2008 Death George Tibbits, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue, dies 1998 Event "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 79 perf 1997 Event "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances 1994 Event Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London 1993 Death Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34 1992 Death Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1985 Death George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1982 Event 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1979 Death Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55 1978 Death Don Gillis, U.S. composer (Symphony #5 ), dies at 65 1973 Death Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43 1972 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin 1972 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1969 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1969 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 14th Symphony 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Event 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony 1968 Event Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony, premieres 1966 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1965 Event Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony" 1965 Event Ives' 4th Symphony premieres 1965 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony 1964 Event Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres 1963 Death Fritz Reiner, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dies at 74 1962 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1962 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony 1962 Death Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 1962 Event Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres 1962 Event David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia 1962 Event Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF 1961 Event Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936) 1961 Event Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony 1961 Event Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres 1960 Event William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1960 Event Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres 1960 Event Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres 1959 Event Paul Hindemith's symphony "Pittsburgh," premieres 1957 Event Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London 1957 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1957 Event Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris 1957 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony 1957 Event 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston 1955 Event Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres 1955 Birthday Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1955 Event Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Birthday Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1953 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1953 Event Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb," premieres 1953 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony 1953 Birthday Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1952 Event Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres 1950 Event Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres 1950 Event David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres 1950 Event Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St. Joan," premieres 1949 Birthday Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990 1949 Event Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres 1948 Event Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston 1947 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris 1947 Event Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres 1947 Event Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel 1947 Event Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF 1946 Event Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1946 Event Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres 1946 Event Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres 1946 Event 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony 1945 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres 1945 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th Symphony 1945 Event Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1944 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 8th Symphony, premieres in New York 1944 Event 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony 1944 Event 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony 1943 Event Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres 1943 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in US 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, premieres 1942 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in Siberia 1941 Event Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony 1941 Event David Diamond's 1st Symphony, premieres 1941 Event Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1941 Event 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" 1941 Event 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem" 1941 Event Paul Creston's 1st Symphony, premieres 1941 Birthday Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto' 1939 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres 1939 Event Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, premieres in Boston 1938 Event NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony 1937 Event Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio 1937 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad 1937 Event NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio 1937 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres 1936 Birthday David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 1936 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 4th Symphony 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1935 Event Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Birthday George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1932 Birthday Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 Birthday Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1932 Birthday Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orchestra 1932 Event "Mickey Mouse" and "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated 1931 Birthday Barry Tuckwell, born in Melbourne, Australia, hornist, London Symphony Orchestra 1955 - 1968 1930 Event Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic," premieres 1930 Event 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 Birthday Maureen Forrester, born in Montreal, Canada, contralto, Ressurection Symphony 1930 Birthday Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Birthday Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1928 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Philadelphia 1928 Birthday Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1927 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1927 Death Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway 1927 Birthday Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1927 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin 1927 Event 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E 1926 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1926 Event 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C 1925 Birthday Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1924 Event Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma," premieres in Paris 1924 Birthday Janos Starker, born in Budapest, Hungary, cellist, Chicago Symphony 1953 - 1958 1924 Birthday Julian B Coco, Curacao guitarist/bassist, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra 1923 Event Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres 1923 Event Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres 1922 Event Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London 1917 Event 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel" 1916 Event Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert 1915 Event Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres 1914 Birthday Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra 1913 Birthday Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958 1912 Event Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna 1912 Birthday Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5 1911 Event SF Symphony formed 1911 Birthday Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970 1910 Event Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians 1908 Event Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres 1908 Event Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, premieres in Prague 1908 Birthday George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1907 Birthday Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides' 1907 Event Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony, premieres 1906 Event 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen 1904 Event Mahlers 5th symphony premieres in Cologne 1904 Birthday John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Event Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1904 Event Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres 1903 Birthday Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer, Lied Symphony 1903 Birthday Gunther AR Raphael, German composer, Symphony Breve 1903 Birthday Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Emanuel Feuermann, born in Kolomea, Galicia, cellist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony 1902 Birthday Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra 1902 Event 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony 1902 Event Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg 1901 Event Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony in G, premieres 1901 Event 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A 1898 Birthday Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 1897 Event Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) 1896 Death Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 1895 Event 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony 1895 Event 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony 1895 Event Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin 1894 Event 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz 1893 Event Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres 1893 Event Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique" 1892 Event Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres 1890 Birthday Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46 1890 Birthday Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony 1889 Event Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony 1889 Birthday Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra 1889 Event Cesar Francks Symphony in D, premieres 1888 Birthday Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1888 Event St. Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg 1887 Birthday Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony 1886 Event Camille Saint-Saens' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres 1886 Event Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres 1885 Event John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres 1884 Event Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig 1883 Event John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres 1882 Birthday Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony 1882 Birthday Leopold Stokowski, born in London, England, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1881 Event Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1881 Event Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony 1880 Birthday Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker, Diagonal Symphony 1878 Event Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres 1877 Event Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna 1877 Event Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres 1877 Event Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1876 Event John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1869 Death Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 1868 Birthday Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor, Hebridean Symphony 1868 Event Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres 1865 Event Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres 1858 Event 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra 1854 Event Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres 1851 Event Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf 1850 Birthday Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major 1846 Event Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres 1842 Event 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony 1841 Event Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres 1841 Birthday Antonin Dvorak, Nelahozeves Czechoslovakia, composer, New World Symphony 1841 Event 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B 1830 Event Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres 1824 Event Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna 1814 Event Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres 1813 Event Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres 1807 Event 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B 1803 Event 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D 1800 Event 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C 1797 Birthday Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished Symphony 1795 Event Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres 1794 Event 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D 1794 Event Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres 1792 Event Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres 1770 Birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven, composer, 5th Symphony, Ode to Joy
