Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 15 aprile 1452 – Amboise, 2 maggio 1519) La vita di Leonardo da Vinci (1/2) https://youtu.be/DulXWXAOkEU La vita di Leonardo da Vinci (2/2) https://youtu.be/FXQu7F7dmFw Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1560 circa – 2 maggio 1627) Lodovico Grossi da Viadana Sinfonia La Padovana, Czech Brass Ensemble https://youtu.be/yGXn-ne-PXU BIO. italiano https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodovico_Grossi_da_Viadana BIO. english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodovico_Grossi_da_Viadana
Alessandro Scarlatti (Palermo, 2 maggio 1660 – Napoli, 24 ottobre 1725) Alessandro Scarlatti - Il Giardino d'Amore (Venere e Adone) https://youtu.be/bvwEKrigYWM BIO. italiano https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti BIO. english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti
Vicente Martín y Soler (Valencia, 2 maggio 1754 – San Pietroburgo, 11 febbraio 1806) V. Martín y Soler: The Overtures / The complete album / The World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales https://youtu.be/JNtPdQOJjhw italiano https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Mart%C3%ADn_y_Soler english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Mart%C3%ADn_y_Soler
Novalis (Schloss Oberwiederstedt, 2 maggio 1772 – Weißenfels, 25 marzo 1801) Leggendo Novalis (Inni alla Notte) https://youtu.be/k9TwUGyLvdI
Giacomo Meyerbeer (Vogelsdorf, 5 settembre 1791 – Parigi, 2 maggio 1864) Giacomo Meyerbeer - Le Prophéte - Ballet music (Les Patineurs) https://youtu.be/J_cPFkMDVD0 italiano https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Meyerbeer english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Meyerbeer Alfred de Musset (Parigi, 11 dicembre 1810 – Parigi, 2 maggio 1857) Carmelo Bene – Lorenzaccio https://youtu.be/L7ri-G1lCfI
Alphonse de Châteaubriant (Rennes, 25 marzo 1877 – Kitzbühel, 2 maggio 1951) BIO. italiano https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_de_Chateaubriant BIO. francese https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_de_Ch%C3%A2teaubriant
PRIME RAPPRESENTAZIONI & ESECUZIONI
May 1765 - Die heilige Freude, an eines Lehrers Hand, a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann , is performed for the first time, for the installation of Rütger Höpfer as priest in the Pesthof, Hamburg.
2 May 1768 - Ifigenia in Tauride, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi to words of Coltellini, is performed for the first time, at the Russian Court in St. Petersburg.
2 May 1817 Arianna e Bacco, a cantata for solo voices, chorus and orchestra by Johann Simon Mayr , is performed for the first time, in the Scuola Musicale, Bergamo.
2 May 1818 La morte di Didone, a cantata by Gioachino Rossini , is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Benedetto, Venice. A review in the Gazzetta privilegiata di Venezia will state, “Poetry beneath criticism, music nothing, performance indifferent.”
2 May 1854 Luc et Lucette, an opéra-comique by Jacques Offenbach to words of de Forges and Roche, is performed for the first time, at the Salle Herz, Paris.
2 May 1856 Präludium und Fuge über das Motiv B.A.C.H. for organ by Franz Liszt is performed for the first time, in Merseburg, in the presence of the composer.
2 May 1885 A setting of the Te Deum for chorus and two pianos by Anton Bruckner (60) is performed for the first time, in Vienna, conducted by the composer. See 10 January 1886.
2 May 1896 Two piano works by Gabriel Fauré are performed for the first time, by the Société National de Musique, Paris: Valse-caprice no.4 op.62 and Barcarolle no.5 op.66.
2 May 1898 Der Abend op.34/1 for chorus by Richard Strauss to words of Schiller is performed for the first time, in Cologne.
2 May 1903 Weary Wind of the West, for mixed chorus by Edward Elgar to words of Brown, is performed for the first time, in Morecombe.
2 May 1906 Pablo Casals and Edvard Grieg perform Grieg’s Cello Sonata op.36 at a chamber music concert in Amsterdam.
2 May 1908 In the fugue portion of the Prix de Rome, the only female candidate, Nadia Boulanger , quite consciously composes an instrumental fugue instead of the required vocal fugue. This will cause a controversy with some judges not wanting her to continue. However, the majority votes in her favor and she will go on to win the second prix.
2 May 1911 Invocation op.19/2 for cello and orchestra by Gustav Holst is performed for the first time, in Queen’s Hall, London.
2 May 1915 Two works for cello and piano by Enrique Granados are performed for the first time, in Barcelona: Madrigal and Trova.
2 May 1921 Il piccolo Marat, a dramma lirico by Pietro Mascagni to words of Forzano, is performed for the first time, at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, the composer conducting. While both communists and fascists are in the audience ready to demonstrate at the slightest offense, the work is a resounding success.
2 May 1924 Serenade op.24 for bass and eight instruments by Arnold Schoenberg (49) to words of Petrarch (tr. Förster) is performed for the first time, privately, in Vienna.
2 May 1925 The Months, three songs for voice and piano by Bohuslav Martinu , are performed for the first time, in Paris.
2 May 1925 Piano Quintet op.81 by Vincent d’Indy is performed for the first time, in Paris.
2 May 1930 Benedicite for soprano, chorus, and orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams to words from the apocrypha and Austin, is performed for the first time, at Dorking Drill Hall the composer conducting.
2 May 1936 Peter and the Wolf op.67 for speaker and orchestra by Sergey Prokofiev to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Moscow.
2 May 1938 Sécheresses, a cantata for chorus and orchestra by Francis Poulenc to words of James, is performed for the first time, in Paris.
2 May 1952 Water Music for pianist by John Cage is performed for the first time, at the New School for Social Research, New York. Also premiered is Extensions 3 for piano by Morton Feldman .
2 May 1954 O Filii et Filiae for chorus by Charles Wuorinen to words of 15th century French plainsong in English and Latin is performed for the first time, in Town Hall, New York.
2 May 1956 Symphony no.8 by Ralph Vaughan Williams is performed for the first time, in Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
2 May 1956 Ad Te Domine for chorus by Kenneth Gaburo is performed for the first time, at the University of Illinois. 2 May 1958 Poéme électronique for three-track tape by Edgar Varèse is performed for the first time, in the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Exposition. The music plays continuously as visitors ambulate through the pavilion, designed by Le Courboursier.
2 May 1967 Solo no.19 for melody instrument and tape (oboe version) by Karlheinz Stockhausen is performed for the first time, in Basel. See 25 April 1966.
2 May 1982 Duo for violin and cello by György Ligeti is performed for the first time, in Stockholm in honor of the 90th birthday of Swedish composer Hilding Rosenberg.