (with Mabel Chaplin as cellist) appearing in The Times newspaper:
“with just the right feeling, quite simply and straightforwardly, like everything else that these players gave us, and without the slightest pose or attempt at archaism…”
** 1906 - a series of “Five Historical Violoncello Recitals” was presented by Boris Hambourg at the Aeolian Hall, London. The performances were given 'to illustrate the development of the cello literature from its earliest beginning to the present day'. On this very day he played the concert:
2. German Masters - 19 MAY
** 1908 - the Thibaud-Casals-Cortot (Pau Casals - cello) trio recorded Beethoven - Trio in Eb Major, Op.79/1 in Paris - some ten performances of the work by this trio were later given in concerts
** 1920 - birth of Eberhard Finke (Bremen, Germany) d.2016
cellist, orchestra principal cello (Berlin Phil Orch) 1950-85 & professor - member of ‘The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic’
** 1924 - Beatrice Harrison is credited as playing the cello alongside a nightingale singing in her garden at 10.45pm, and being recorded by the BBC!
** 1933 – in a Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ‘Brahms Festival’ concert, Pablo Casals performed as cello soloist with Bronislaw Huberman – violin in Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler / Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna
** 1936 - first performance of David Diamond - Sonata for cello and piano
(Princeton, NJ, USA)
** 1940 - first performance of Martinu - Cello Sonata No.1
Pierre Fournier/cello & Rudolf Firkušný/piano (Paris)
** 1958 – the premiere took place in Hamburg, Germany, on today’s date of Giselher Klebe’s Cello Concerto No.1, Op.29, with solo cellist Arthur Troester, with the Symphonieorchester des NDR conducted by Jean Martinon.
** 1962 - first modern performance of Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major
soloist Milos Sadlo with Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras
** 1967 - on this day cellist Pierre Fournier made a live recording of Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, in Munich, with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Paul Kletzki
** 1988 - cellist Heinrich Schiff performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Dvorak - Cello Concerto, Op.104. Concert in Oostenrijk, conducted by Riccardo Chailly
