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2016-01-05 16:00:07
[…] 1932 Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand was premiered by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Paul Wittgenstein, who commissioned the piece. He had lost his write hand in World War I. There is an episode of M*A*S*H that references this. In 1949 Morton Gould’s symphonic suite Fall River Legend was premiered by Pierre Monteux conducting San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. On This Day in Classical Music In 1708 a fire breaks out in the Salone Margherita theatre in Milan and it burns to the ground. In 1713 Arcangelo Corelli writes his will in which he leaves all his violins to his favorite student Matteo Fornari. In 1763 the musical Mozart’s complete their first tour in Vienna. The star attractions were young Wolfgang and his sisters Maria Anna. In 1912 Engelbert Humperdinck suffered a stroke, which permanently paralyzes his left hand, but he continues to compose for another decade. […]
2015-01-17 15:26:25
[…] one planned, the other impromptu. We had prebooked a concert by the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in their newer home at the Parco della Musica at the north side of central Rome. And then, in our hotel, we picked up a leaflet for a ‘dinner-and-show’ package featuring La Traviata. Being at an otherwise loose end, we thought ‘why not?’ and booked it; it turned out to be surprisingly good. Stage of Teatro Salone Margherita set for Act 1 La Traviata Turning to that first, it was billed as I Virtuosi Dell’Opera di Roma and took place in a relaxed venue of modest size and attractive Beaux Arts décor, the Teatro Salone Margherita. We didn’t go for a dinner package, but mid-price tickets (€35 each) which were unallocated, so getting there promptly bagged us a good pair of seats. A small orchestra of around 20 musicians performed […]
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