Composer events for 7 May

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(1704) → Uebigau-Warenbrück → Karl Heinrich Graun
(1833) → Hamburg → Johannes Brahms
(1836) Nordfriedhof → Düsseldorf → Norbert Burgmüller
(1901) → Vilvoorde → Marcel Poot

Music events

Premiere of Symphony no. 9 in d minor op. 125, in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting. (1824) → Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere of Le Roi d'Ys, in Paris, France. (1888) → Edouard Lalo
Premiere of Les Malheurs d'Orphée, in Brussels, Belgium. (1926) → Darius Milhaud
Premiere of Mikrokosmos (incomplete), in Budapest, Hungary, with Bartók at the piano. (1937) → Béla Bartók
Premiere of In Terra Pax, on Radio Genf, Switzerland. (1945) → Frank Martin
Premiere of Das Wundertheater, in Heidelberg, Germany. (1949) → Hans Werner Henze
Premiere of Theater Piece, in New York, USA. (1960) → John Cage
Premiere of Montag aus LICHT, in Milan, Italy. (1988) → Karlheinz Stockhausen

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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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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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