Historical Events of April 20
20 April
** 1717 - on this day the governors of the Capella del Tesoro di San Gennaro (Italy) felt obliged to replace cellist Rocco Greco with Francesco Alborea, on account for Greco’s failing health, with the stipulation that Alborea would be given the post indefinitely upon the death of Greco; and this is the last mention of the older cellist so maybe he didn’t survive for very much time after that (?)
** 1838 - birth of Fritz Albert Christian Rudinger (Copenhagen) d.1925
cellist, orchestra principal cello, chamber music & teacher
** 1895 - first known concerto performance of William Henry Squire as concerto soloist, performing the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in A minor at the Crystal Palace Concerts (London)
** 1946 - birth of Philippe Muller (Mulhouse, France)
Cellist
** 1959 - Gwyneth George was cello soloist in Edmund Rubbra - Soliloquy Op.57, with the Fogell Ensemble conducted by Martin Fogell, at the London Wigmore Hall.
** 1975 - birth of Caroline Stinson (Edmonton, Canada)
cellist, chamber musician - traditional & contemporary repertoire
** 1983 - birth of Guillermo Pastrana (Granada, Spain)
Cellist
** 1985 - in a chamber music concert at the Banbury and District Musical Society (England) a cello recital was given by Lowri Blake (cello) and Caroline Palmer (piano).
** 1986 - first performance of the ‘reconstructed’ Sullivan - Cello Concerto in D Major (previous orchestral material destroyed by fire in May 1964)
soloist - Julian Lloyd Webber with London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras (Barbican, London)
** 1998 - Juan Enrique Sainz/cello and Alberto Gómez/piano premiered Enrique Igoa Mateos - ‘Manifiesto I: la mirada interrumpida’, Op 33, for cello and piano, in a concert recorded by Spanish National Radio
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
