Historical Events of April 9
9 April
** 1762 - birth of Francisco Aliani (Piacenza, Italy) d.1812
cellist & composer. Appointed the first cellist of the orchestras of church and theatre at Piacenza. He was a celebrated teacher, and wrote three books of duets for two cellos.
** 1814 - birth of Felíx Battanchon (Paris) d.1893
cellist, opera orchestra musician, composer & teacher
** 1879 – at a Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra charity concert in Budapest, Reinhard (Reinhold) Hummer was cello soloist in the Volkmann – String Serenade No.3, Op.69. Orchestral works of Beethoven, Weber and Liszt were also heard.
Conductor: Hans Richter / Place: Redoutensäle Pest (Budapest, Hungary)
** 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 Philip Brozel
** 1899 - birth of Maimi von Mirbach (Antwerp) d.1984
cellist (after the Nazi seizure of power, she helped persecuted Jews, also following the values of the Confessing Church. She abhorred the racial ideology of the Nazis and, as a cellist, continued to cultivate numerous contacts with Jewish musicians, even though this repeatedly put her in danger).
** 1918 - first performance of Richard Strauss - orchestral suite “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” {the work features an important orchestral principal cello line}
concert conducted by the composer (Berlin)
** 1947 – birth of Nella Hunkins (Bayville, New York)
Cellist. Orchestral front desk player. She was the Associate Principal Cello in the Cleveland Orchestra during many years. Principal cello Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Professor at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Collaborations with the Philharmonia Ensemble Berlin, and the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin.
** 1953 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Strauss – Don Quixote, Op.35. Three concerts, in Amsterdam (15th March), Iserlohn (9th April) and Krefeld (10th April), conducted by Eduard van Beinum
** 1961 - in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C., a performance was given by cellist Ottomar Borwitzky, with Wolfgang Kaiser /piano
** 1971 - Peter Racine Fricker completes his ‘Sarabande’ for solo cello (F134)
(in Memorian Igor Stravinsky)
** 1972 - cellist Tibor de Machula performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Dvorak - Cello Concerto, Op.104. Three concerts, in Amsterdam (6th and 9th April) and Den Haag (7th April), conducted by Bernard Haitink
** 1985 - first performance of Peter Racine Fricker - Cello Sonata, Op.90
Geoffrey Rutkowski/cellist and Wendell Nelson/piano (Beijing Central Conservartory of Music, China)
