EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
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PROGRAMME FOR 24 JANUARY 2001
2001 ANNIVERSARIES
200,  150,  100  &  50  Years
1
200 YEARS
Composer Domenico Cimarosa, died 11 Jan 1801
Oboe Concerto in C  (arr. by Arthur Benjamin from Cimarosa's keyboard sonatas)
i) Introduzione   ii) Allegro   iii) Siciliana   iv) Allegro giusto
Anthony Camden (oboe)
City of London Sinfonia conducted by Nicholas Ward
Composer Albert Lortzing, born 23 Oct 1801, died 21 Jan 1851
Zar und Zimmermann  -  Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Madchen
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)  &  Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Gierster
3
200 / 150 YEARS
Composer Alexander Alyabyev, died 6 Mar 1851
Solovey  (The Nightingale)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin conducted by Kurt Gaebel
6
150 YEARS
Composer Gaspare Spontini, died 24 Jan 1851
La Vestale  -  O Nume tutelar
Maria Callas (soprano)
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan conducted by Tullio Serafin
4
Composer Jan Blockx, born 25 Jan 1851
Flemish Dances  -  Dance V
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alexander Rahbari
5
2
Composer Vincenzo Bellini, born 3 Nov 1801
I Puritani  -  A te, o cara
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)  &  Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti
Composer Ruperto Chapi, born 27 Mar 1851
El Rey Que Rabio  -  Mi tio se figura
Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
Orchestra conducted by Eugenio Marco
7
Composer Giuseppe Verdi, died 27 Jan 1901
Rigoletto  -  E il sol dell' anima  (Rigoletto premiered 150 years ago, on 11 Mar 1851)
Joseph Gabriels (tenor)  &  Ruth Goodwin (soprano)
Cape Town Municipal Orchestra conducted by Joseph Manca
8
100 YEARS
Composer Gerald Finzi, born 14 Jul 1901
Come away, come away, death  -  From "Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18"
Bryn Terfel (baritone)  &  Malcolm Martineau (piano)
9
Composer Joaquin Rodrigo, born 22 Nov 1901
Aranjuez, ma pensee
Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano)  &  Sharon Isbin (guitar)
10
12
50 YEARS
Composer Nikolay Metner, died 13 Nov 1951
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33
i) Allegro   ii) Tranquillo, meditamente   iii) Tempo I   iv) Allegro molto
Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ziva
11
Composer Arnold Schoenberg, died 13 Jul 1951
Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4  -  after the poem by Richard Dehmel
i) Grave   ii) Molto rallentando   iii) A Tempo   iv) Adagio   v) Adagio (molto tranquillo)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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