Historical Events of March 25
25 March
** 1713 – birth of Jean-Baptiste Canavas {Canvasso} (Turin, Italy) d.1784
cellist and composer
** 1836 - A notable event in the life of cellist Johann Andreas Grabau was the first performance of Beethoven's triple concerto on 25 March 1836, when Mendelssohn played the pianoforte, Ferdinand David, violin, and Grabau the violoncello.
** 1854 - birth (almost surely 25th March but possibly in April) of Gabrielle Platteau (Ixelles, near Brussels) d.1875
woman cellist of note, and also singer
** 1860 - birth of Cornélis Liégeois (Namur, Belgium)
cellist, solo cello of Bilse Orchestra (Berlin), chamber musician, professor - wrote a tutor for cello in 3 volumes
** 1867 - birth of Arturo Toscanini (Parma, Italy) d.1957
conductor & cellist
** 1893 - at the Crystal Palace Saturday Orchestral Concerts (South London) the featured invited soloists on this day were Mademoiselle Landi (vocal) and Herr Julius Klengel (cello), including the first English performance of Klengel - Cello Concerto No.2 in D Major.
** 1899 - the ‘Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts’ (South London) included the soloists
Mr Gregory Hast (vocal) and ‘Herr’ Julius Klengel (cello) in the orchestral performance - this concert also included the first performance of W. H. Bell - Symphonic Poem 'The Pardoner's Tale'.
** 1902 - cellist Louise Dellmayer was referred to in the “Syracuse Journal” in the spring of 1902, as a “cellist with remarkable execution and artistic skill” (Syracuse Journal 25th March, 1902).
** 1905 - the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra gave a performance in Berlin with soloist Herman Sandby (cello)
** 1927 - first performance of Florence Schmitt - Final, for cello and orchestra
(Salle Erard, Paris)
** 1939 - first performance of Villa-Lobos - the aria from Bachianas Brasileiras no.5 for soprano and eight cellos
(Rio de Janeiro)
** 1946 – at a Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ‘Willi Boskovsky concert’, Richard Krotschak performed as cello soloist (with Willie Boskovsky – violin) in Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102. Conductor: Josep Krips / Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna
** 1960 - first performance of Henry Cowell - Four Declamations with Return, for cello and piano
(New York)
*** 1960 - first performance of Morton Feldman - Durations 2, for cello and piano
(New York)
** 1965 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Strauss – Don Quixote, Op.35. Two concerts, in Amsterdam (24th and 25th March), conducted by Eugen Jochum
** 1966 - first performance of Simon Laks - Dialogue for Two Cellos (1964)
cellists: Jean & Mireille Réculard (Châtea, Saint Ouen, France)
** 1966 - birth of Melora Creager [née Mather] (Kansus City, Misuri, USA)
cellist (cello rock), songwriter, and modern chamber (founder of Rasputina) - also Vocals, dulcimer, piano & banjo
** 1977 - birth of Natalie Clein (Poole, Dorest, England)
Cellist
** 1984 - in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C., a recital was given by cellist Timothy Butler, with Jeffrey Calman /piano
** 1990 - in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C., a recital was given by cellists Steven Honigberg, Truls Mork, with Kathryn Brake /piano
** 1991 – the premiere of Rauno Remme’s ‘Hiljuti’ (Lately) for cello and chamber orchestra (written in 1990) took place in Toronto, with cellist Eero Voitk. Remme was an Estonian composer ((1969-2002).
** 1997 - first performance of David L. Young - Lexicon for 3 Violoncelli (one of a series of works titled “Val Camonica Pieces”)
cellists: Clare Brassil, Fiona Furphy and Jane Tallon (La Mama Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)
** 1999 – on the 25th, 26th and 27th of this month, cellist Han-Na Chang performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Dutoit), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)
