Composer events for 27 February

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Birthdays

Johann Philipp Krieger (1649)
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848)
Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger (1867)
María de Baratta (1890)
Georges Migot (1891)
András Szöllősy (1921)
Haydn Reeder (1944)
Reine Jönsson (1960)
Gabriel Erkoreka (1969)
Jonathan Bailey Holland (1974)

Dying days

MusicAtlas events

(1848) → Highnam → Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
(1848) → Bournemouth → Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
(1897) → Utrecht → Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Music events

Premiere of Symphony no. 8 in F major op. 93, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting. (1814) → Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere of Gustave III, ou Le Bal Masqué, in Paris, France. (1833) → Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Premiere of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, in St. Petersburg, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. (1879) → Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin
Premiere of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, in St. Petersburg, with Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. (1879) → Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

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Sat 1 Jun: Action Painting: The Edges of Sound Baruch Performing Arts Center

Sat 8 Jun: Symphony No 5 St Johns, Smith Sq, London, SW1P 3HA

Fri 14 Jun: Day of Wrath "The Revelation"- concert in Bucharest Cinema Patria, Bulevardul Magheru 12-14, Bucuresti, Romania

Sat 15 Jun: A North East Choral Garland The Ave, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 7LE

Sat 15 Jun: Viva Vivaldi! Bristol Cathedral College Green Bristol

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Dying days:

Ricardo Castillo

Events:

(1814) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fidelio (final version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.

(1971) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Der Besuch der Alten Dame, in Vienna, Austria.

(1988) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Vienna, Austria.

(1989) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Don´t ever do that again!!!", in Helsingborg, Sweden.

(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Peace Song", in Billund, Denmark.

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