Historical Events of April 30
30 April
** 1792 - birth of Johann Friedrich Schwencke (Hamburg, Germany)
cellist, organist & pianist. Organist of St. Nicolaus, Hamburg. Composer
** 1861 - a letter was written by cellist Julius Goltermann to cellist George Goltermann; they do not appear to be at all related! Here is the text:
“Dear Friend, --- All in haste I beg you will kindly forward the enclosed letter to the address, the “Herr Capellmeister” (conductor) will call upon you. I hope to have within this year still the pleasure to see you, as I shall be moving nearer Frankfurt soon, and beg of you at the same time to have me booked for the concert season. I should be very pleased if Herr Cp. Steraup would bring me the orchestral parts of your concerto. Hearty greetings to friend Mayer, Bockmühl, and especially your amiable wife, from your Julius Goltermann. April 30, 1861”
** 1871 - recital of David Popper/cello and Anton Door/piano (probably first performance of Karl Eckert - Cello Concerto in version with piano reduction; programme also featured a Servais concerto work)
(Vienna)
** 1877 - on this day invited soloist Robert Hausmann performed the Raff - Cello Concerto in D minor, at the Philharmonic Society, London
** 1889 - in the Princes’ Hall, Piccadilly (London) the first of a series of three chamber concerts took place featuring Josef Ludwig (violin) and W.E. Whitehouse (cello).
** 1899 - in the series of the Sunday Afternoon Orchestral Concerts given at the Queen's Hall, Langham Place, London, featured soloist was cellist W.H. Squire with Mr Kirkby Lunn
** 1916 – Mila (Mildred) Wellerson and her twin sister, violinist Eugenia, were taught by their mother who had her own career as a professional cellist. The twin sisters made their New York debut on April 30th, 1916 at the Carnegie Chamber Music Hall.
** 1923 - birth of Percy Heath (Wilmington, NC, USA) d.2005
jazz bassist & cellist
** 1925 - first performance of Hindemith - Kammermusik No.3 (concerto), Op.36/2
cello soloist - Rudolf Hindemith, and conducted by the composer (Bochum, Germany)
** 1942 - first performance of David Diamond - Concerto for cello and orchestra
soloist - ?, conducted by Howard Hanson (Rochester, NY, USA)
** 1946 – birth of Coenraad Bloemendal (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A Dutch-born Canadian cellist and pedagogue, with a number of recordings to his name.
** 1947 - birth of Abdul Wadud {born as Ron (Ronald) DeVaughn} in Cleveland, Ohio, USA}
jazz and classical cellist
** 1951 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Haydn – Cello Concerto in D Major. Concert in Heerlen, conducted by Otto Klemperer
** 1952 - at the Royal Festival Hall (London) the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Harry Blech, performed with invited cello soloist Edmund Kurtz.
** 1962 - first performance of Wuorinen - Duuiensela, for cello and piano
(Jewish Community Centre, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
** 1962 – birth of Dr. Ilse-Mari Lee (Johannesburg, South Africa)
She joined the staff of Montana State University (Bozeman) in 1989 and has served as Dean of the Honors College. Dr. Lee has been active as a soloist and chamber musician.
As a composer, Dr. Lee’s compositions include works for orchestra, choir, chamber music ensembles and award-winning film scores. Her work “Unearthed” for solo cello and digital sound, was premiered at Tippet Rise in 2018. She premiered her cello concerto, “Mandela”, with the Billings Symphony in 2002,
** 1977 - at the Town Hall, Leeds (England) the Yorkshire Sinfonia performed with Malcolm Binns (piano), Manoug Parikian and Peter Mountain (violin) and Anna Shuttleworth (cello) as soloists.
** 1992 – on the 30th April, and 1st and 5th May, cellist Lorne Munroe performed as invited soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Masur), in the Avery Fisher Hall (New York)
** 1996 - a Reid Lunch-hour Concert took place on today’s date at the Reid Concert Hall (Edinburgh) with Florian Kitt - violoncello and Rita Medjimorec - piano. The unusual programme consisted of Debussy - Cello Sonata, a new work by Lauermann, Janacek - Pohadka, and Martinu - Variations on a theme of Rossini
