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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

– Sun 12 Oct: Stern Showcase Recital Palace Theater 61 Atlantic Street, Stamford CT 06901
– Sun 12 Oct: Birthday Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti Ventura College Theater,Ventura, California, USA
– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

Birthdays:
– Bernardo Pisano
– Sylvius Leopold Weiss
– D. Pedro IV
– Ralph Vaughan Williams
– Healey Willan
Dying days:
– Giovanni Battista Vitali
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– (1910) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”, in Leeds, England.
– (1913) Max Reger: Premiere of Vier Tondichtungen nach Arnold Böcklin, in Essen, Germany.
– (1950) Irving Berlin: Premiere of Call Me Madam, in New York, USA.
– (1971) Andrew Lloyd Webber: Premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar, in New York, USA.

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Born: 19 October 1908 — Bergen — Norway

Died: 1 February 1981 — Norheimsund — Norway

• Operas
• Baldurs draumar (ballet)
• Six piano concertos
• 3 symphonies
• 100 Folketonar frao Hardanger (arrangement of folk music)

Made extended use of Norwegian folk music in his compositions. Studied music at the concervatory in Leipzig, Germany and in Paris. Moved to Norheimsund in Hardanger, Norway in 1942 and started working on collecting and arranging Norwegian folk music. After the war he toured Europe as concert pianist. For his songs he used text by Arnulf Øverland, Knut Hamsun and Herman Wildenwey. Most famous work: 100 Folketonar frao Hardanger and the song "Vi skal ikkje sova burt sumarnatta".

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His house burned down along with most of his musical manuscripts in 1970, therefore, most of his music has been lost and friends and musicologists are trying to reconstruct some of his works. 2 CDs exist of his music on the Naxos label; Piano Concertos 1 and 5 on Naxos 8.555077 and A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites 1 and 4 on Naxos 8.555078. Both CDs have Bjarte Engeset and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra playing the works.

(Contributed by Ralph Barrocas - U.S.A. - <RBarrocasaol.com>)

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