On this cello day

** 1783 - cellist Jean Louis Duport (the younger) gave a rectital at the “Professional Concerts” (under Lord Abingdon’s management) at the Hanover Rooms, Hanover Square, London

** 1832 - English cellist Robert Lindley performed, with second cellist Crouch and the double bassist Dragonetti, a sonata of Corelli.

** 1863 – David Popper, cello and Hans von Bronsart, piano performed in a concert promoted by the Löwenberg Orchestra

** 1865 - birth of Jean Preuveneers (Brussels)
cellist, member of Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Queen’s Hall Orchestra (London), principal cello of the ‘New Symphony Orchestra’, cellist of the John Saunders String Quartet in London; cellist in the Harrison chamber concerts throughout England

** 1879 - first performance of Stanford - Cello Sonata, Op.9
Robert Hausmann/cello and the composer at piano

** 1949 – on a Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra programme (three concerts; 26th, 27th and 28th March), Emanuel Brabec performed as cello soloist in Strauss – Don Quixote, Op.35. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch / Musikverein, Golden Hall, Vienna

** 1950 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Dvorak - Cello Concerto, Op.104. Two concerts, in Amsterdam (24th and 26th March), conducted by Pierre Monteux

** 1961 - at the Town Hall, Leeds (England) the Scottish National Orchestra performed with Gaspar Cassado as cello soloist.

** 1987 – on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 31st of this month, cellist Lorne Munroe performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Skrowakzewski), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)

** 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)