9, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting ġ969 - Cage: "HPSCHD," for amplified harpsichord and 51 tapes, in Urbana, Ill. 3, in New York City ġ966 - Ralph Shapey: "Rituals," in Chicago ġ966 - Villa-Lobos: Sinfonia No. ġ910 - Russian composer Mily Balakirev (Gregorian date: May 29) ġ726 - Handel: opera "Alessandro" (Julian date: May 5) ġ889 - Massenet: opera "Esclarmonde" at the Paris Opéra ġ948 - Quincy Porter: Viola Concerto, in New York City ġ948 - Wallingford Rieger: Symphony No. EMI 57128 On This Day Birthsġ931 - American composer Donald James Martino, in Plainfield, N.J. 299 Emmanuel Pahud, flute Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado, conductor. Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. Four months after delivering the music, Mozart had to report to his father that he still hadn't seen any payment for his efforts! Music Played in Today's Program Mozart complied with a courtly Concerto in C Major. De Guines commissioned Mozart to write a double concerto for himself on flute and daughter on harp. The Duc de Guines was the former French ambassador to London and believed by Mozart's father to be in the inner circle of the French Queen Marie Antoinette, and hence a contact well worth cultivating. It is, however, extremely doubtful as to whether she has any talent for composition, especially as regards invention or ideas.”
She has a great deal of talent, even genius, and in particular a marvelous memory so that she can play all her pieces, actually about 200, by heart. “I think I told you in my last letter,” wrote Mozart, “that the Duc de Guines plays the flute extremely well, and that his daughter is my pupil in composition.
Mozart was in Paris, 22 years old, and had this to say to his father back in Salzburg: Today we have a letter to read, written by Mozart in the middle of May in the year 1778.
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