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Wishing brilliant harpsichordist @MahanEsfahani a very Happy Birthday!
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Mozart's Divertimento in Eb (K. 563) was first performed on this day in 1789 in Dresden with Mozart on the viola
Enjoy an excellent performance here with @veronika_eberle
@solgabetta https://t.co/59BrPtVo8D
On this day in 1795 Beethoven Piano Concerto 2 was first performed with Beethoven himself at the piano.
Jonathan Del Mar’s new edition corrects mistakes which have existed in all previous editions- read more https://t.co/PL3ZKggFgd
Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky died on this day in 1881
A good example of the particular advantages of a Bärenreiter Urtext edition can be found in mm. 1ff. of Catacombae, No. 8 of Pictures at an Exhibition
Check it out here https://t.co/A8FaSaX3ak https://t.co/CrJln4BvVX
Today in 1808 Haydn made his last public appearance at a CREATION performance. Very aged and ill he was carried in with great honour on an armchair
It is alleged that Beethoven came and embraced him warmly and called him 'Master' -a lovely ending to a difficult relationship
Bach Cantata No 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was first performed today in 1725.
The first of many as can be seen here! We publish boxed set of the Complete Cantatas https://t.co/mr3NBPuW26
Joyous listening https://t.co/IGGVkt1iG8
Georg Philipp Telemann was born today in 1681
A few interesting facts for you to mull over:
Did you know that he was C.P.E.Bach's godfather or that he liked keeping unusual plants?
Who knew that he wrote a funeral cantata for an artistically trained canary!
Schubert's quartet A minor D804 was first performed today in 1824 by the Schuppanzigh Quartet who also gave first performances of many of the Beethoven quartets
https://t.co/fxuE2JWVJP
Remembering conductor Sir Charles Groves who would have been 105 today!
'How unfortunate that when one is young one cannot afford such luxuries as the complete Mozart in paper-back and it has come out slightly late for me!'
Memories of a lovely man :)