Rick Rogers - Articulations

On this day in classical music: Krzysztof Penderecki’s “Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima” was given its premiere in Warsaw in 1961.

On this day in classical music: Walter Piston’s “The Incredible Flutist” was given its premiere in Boston in 1938.

On this day in classical music: The Parisian musical establishment was rocked to its foundation when Pierre Monteux conducted the world premiere of “Le Sacre du Printemps” in 1913.

On this day in classical music: Paul Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler,” an opera based on the life of painter Matthias Grünewald, was given its premiere in Zurich in 1938.

On this day in classical music: Louis Durey, the least-known member of the group of French composers known as Les Six, was born in Paris in 1888.

On this day in classical music: George Crumb’s “Echoes of Time and the River” was given its premiere in Chicago in 1967.

On this day in classical music: English composer Gustav Holst died in London in 1934.

On this day in classical music: French conductor and composer Paul Paray was born in 1886.

On this day in classical music: American composer Samuel Barber’s “Commando March” received its premiere in Atlantic City in 1943.

On this day in classical music: Claude Debussy’s “The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien” was given its premiere in Paris in 1911.

On this day in classical music: Austrian composer Franz von Suppe died at age 76 in Vienna in 1895.

On this day in classical music: Russian composer Mikhail Glinka was born in 1804.

On this day in classical music: The iconoclastic American composer Charles Ives died at age 79 in New York in 1954.

On this day in classical music: Paul Dukas’ “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was given its premiere at the Opera Comique in Paris in 1897.

On this day in classical music: French composer Erik Satie was born in Honfleur in 1866.

On this day in classical music: Russian composer Mily Balakirev died in 1910.

On this day in classical music: Claude Debussy’s ballet “Jeux” was premiered by the Ballet Russes in Paris in 1913.

On this day in classical music: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture,” also known as “Fingal’s Cave,” received its premiere in London in 1832.

On this day in classical music: English composer Sir Arthur Sullivan was born in London in 1842.

On this day in classical music: Bohemian composer Bedrich Smetana died in Prague in 1884.