Composer events for 16 May

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Birthdays

(Johann Baptist Wilhelm) Meyer Lutz (1828)
Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893)
Donald Martino (1931)
André van Haren (1963)
Scott Giles (1965)
Barnabas Szilagyi (1980)

Dying days

Music events

Premiere of Dalibor, in Prague, Czech Republic, with Smetana conducting. (1868) → Bedřich Smetana
Premiere of Fra Gherardo, in Milan, Italy. (1928) → Ildebrando Pizzetti
Premiere of Annie Get Your Gun, in New York, USA. (1946) → Irving Berlin
Premiere of Feuerwerk, in Munich, Germany. (1950) → Willy Burkhard
Premiere of Owen Wingrave, on BBC, England. (1971) → Benjamin Britten
First performance of the 1989 version of "Tre Stämningar", in Esbjerg, Denmark. (1990) → Peter Wallin
Premiere of Konzert, in Vienna, Austria. (1990) → Jean Françaix

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Dutilleux dead at 97 posted 23 May 2013

Britten trail opened posted 3 Apr 2013

Tan Dun is Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO posted 29 Mar 2013

Michael Berkeley to be member of House of Lords posted 29 Mar 2013

Upcoming concerts →

Sat 22 Jun: Freedom, a vibrant new choral drama on the abolition of slavery hedge End

Sat 22 Jun: Lux - with Cappella Novocastriensis. St Cuthvert's Church, Norham, Northumberland, TD15 2LF. UK

Sat 22 Jun: Bristol Bach Choir presents choral gems, ancient and modern St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England

Mon 24 Jun: The Brodsky Quartet with Lore Lixenberg and Cathal Breslin Drapers' Hall,Throgmorton Street London EC2N 2DQ

Sat 29 Jun: Summertime Gala Concert St John's Smith Square, London UK

Today → (19 Jun)

Birthdays:

François Rébel

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch

Jan Václav (Johann) Stamitz

Alfredo Catalani

Dying days:

Alessandro Marcello

Johann Ernst Eberlin

Maurice Jaubert

Events:

(1825) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of Il Viaggio a Reims, in Paris, France.

(1899) Edward Elgar: Premiere of the Enigma Variations op. 36, in London, England.

(1926) George Antheil: Premiere of Ballet Mécanique, in Paris, France.

(1926) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of King Roger, in Warsaw, Poland.

(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Triangle Quartet No. 1", in Lund, Sweden.

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Latest changes →

Henri Dutilleux (23 May)

Anders Eliasson (22 May)

John La Montaine (22 May)

Gordon Sherwood (22 May)

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (22 May)

Manuel de Elías (17 May)

Sabrina Peña Young (16 May)

Stanislas Verroust (16 May)

Karl Davydov (16 May)

Massimiliano Viel (16 May)

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