Claudio
Arrau
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Claudio
Arrau
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| 'ArrauHouse' - A Chronology |
| Middle Period - 1941 to 1962 |
1941 entries continued from the previous 'Development Period' section. |
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1941 |
U.S.A. |
On arrival to the US in October, Claudio Arrau engages the services of Mrs. Friede Rothe-Sterling as his personal manager and artistic representative, an association that was to last for life. Friede was born in 1914 to a Jewish family. As a young student, she took up piano lessons, but later developed her interests in musicology and literature, to become a music journalist and writer in New York. She also directed the local publicity office of Boosey & Hawkes Publishing until early in 1941, when she left to set up her own publicity agency in New York. Amongst her first clients were mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel (Davidovich); violinists Mischa Elman and Tossy Spivakovsky; pianists Claudio Arrau, Rudolf Firkusny and Geza Anda; then pianist and conductor Leonard Bernstein, and conductors Fritz Reiner, Jascha Horenstein, and William Steinberg. |
1941 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau performances as a soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under Musical Director Fritz Reiner, at the Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday 25th October and Sunday 27th October. [This entry needs completion] |
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Recital by Claudio Arrau at Carnegie Hall, New York, on Friday 14th November in the evening. |
1941 |
Canada |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 and César Franck's Symphonic Variations, as guest artist with the Orchestre de la societé des concerts symphoniques de Montréal conducted by Désiré Defauw at 6:30 pm on Tuesday 18th November. |
| 1941 |
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The New York Times of 7th December reviews Claudio Arrau's first
recordings for the Victor label: Mozart's Sonata
No. 5 in G KV283 and Sonata
No. 17 in D KV576:
"... a blend of lightness, clarity and lyricism". |
| 1941 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Conservatory of Music of the Peabody Institute, City of Baltimore (Maryland),
on Friday 12th December at 4 o'clock. The programme was The
Seventh Peabody Recital of the 1941-42 Season, and included works of Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel and Debussy. [Source: Electronic copy of autographed cover of the printed programme] This entry needs completion. |
| 1941/2 |
World |
Recitals and concerts by Claudio Arrau in all major cities of the world, except
This endeavour was to become the hallmark of his legendary, unrelenting artistic activity which, throughout the decades, meant marathon schedules exceeding one hundred appearances per year in solo recitals and concerts with all major orchestras of the world, including annual tours of the |
| 1941/6 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau makes recordings for the Victor label including works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart,
R. Strauss, Weber, and his first commercial recording
of an orchestral work in the
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1941 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's tour of the
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1941 |
U.S.A. |
Contextual note:
Once settled and engaged in musical activities, Claudio Arrau has opportunities to meet again in New York and elsewhere in the United States, over the following months and years, numerous colleagues, artists and intellectuals he had known well whilst in Germany, who had departed from Germany either before or after he himself left for Chile early in May 1940. |
1941 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau
resumes in the USA his teaching activities interrupted in Europe. |
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1942 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau
concert performance with the ChiCo Symphony Orchestra on New Year's Day - 1st January. . [This entry needs completion] |
1942 |
Canada |
Tour of Canada by Claudio Arrau this year, greeted with the highest critical acclaim. |
1942 |
Canada |
Debut recital by Claudio Arrau at the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg on Monday 5th January. Works performed were: > Bach: Italian concerto > Beethoven: Sonata No.18 in E flat major op.31 No.3 The Hunt > Schumann: Carnaval > Debussy: Voiles > Debussy: Feux d'artifice > Ravel: Jeux d'eau Encore: > Chopin-Liszt: Chanson Polonaise [Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, 6 Jan 1942] Note: Announced Chopin's Scherzo in E major was excluded from the performance. [Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, 27 Dec 1941] |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
Full
cover
page photograph of Claudio Arrau on 'Musical
America' magazine of 10th January,
published in New York. |
1942 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Bradford Senior High School Auditorium on Monday 12th January
in the evening, interpreting works by: > Haydn, > Brahms, > Chopin, > Liszt, > Granados, > Ravel and > Debussy. Two encores: - Chopin-Liszt's Polish Song, and - Liszt's Un sospiro. [Source: Bradford Evening Star, Pennsylvania, 13 Jan 1942] This entry needs completion. |
1942 |
Claudio Arrau records J.S.Bach's Goldberg
Variations for the Victor label on 78 rpm masters in January and March. N.B.: Recording first ever released in 1988 as RCA Gold Seal CD 7841-2-RG. |
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1942 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under conductor Richard Burgin at the Boston Symphony Hall on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th January. The programme likewise included Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's Piano Quintet in G minor. [Source: Concert Annals] |
1942 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau organized by the Civic Music Association, held at the Sandusky High School Auditorium on Tuesday 20th January in the evening, with a formidable programme consisting of: I > Haydn: Andante con Variazioni > Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel II > Chopin: Ballade in A-flat major > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Étude in F minor III > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Debussy: Fireworks [Source: The Sandusky Register, Ohio, 21 Jan 1942] |
1942 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's concerto performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
under Serge Koussevitzky,
twice in January 1942. [Note that repeat appearances in one season used to be unprecedented for an artist]. . [This entry needs completion] |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's
Concerto for Pianoforte No.4 in G major Op.58,
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Burgin, at the Boston Symphony Hall on Monday
26th and Tuesday 27th January, as part of the Sixty-First
Season 1941-1942. N.B. Repeat appearance
in one season was unprecedented for an artist. |
1942 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Simonsen High School Auditorium on Monday 16th February in the evening, under the auspices of the Civic Music Association. The programme comprised the following works: I > Haydn: Andante con Variazioni > Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op.24 II > Chopin: Ballade in A-flat major > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Étude in F minor III > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Debussy: Feux d'artifice [Source: Jefferson City Post-Tribune, Missouri, 16 Feb 1942] |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
Concerto performances
by Claudio Arrau with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
under Frederick Stock, twice early in March. [Note that repeat appearances in one season used to be unprecedented for an artist]. . [This entry needs completion] |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
An
article entitled "Arrau Makes Hay", in TIME Magazine
of 23th March, praises Claudio Arrau for his quick rise to
fame in the USA after his Carnegie Hall recitals in the Autumn of
1941. Arrau is commended for his prodigious technique, thorough repertoire, sober modesty, and true greatness. |
| 1942 |
Puerto
Rico |
Claudio Arrau performances
in San Juan in mid March. [This entry needs completion] |
1942 |
Argentina |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of César Franck's Symphonic Variations and Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto
No.2, at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Sunday 12th
April at 6:00 pm, with maestro Alberto Wolff conducting the Teatro Colón Standing Orchestra. [Autumn 1942 Season, First Subscription Concert]. The programme also included Berlioz's 'Benvenuto Cellini' Overture, and Shostakovitz's Symphomy No.1. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme flyer] |
1942 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73, at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 25th of April at 6:00 pm, with Juan José Castro conducting the Teatro Colón Standing Orchestra. [Autumn 1942 Season, First Extraordinary Concert]. The programme also comprised Beethoven's 'Coriolan' Overture, and Juan José Castro's Biblical Symphomy for Chorus and Orchestra. [Source: Printed concert programme]. |
| 1942 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata Cycle
at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires in a series of six subscription recitals
over April and May: |
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Uruguay
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Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata Cycle
at the Teatro Solís of Montevideo, in a series of six subscription
recitals over April and May, as part of the 1942 Concert
Season run by the Organización Musical Daniel: Second
recital: Wednesday 29th April at
5:45 pm Third
recital: Friday 8th May at
5:45 pm |
| 1942 |
Uruguay |
Fourth
recital by Claudio Arrau of the complete Beethoven sonata cycle
at the Teatro Solís of Montevideo on Monday 11th May
at 5:45 pm, including Sonatas Nos.16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 La aurora. [Source: Printed recital programme for 8 May] |
1942 |
Uruguay |
Fifth
and Sixth recitals by Claudio Arrau of the complete Beethoven sonata cycle at the 'Teatro Solís' of Montevideo scheduled for Wednesday 13th May, and Friday 29 May. [Source: The Teatro Solís, 150 Years of Opera, Concert and Ballet in Montevideo, 2003, by Susana Salgado] This entry needs further specification. |
1942 |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Nacional de Comedia - Cervantes' of Buenos Aires on Monday 1st June, presented by the 'Asociación Wagneriana de Buenos Aires', featuring the following programme: I > Mozart: Fantasía KV.475 > Mozart: Sonata en Do menor KV.457 II > > Liszt: Balada en Si menor > Liszt: Estudio transcendental en Fa menor III > Debussy: Homenaje a Rameau > Debussy: Mouvement > Debussy: Jardines bajo la lluvia > Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk > Bartók: Allegro barbaro [Source: Printed recital programme] |
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| 1942 |
Uruguay |
Claudio Arrau's farewell
recital at the Teatro
Solís, Montevideo, as part of the Temporada Oficial de Conciertos
de 1942, on Monday 8th June at 5:45 pm, with a programme
consisting of: |
1942 |
Claudio Arrau concert performances
with Chile's Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica de
Chile] under Erich Kleiber at the 'Teatro Municipal'
of Santiago. First concert on Sunday 26th July at 6:00 pm: Soldout. Second concert on Wednesday 29th July at 6:00 pm: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor. [Source: El Mercurio, Santiago. Date?] This entry needs completion. |
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| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio
Arrau contributes
an article for the August edition of "The Etude"
Music Magazine, published in Philadelphia, entitled Creative
Technic for the Piano, where Arrau discourses about technique
development only as a means of realizing interpretation and expression.
[Pages 511, 512, and 562] |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
On 23rd August, The New York Times critic Howard
Taubman reviews Claudio Arrau's recordings of Beethoven's Theme and Variations in F Op 34, and Theme and Variations in E flat (Eroica Variations)
Op 35, for the Victor label [DM-892]. "...brilliant", "flavoursome", "well recorded performances..." |
1942 |
Peru |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Nacional' of Lima late in August. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1942 |
Peru |
Claudio Arrau's second and farewell recital at the 'Teatro Nacional' of Lima on Sunday 30th August at 9:00 pm, with a programme including the following works:
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| 1942 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau recitals
on Friday 25th, Monday 28th, and Wednesday 30th September, as well as on Friday 2nd October. |
| 1942 |
U.S.A. |
An
article headed 'Almost Unprecedented Number of Recitals
', in 'Variety' (USA) magazine of 21st October,
calls attention to the fact that, in his second year in the USA,
Claudio Arrau has now been set for more recitals and concerts than any pianist
since the hey-day of Pederewski in 1922-23, with 70 engagements
so far for the 1942-43 season. |
1942 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau, sponsored by The Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. Musical Society, at The Morris Kaufmann Memorial Auditorium, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), on Sunday 25th October in the evening, comprising an extended programme which included: I > Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel II > Schumann: Humoresque Op.20 III > Liszt: Ballade in B minor > Bartók: Allegro barbaro > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse > Poulenc: Capriccio italien [Source: Printed recital programme] |
1942 |
Claudio Arrau's second appearance in Winnipeg this year, with a recital at the Auditorium on Monday 9th October at 8:40 pm, forming part of the Celebrity Concert Series. The programme comprised the following works: > Mozart: Sonata in D > Schumann: Fantasia in C major > Weber: First Sonata in C major > Ravel: Ondine > Debussy: Danse Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: Polish Song > Debussy: Golliwog's Cake Walk > Liszt: Concert Study in D flat > Debussy: Fireworks [Sources: TheWinnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, of 3, 7, 9 & 10 Nov 1942] |
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1942 |
Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Harrisburg Forum on Thursday 22nd October, under the auspices of the Wednesday Club Civic Music Association. |
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1942 |
Claudio Arrau's piano recital at Carnegie Hall, New York, on Wednesday 28th October in the evening. |
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1942 |
Recital performance by Claudio Arrau in Chicago's Orchestra Hall, as the opening event of the Musical Arts Piano Series's seventh season of recitals sponsored by the Adult Education Council of Chicago, on Tuesday 3rd November in the evening. |
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1942 |
Claudio Arrau performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on Friday 6th November in the afternoon. |
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1942 |
Second Winnipeg recital by Claudio Arrau this year and debut at the Winnipeg Auditorium, forming part of the Celebrity Concert series, on Monday 9th November. The programme comprised the following works: > Mozart: Piano Sonata in D > Schumann: Fantasia in C major > Weber: First sonata in C major > Ravel: Ondine > Debussy: Danse Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: Polish Song > Debussy: Golliwog's Cake Walk > Liszt: Concert Study in D flat > Debussy: Fireworks [Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, 10 Nov 1942] The announced Granados's La maja y el ruiseñor was excluded from the performance. [Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, 31 Oct 1942] |
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1942 |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at Edmonton's Empire Theatre on Wednesday 11th November, sponsored by The Women's Musical Club of Edmonton, Alberta. The programme included: > Bach, J.S.: Italian Concerto > Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major > Schumann: Carnaval > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Debussy: Voiles > Debussy: Feux d'artifice Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: Polish song > Liszt: Étude de concert Extraordinary press acclaim: "Boundaries and frontiers were wiped out in a bewitching piano performance..." "...something rarely equalled amongst pianists today". [Source: The Edmonton Journal, Alberta, 12 & 14 Nov 1942] |
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1942 |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Amarillo High School Auditorium, Texas, presented by the Civic Music Association on Sunday 6th December in the afternoon. |
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1942 |
Claudio Arrau's recital in Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham (North Carolina), on Monday 14th December at 8:15 pm. |
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1942/3 |
U.S.A. |
US tour: Claudio Arrau played with the
With the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, in January and March 1942, respectively, Arrau had the added rare distinction of being invited back to play twice in the same season [please see above]. |
1942-47 |
U.S.A. |
The Arrau family settles residence in Forest Hills, New York, in 1942, where they lived until 1947. |
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| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's first appearance as soloist with The New York Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos at
the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Saturday 2nd January at 8:45 pm, with a performance of Beethoven's Piano
Concerto No. 4 in G major. The audience demanded repeated curtain calls. Appreciative review by critic R.P. of The New York Times. Also in the programme was the N.Y. premier of Alexandre Tansman's Rapsodie polonaise, and Grieg's String Quartet Op.27 Sources: [The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 3 January 1943] [Mount Carmel Item, Pennsylvania, 2 January 1943] [The Times, California, 2 January 1943] [Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's second appearance as soloist with The New York Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos at
the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Sunday 3rd January at 3:00 pm, with a performance of Beethoven's Piano
Concerto No. 4 in G major. The orchestral program also included Gluck's Overture to the opera Alceste & Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht Op.4 for String Orchestra. The programme was radio broadcast over WABC, KQW and other networks. The audience demanded repeated curtain calls. Appreciative review by critic R.P. in The New York Times. Also in the programme was C.W. Gluck's Alceste Overture, Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht Op.4, and Alexandre Tansman's Rapsodie polonaise. Sources: [Printed concert programme] [The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 3 January 1943] [Mount Carmel Item, Pennsylvania, 2 January 1943] [The Times, California, 2 January 1943] [Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | First recital appearance by Claudio Arrau at Salt Lake City's Kingsbury Hall, on Monday 25th January in the evening, with a programme including the following interpretations: I > Haydn's Andante con Variazioni > Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel II > Chopin's Scherzo in E major > Chopin's Ballade (?) > Liszt's Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este III > Granados's The Lover and the Nightingale > Ravel's Jeux d'eau > Debussy's Feux d'artifice Encores > A Liszt Étude, > Debussy's Golliwogg's Cake Walk, > "and another gem-like number". [Superlative review by Eva E. Hollis, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 26 Jan 1943] |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos, on Friday 29th January at 8:30 pm, at the Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota, as part of the Fortieth Season 1942-1943. |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital in Ohio, at the John Simpson Junior High School Auditorium, for members only of the Mansfield Civic Music Association, on Thursday 18th February at 8:15 pm, performing a program which comprised: > Haydn: Andante con Variazioni >
Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance
in Daytona, Florida, on 7th March. This entry needs completion. |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Three performances by Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54 with The Philadelphia
Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Pennsylvania, on Friday 12th March at 2:30 pm, Saturday 13th March at 8:30 pm, and Monday 22nd March at 8:30 pm. On the three occasions, the programme also comprised the following orchestral works: Scarlatti-Byrns's Suite for String Orchestra, Creston's Symphony No.1 Op.20, and Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Olean High School Auditorium on Friday 19th March in the evening, sponsored by the Olean Civic Music Association, New York. The programme consisted of the following works: I > Haydn: Andante con Variazioni > Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op.24 II > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Étude in F minor III > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Debussy: Feux d'artifice Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: A Polish Song > Liszt: Un sospiro [Source: Times Herald, Olean N.Y., 20 March 1943] |
| 1943 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia
Orchestra conducted by Eugen Ormandy at the Main Hall of the Carnegie
Hall on 23rd March at 8:45pm. The orchestral programme also included D.Scarlatti's Suite for Strings, P. Creston's Symphony No.1 Op.20, and M.Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. [Appreciative review by critic Olin Downes in The New York Times of 24th March] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the University of Arizona Auditorium on Monday 12th April in th evening. The programme consisted of: > Haydn's Andante con Variazioni > Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel > Liszt's Jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este > Liszt's [unnamed] > Chopin's Ballade in A flat major > Chopin's Scherzo in E major > Ravel's Jeux d'eau > Debussy's Feux d'artifice > Two encores [Source: Tucson Daily Citizen, Arizona, 13 April 1943] |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor with Hans Lange conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Orchestra Hall on Thursday 15th April at 8:14 pm and Friday 16th at 2:15pm. The programme also included Van Vactor's Music of the Marines (conducted by the composer), and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No.2. [Source: Chicago Tribune, Illinois, 11 April 1943] Actual performance needs corroboration. |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Texas State College for Women [TSCW] on Monday 19th April in th evening. The programme consisted of: > Haydn's Andante con Variazioni > Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel > Chopin's Ballade in A flat major > Chopin's Scherzo in E major Encores: > Chopin-Liszt's My Joys > Liszt's Étude in E flat [Source: Denton Record-Chronicle, Texas, 20 April 1943] |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
in Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona in May. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1943 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performances of Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478, Dvorak's
Piano Quintet in G major Op.77, and Schubert's Piano Quintet in
A major Op.114 (The Trout), with the Budapest String Quartet
(Josef Roismann, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt, and Mischa Schneider)
in the Coolidge Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), presented by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall
Foundation (Library of Congress) on Thursday 20th and Friday
21st May. [Review by Ray C. B. Brown for The Washinfton Post of 21st May] |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles conducted by Vladimir Bakaleinikoff at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday 27th July at 8:15 pm, opening the fourth week of the 'Symphonies Under the Stars' season, sponsored by the Southern California Symphony Association. The programme started with Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.3. After intermission, the orchestra played Tchaikowsky's Italian Caprice, followed by Claudio Arrau performing four solo piano pieces: > Villa-Lobos: Choros No.5 (Alma brasileira) > Villa-Lobos: Ciranda No.6 (Passa, passa, gavião) > Villa-Lobos: Ciranda No.11 (N'estra rua n'estra rua) > Juan José Castro: Toccata [Source: Printed concert-and-recital programme] |
| 1943 |
Mexico |
Premier performances by Claudio Arrau of Carlos Chávez's Piano Concerto, under the composer's baton, with the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra
[Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México] at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on Sunday 1st, Tuesday 3rd,
Saturday 7th and Sunday 15th August. [Source: Middlesboro Daily News, Kentucky, USA, 31 Aug 1943] [Source: 'Arrau: el gran artista latinoamericano', Julio Dorantes Guzmán, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, 1991] This entry needs completion. |
| 1943 |
Mexico |
Recitals by Claudio Arrau
on Saturday 21st, Wednesday 25th, Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st of August. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau is soloist with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos, interpreting Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, broadcast over the Columbia radio network, on Sunday 5th September at 3:00 pm. The programme also featured Milhaud's Suite Provençale and Moussorgsky-Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The Charleston Daily Mail, West Virginia, 5 Sept 1943] [Liszt CD: Music & Arts CD-1174, USA, 2005] [Liszt CD: Fabula Classica FAB 2222, Italy, 2011] |
| 1943 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Dvorak's Piano Quartet in G major Op.77 with the Chamber Music Guild String Quartet
(Mishel Piastro, Harold Kohon, Jack Frost, and Marcel Ancher) at the Memorial Continental Hall, Washington DC, on the opening of the Guild's
fourth season on Monday 4th October. The program also included solo piano works by other composers, interpreted by Claudio Arrau. [Account by Ray C. B. Brown for The Washinfton Post of 7 Oct 1943] This entry needs completion. |
1943 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau's recital on Wednesday 13th October in the evening at the Ottawa Glebe Collegiate Auditorium, forming part of the Coronet Concerts Series. The programme consisted of: > Mozart: Rondo in A minor > Beethoven: Fifteen Variations and Fugue Op.35 Eroica > Chopin: Ballade in F minor Op.52 > Chopin: Scherzo in E major Op.54 > Debussy: Estampes [Pagodes. Granade. Jardins.] > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz > Albéniz: El puerto (from Iberia) > Albéniz: Fête Dieu à Seville (from Iberia) > Granados: El pelele (from Goyescas) Several curtain calls and three encores: > Chopin-Liszt: Chants Polonaise > Liszt: Etude in D flat > Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 14 Oct 1943] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 14 Oct 1943] |
| 1943 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau
writes a short article on the prospects of South American music,
published in The New York Times of 17th October. |
1943 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau is soloist on a broadcast over a vast radio netwok, interpreting Richard Strauss's Burleske for piano and orchestra, with the Columbia Concert Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann, and Mozart's Rondo with Variations in D major, on Wednesday 20th October. [Source: The Decatur Herald, Illinois, 20 Oct 1943] [Source: The Mason City Globe-Gazette, Iowa, 20 Oct 1943] et al. |
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U.S.A.
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Carnegie Hall recital by Claudio Arrau on Wednesday 27th October at 8:30 pm. The program,
performed at the Main Hall, comprised: I > Mozart's Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven's 15 Variations and Fugue Op.35 'Eroica' II > Chopin's Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52 > Liszt's Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Busoni's transcription of Liszt's Mephisto Waltz > Debussy's Estampes: >>> Pagodes. La soirée dans Grenade. Jardins sous la pluie. III > Juan Lecuna's Suburbio* > Juan-José Castro's Tocata* > Domingo Santa-Cruz's Vigneta No. 4* (from Op.8), and > Granados's El pelele (from Goyescas). *These three composers are from [Less than wholehearted reviews by critics Olin Downes in The New York Times, and Miles Kastendieck in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, of 28th October] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
1943 |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Vassar College Chapel, on Thursday 4th November at 8:30 o'clock, sponsored by Vassar College and The Dutchess County Musical Association, New York. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Mozart, Rondo in A minor, K 511 > Beethoven, Fifteen Variations and Fugue Op 35 > Eroica Variations II > Chopin, Ballade in F minor Op.52 > Chopin, Scherzo in E major Op.54 > Liszt, Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt, Mephisto Waltz Intermission III > Debussy, Estampes: > Pagodes. La soirée dans Granade. Jardins sous la pluie. > Juan Lecuna, Suburbio (dedicated to Claudio Arrau) > Juan José Castro, Toccata (dedicated to Claudio Arrau) > Domingo Santa Cruz, Vigneta No.4 > Granados, El pelele (from Goyescas) [Source: Printed rectital programme] |
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| 1943 |
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Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday 9th November,
interpreting the following program: |
| 1943 |
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Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Friday 3rd
December at 8:30 pm, as part of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Choral
Union Concert Series presented by the University Musical Society.
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| 1943 |
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The New York Times of 12th December reports that pianist
Claudio Arrau has added Nikolai Lopatnikoff's newly composed piano
sonata to his repertoire and is playing it on tour. [N.B.: This is unlikely] |
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1943 |
U.S.A. |
The Claudio
Arrau Academy is founded in
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| 1943 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra under Eugene Goosens. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1943 | U.S.A. | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos. [This entry needs completion] |
1943/4 |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau as part of the 1943-44 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series of Boston.
[This entry needs completion] |
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| 1943/4 |
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Performance by Claudio Arrau
in New York at the Peoples' Symphony Concerts, as part of the Artists'
Series. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1944
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 at the Constitution Hall of Washington,
with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Kindler
on Sunday 9th of January. The program also included Bach's Passacaglia in C minor and Beethoven's Symphony No.5. [Review by Ray C. B. Brown for The Washington Post of 10th January] |
1944 |
U.S.A. |
Wartime series of three recitals by Claudio Arrau(pn) and Joseph Szigeti(vl) performing a Beethoven's > Complete Sonata for Violin and Piano Cycle, recorded live by The Library of Congress, Washington, and first released by Vanguard on 4 LPs as SRV-300/3 in 1970-71. [4-CD set: Vanguard Classics 08 8063 74, The Netherlands, 1993] [4-CD set: Vanguard - Global Cultures Agency GCAC 1008-1011, XRCD, Japan, 2017] |
1944 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the East Garden Court of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., on Sunday 16th January at 8:00 pm, presented by the National Concert and Artists Corporation. The programme included the following works: I > Mozart: Rondo in D major > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a >>> (Les adieux, L'absence, Le retour) II > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major K.485 > Chopin: Scherzo in E major Op.54 > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Ville d'Este > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz Intermission III > Ravel: Ondine > Debussy: Feux d'artifice > Villa-Lobos: Choros No.5 Alma Brasileira > Granados: El pelele (From 'Goyescas') [This entry needs printed press corroboration] |
| 1944
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau and Joseph
Szigeti performed at the Coolidge Auditorium of the
Library of Congress on Friday 28th January in the evening the first of a
3-part series, presented by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation,
comprising all 10 Beethoven's sonatas for violin and
piano. The first program consisted of: > Sonata No.7 in C minor Op 30 No. 2, > Sonata No.2 in A major Op 12 No. 2, and > Sonata No.10 in G major Op 96. [Review by Ray C. B. Brown for The Washington Post of 30 Jan 1944] |
| 1944
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau and Joseph
Szigeti performed at the N.Y. Town Hall on Sunday 30th
January in the afternoon the first of a 3-part series, presented by the New Friends
of Music, comprising all 10 Beethoven's sonatas for
violin and piano. Today's program consisted of: > Sonata No.7 in C minor Op 30 No. 2, > Sonata No.2 in A major Op 12 No. 2, and > Sonata No.10 in G major Op 96. [Review by R.L. for The New York Times of 31 Jan 1944] |
1944
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Canada
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Claudio Arrau was presented in recital by La Societé Artistique of the University of Montreal, on Friday 18th February in the evening, as part of the 'Concerts Universitaires' series. |
1944
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U.S.A.
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Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Olympia High School Auditorium, Washington State, sponsored by The Olympia Civic Music Association on Monday 13th March at 8:30 pm. The programme comprised the following works: I > Haydn: Andante con Variazioni > Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Händel Op.24 II > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Liszt: Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Étude in F minor III > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Debussy: Feux d'artifice [Source: Electronic copy of autographed printed recital programme] |
1944
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Argentina
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First subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Thursday 18th May at 5:45 pm, featuring the following programme: I > Mozart: Rondó en la menor > Beethoven: 15 Variaciones con Fuga Op.35 II > Chopin: Balada en fa menor > Liszt: Juegos acuáticos en la villa del este > Liszt: Vals de Mefisto >>>>> (Escena del Fausto de Leanu: Danza de la Taberna.) III > Debussy: Estampas - >>>> Pagoda. Noche en Granada. Jardines bajo la lluvia. > Ravel: Juegos acuáticos > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor (de Goyescas) > Granados: El pelele |
| 1944 |
Uruguay |
First
Grand Recital of pianist Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro
18 de Julio' of Montevideo, as part of the 'Temporada de Grandes
Conciertos de 1944', on Friday 26th May at 6:30 pm, with
a programme consisting of: |
1944 |
Argentina |
Six subscription recitals by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro
Colón' of Buenos Aires in May/June, whose programmes were as follows: |
| 1944 |
Argentina |
Extraordinary recital (no. 14) by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón'
of Buenos Aires on Saturday 10th June at 5:45 pm, performing the following works: |
1944 |
Argentina |
Farewell recital (no. 15) by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 17th June at 5:45 pm, a farewell session including the following works: |
| 1944 |
Uruguay |
Claudio Arrau performces of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 and Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 at the 'SODRE Studio Auditorio' of Montevideo, on Sunday 18th June at 6:30 pm, with the OSSODRE (Orquesta Sinfónica del Servicio Oficial de Difusión Radio Eléctrica), conducted by Lamberto Baldi, as part of the 'Temporada Oficial 1944'. The
program also included an orchestral transcription by Lamberto Baldi
of J.S. Bach's
Sonata No.5, and Glazunov's Stenka Razin (Symphonic poem in B minor
Op.13). |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau's concert
performances at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on Friday 23rd
June at 6:45 pm, as part of the Winter Season sponsored by the
'Instituto de Extensión Musical' of the Chilean National
University,
with Chile's Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile]
conducted by Armando Carvajal. |
| 1944 |
Uruguay |
Second
Grand Recital of pianist Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro
18 de Julio' of Montevideo, as part of the 'Temporada de Grandes
Conciertos de 1944', on Monday 29th June at 6:30 pm. |
1944 |
Argentina |
Extraordinary recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Presidente Alvear' of Buenos Aires on Monday 3rd July at 9:30 pm, presented by the 'Asociación Wagneriana de Buenos Aires'. |
1944 |
Chile |
First subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago on Saturday 8th July at 6:30 pm, forming part of the 'Temporada Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', with a programme featuring the following works: >
Mozart: Rondó en La menor |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Second subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago on Tuesday 11th July at 6:30 pm, as part of the 'Temporada Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', with a programme including the following works: >
Beethoven: Variations in F major Op.34 |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Third
subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on Thursday 13th July at 6:30 pm, within
the 'Temporada Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', presenting a programme
with the following works: > Bach: Suite francesa en mi mayor > Mozart: Sonata en re mayor > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 > Albéniz: Suite Iberia (Primer Cuaderno) > Chopin: Scherzo in mi mayor [Source: Concert season printed schedule] |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Fourth
subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on Saturday 15th July at 6:30 pm, as part of the
'Temporada Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', with a programme including
the following works: > Mozart: Fantasia en do menor KV 396 > Beetoven: Sonata No.21 en do mayor Op.53 Aurora > Brahms: Variaciones con fuga sobre un tema de Haendel > Debussy: Imágenes (Primer Cuaderno) > Bartók: Alegro bárbaro > Juan Vicente Lecuna: Suburbio > Juan José Castro: Tocata [Source: Concert season printed schedule |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Fifth
recital by Claudio Arrau at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago in July forming part of
the 'Temporada Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', with a programme comprising
the following works: > Bach: Suite inglesa en la menor > Beetoven: Sonata No.26 en mi bemol mayor Los adioses > Schumann: Estudios sinfónicos Op.13 > Liszt: Balada en si menor > Chopin: Balada en la bemol > Poulenc: Capricho italiano (de la suite Napoli) [Source: Concert season printed schedule] |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Sixth
subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on Thursday 20th July at 6:30 pm, during the 'Temporada
Oficial de Conciertos de 1944', consisting of the following programme: > Mozart: Rondo en re mayor KV 485 > Weber: Sonata en do mayor Op.24 > Chopin: Scherzo en Si bemol menor > Chopin: Barcarola > Schubert: Fantasía Op.15 (El peregrino) > Liszt: Valle de Obermann > Liszt: A orillas de un manantial > Liszt: Estudio en Fa menor [Source: Concert season printed schedule] |
1944 |
Chile |
Chamber recital by Claudio Arrau and the 'Cuarteto Chile' at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago' on Monday 24th July at 6:45 pm, this being the Sociedad de Música de Cámara' s 7th subscription recital. The programme included: > Mozart: Piano Quartet in G major > Beethoven: Archiduke Trio > Dvorak: Piano Quintet [Source: El Mercurio, Santiago, Date?] |
1944 |
Chile |
Performance by Claudio Arrau at a concert coordinated by the 'Unión para la Victoria' [Union for Victory] on behalf of war victims, held at the 'Teatro Municipal' on Tuesday 25th July at 6:30 pm. The event is sponsored by the American War Relief Effort. The programme included: > Beethoven: Rondó en Sol mayor > Beethoven: Sonata Op.31 No.3 en Mi bemol mayor > Schumann: Humoresque Op.20 > Debussy: Tres preludios - >>>>La puerta del vino. Voiles. Minstrels. > Villalobos: Choros No.5 Alma brasileira > Chopin: Scherzo en Do sostenido menor [Source: El Mercurio, Santiago, Date?] |
1944 |
Chile |
Symphonic concert by Claudio Arrau at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago' on Wednesday 26th July at 6:30 pm, with the Chilean Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile], conducted by Fritz Busch and Armando Carvajal. The programme featured: > Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 > Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 The event commenced with Beethoven's Egmont overture. [Source: El Mercurio, Santiago, Date?] |
| 1944 |
Chile |
Seventh
subscription recital and farewell performance by Claudio Arrau at
the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on > Haydn: Andante con variaciones en Fa menor > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 en Fa menor Op.57 Appassionata > Chopin: Sonata en Si menor Op.58 > Albéniz: El Albaicín > Liszt: Soneto No.123 del Petrarca > Liszt: Armonías de la tarde > Debussy: La isla alegre [Source: Concert season printed schedule] |
1944 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación Filarmónica de Buenos Aires] conducted by Juan José Castro, at this city's 'Teatro Politeama', on Monday 31st July at 6:15 pm. The programme also included Bach's Suite en Si menor para flauta y cuerdas, Ginastera's Obertura para el Fausto criollo, and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2. The performance was part of the first subscription concert of the Association's IV Concert Cycle. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1944 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau recital
on Tuesday 19th September. [This entry needs corroboration & completion] |
| 1944 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Fauré's Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Op.19 with Mexico's
National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México] under
Carlos Chávez on Friday 1st and Sunday 3rd September. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 18 May 1944] This entry needs completion. |
1944 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau's performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1, with Mexico's
National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México] under Carlos Chávez. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 18 May 1944] This entry needs completion |
| 1944 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Carlos Chávez's Piano Concerto with Mexico's National
Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México] under
Carlos Chávez on Friday 8th and Sunday 10th September. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 18 May 1944] This entry needs completion. |
| 1944 |
Mexico |
Complete Cycle of 21 Mozart Piano Concertos is announced for September. [N.B.: This announced cycle is unlikely] |
1944 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Blair Junior High Auditorium of Norfolk, Virginia, forming part of the 'William and Mary Concert Series', on Monday 30th October at 8:15 pm. |
| 1944
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U.S.A.
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On Tuesday 14th November, Claudio Arrau's first Carnegie Hall Recital of the season, presenting
the following program: > Beethoven's Six Variations in F minor Op 34, > Beethoven's Sonata No.26 in E flat Op 81a Les adieux, > Schumann's Carnaval*, > Albéniz's Almería (from Iberia), > Ravel's Alborada del gracioso (from Miroirs), and > Debussy's préludes: >>>>- Voiles >>>>- Les collines d'Anacapri. [Critic M.A.S. from The New York Times writes a mixed review on 15th November, favouring Arrau's interpretations of Latin works as against those of German works]. *N.B.: Other sources exclude Schumann's Carnaval and include Debussy's Mouvement and L'isle jeyeuse. |
| 1944 | U.S.A. | Recital of violin and piano sonatas given by Josef Szigeti and Claudio Arrau at the Taft Auditorium of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday 16th November at 8:30 pm. Performances included: > Mozart: Sonata in B flat K.454 > Beethoven: Sonata in F major Op.36 Spring Sonata > Mozart: Sonata in A major K.526 > Beethoven: Sonata No.9 in A major Op.47 Kreutzer Sonata The performers were greated by one of Cincinnati's largest crowds of the year. [Sources: - Electronic copy of recital programme cover. - Local newspaper review] |
| 1944 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 at the Masonic Auditorium in Detriot, Michigan, on Thursday 30th November in the evening, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Karl Kreuger. The programme also comprised Ernest Chausson's Symphony in B flat major, and three Bach-Castro chorales. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, Canada, 1 Dec 1944] |
| 1944 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performs Richard Strauss's Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra and Gabriel Fauré's Ballade for piano and orchestra, with the Detroit Symphony at the Masonic Auditorium, on Saturday 2nd December. The programme also included Mozart's Symphony No.40 in G minor, four arias/songs interpreted by Miss Josephine Antoine, as well as a special appearance by the Detroit Y.M.C.A. Symphony. Admission by war bond purchase, with both Mr. Arrau and Miss Antoine "contributing their proceeds towards the cause of victory and peace". [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, Canada, 1 Dec 1944] |
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U.S.A.
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Concert performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on 12th December at 8:30 pm, with The Philadelphia
Orchestra conducted by Eugen Ormandy. The programme also included J.Haydn's Symphony No.100 Military, S.Prokofiev's The Tale of the Buffoon Suite Op.21b, and R.Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op.28. Enthusiastically reviewed by critic Olin Downes in The New York Times of 13 Dec 1944. |
| 1944 | Canada | Claudio Arrau is the soloist with the Orchestra des Concerts Symphoniques of Montreal at the Plateau Hall, under the baton of Désiré Defauw, on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th December in the evenings, as part of the winter season concerts. |
| 1944
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann's piano concerto at Washington's Constitution Hall on Tuesday 26th December, with The Philadelphia
Orchestra conducted by Eugen Ormandy, as
an additional concert to those included in the subscription series. [Announced in The Washington Post of 24 Dec 1944] This entry needs completion. |
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1944 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau is awarded a Gold Medal in Appreciation by the Chilean Government, at the time under the Juan Antonio Ríos administration, in appreciation for the honour his art has brought about onto Chile. [This entry needs completion] |
1944 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau performance
at the 'Teatro Caupolicán' of Santiago. [This entry needs corroboration/completion]. |
1944 |
Peru |
Claudio Arrau in Lima. [Source: Courtesy card dedication] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1944 |
U.S.A. |
Announced concerto performance/s by Claudio Arrau with the Tri-City Symphony Orcuestra at Davenport, Iowa, as part of the 1943-44 Season. [Source: Printed handbill] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1944
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance in Washington of Mozart's Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor K.478, with members of the Budapest String Quartet (Joseph Roisman vn, Boris Kryot va, Mischa Scneider vlc). [This entry needs completion] [CD: Music and Arts, CD-643, USA, 1990, from lacquer discs] |
| 1944 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Brahms Piano Concerto
No. 2, with Eugene Goossens conducting the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1944 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Karl Krueger conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. [Artone, MCPS. 24 Bits 96 Khz. 222367-354/3. 2005] This entry needs completion. |
| 1944/5 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Omaha Performing Arts Society Centre, Nebraska, as part of
the Tuesday Musical Concert Series. [This entry needs corroboraiton/completion] |
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| 1945 |
World |
After World War II, Claudio Arrau pursues an eminent international career
which establishes him as one of the premier masters of the piano. |
| 1945
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U.S.A.
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The
New Friends of Music presented distinguished musicians Josef Szigeti
and Claudio Arrau in four of Mozart's
18 sonatas for violin and piano at The New York Town Hall on 11
February. The program consisted of: > the Great Sonata in B flat KV 454, > early Sonata in G, [KV 283] > early Sonata in B flat, [KV 281] and > late Sonata in A major KV 586. Superlative review by critic E.L. in The New York Times of 12 Feb 1945. |
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1945
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau's recital at the Newark Mosque Theatre in New
Jersey on Sunday 18th February at 04:00 pm: > Mozart's Rondo in D minor KV485 > Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op.24 > Chopin's Ballade in A flat major > Chopin's Scherzo in E major > Liszt's Au bord d'une source > Liszt's Mephisto Waltz Intermission > Ravel's Jeux d'eau > Debussy's Feux d'artifice > Albéniz's El puerto (from Iberia) > Granados's El pelele (from Goyescas). |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Constitution Hall of Washington on Sunday 25th
February, including the following works: |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | As
part of the 103rd Carnegie Hall Season 1944/45, Claudio Arrau performances of Strauss's Burleske
for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, and Fauré’s
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Op.19, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
and George Szell conducting, in the Main Hall on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th March at 8:45 pm and 2:30 pm, respectively. The programme for both dates also comprised J.Haydn's Symphony No.97 and Beethoven's Symphony No.5. http://www.sickinger.com/nypoconcerts.html [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 9 March 1945] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | As
part of the 103rd Carnegie Hall Season 1944/45, Claudio Arrau performance of
Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, and
Weber’s Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra
Op.79, with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by
George Szell, on Sunday 11th of March at 3:00
pm. The program, broadcast over the CBS and CBO (Ottawa) radio networks, included the following works: > R.Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor > Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor Op.79 As weel as: > Smetana: Overture to 'The Bartered Bride' > Beethoven: Symphony No.5 Op.67 [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 10 March 1945] [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] 11.03.1945 - CD WHRA 6037, released in January 2011. |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Werner Janssen Orchestra at the Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, as part of the 5th Season of the Janssen Symphony Concerts, in mid March. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 30 March 1945] This entry needs completion. |
| 1945 |
Brazil |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday 14th June
at 9:00 pm, as part of the 1945 Official Season, with a programme
including the following works: I > Bach: Fantasía cromática y fuga BWV 903 > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 em fa menor Op.57 Appassionata II > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 III > Villa-Lobos: Choros No.5 > Debussy: Poissons d'or > Debussy: La cathedrale engloutie > Debussy: Feux d'artifices > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [Source: Autographed printed recital programme] |
| 1945 |
Chile |
Two
sold-out recitals by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago, on Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th July. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1945 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.11 in the Civic Auditorium of San Francisco,
with Bruno Walter conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on Saturday 28th July at 8:30 pm, as part of the Summer Promenade Concerts (20-28 July).. |
1945 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at Forest Meadows Dominican College, San Rafael, as guest artist of the Marin Music Chest, on Sunday 5th August at 3:00 pm.
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1945
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Mexico
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Beethoven Festival presented by the ‘Asociación Daniel A.C.: First Evening at 8:30 pm - Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 Op.15 and 4 Op.58, at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the 'Orquesta Filarmónica de México', on Friday 21st Septembe. The programme also included Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.3 and Symphony No.5 Op.67. [Source: Printed cycle schedule/programme] |
1945
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Mexico
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Beethoven Festival presented by the ‘Asociación Daniel A.C.: Second Evening at 8:30 pm - Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 2 Op.19 and 3 Op.37, at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the 'Orquesta Filarmónica de México', on Tuesday 25th September. The programme also comprised Coriolan Overture Op.62 and Symphony No.6 Op.68. [Source: Printed cycle schedule/programme] |
1945
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Mexico
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Beethoven Festival presented by the ‘Asociación Daniel A.C.: Third Evening at 8:30 pm - Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Op.73 Emperor, at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the 'Orquesta Filarmónica de México', on Friday 28th September. The programme also comprised Egmont Overture Op.84 and Symphony No.7 Op.92. [Source: Printed cycle schedule/programme] |
| 1945 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 5 at the 'Teatro Metropólitan',
Mexico DF, presented by the ‘Asociación Musical Daniel’,
with Jascha Horenstein conducting the Mexico Philharmonic
Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica de México] on Sunday
30th September at 11:15 am (low-fee admission matinée)
. |
| 1945
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Mexico
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Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No.1 and Liszt's Totentanz, at the 'Teatro Lerdo' of
Xalapa, with José Yves Limantour conducting
the 'Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa', on Monday 1st October as presented by the ‘Asociación Daniel A.C.’ [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
1945 |
Mexico |
Members of the 'Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa', Veracruz, formed the 'Claudio Arrau Friendly Society' [Sociedad Mutualista 'Claudio Arrau'] in Xalapa, with Arrau's donating the proceeds of his recent concert in the city. |
1945
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Mexico
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Beethoven Festival presented by the ‘Asociación Daniel A.C.: Fourth Evening at 8:30 pm - Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra Op.80, at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the 'Orquesta Filarmónica de México', on Friday 5th October. The programme also comprised Symphony No.9 Choral Op.125. [Source: Printed cycle schedule/programme] |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | As part of the 104th Carnegie Hall Season 1945/46, Claudio Arrau performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and George Szell conducting at the Main Hall, on Thursday 8th November at 8:45 pm and Friday 9th November at 2:30 pm. The programme for both dates also included Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.2 and Symphony No.8. |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | As part of the 104th Carnegie Hall Season 1945/46, Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and George Szell conducting at the Main Hall, on Sunday 11th November at 3:00 pm. This all-Beethoven program also included Overture
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Op.93 and Symphony No.8 Op.93. |
| 1945 | U.S.A. | The Brooklyn Academy of Music of New York presented a recital performance by Claudio Arrau in the evening of Tuesday 20th November. The programme consisted of the following compositions: |
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1945 |
Cuba |
Claudio Arrau's performances in Havana. |
1945/6 |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau with violinist Joseph Szigeti, as part of the 1945-46 Aaron Richmond
Celebrity Series of Boston. [This entry needs completion] |
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Performance by Claudio Arrau
in New York at the Peoples' Symphony Concerts, as part of the Artists'
Series. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's concerto
performances at the Kansas Music Hall with the Kansas City Philharmonic
Orchestra on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd January. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the University of Arizona Auditorium on Monday 7th January
in the evening. The program comprised compositions such as the following: |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1 at the Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah Campus, on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th January in the evenings, with the Utah State Symphony Orchestra under guest conductor Milton Forstat. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau on Monday 14th January as part of the Occidental College Artists Series. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 4 Jan 1946] This entry needs corroboration/completion |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital on Friday 25th January as part of the UCLA Artists Series. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 4 Jan 1946] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium on 29th January,
with a program comprising the following works: > Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue > Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 Op.57 Appassionata > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 > Ravel: Ondine > Debussy: Feux d'artifice > Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas) > Poulenc: Caprice Italien (from Suite Napoli) |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, on Monday 4th February in the evening at the Brooklyn City Center, with the New York City Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Other works in the programme were Rossini's Overture to La Scala di Seta, and the New York premier of David Diamond's Second Symphony. [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 5 Feb 1946] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | On Friday 8th February at 8:45 pm, a chamber music recital performed by J.Szigeti, C.Arrau and I.Stravinsky took place at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, for the benefit of The New York Philharmonic Symphony Society's Pension Fund. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's rectital at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Tuesday 19th February at 8:30 pm. The programme comprised the following works: > Bach, JS: > > Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 > Schumann: Piano Sonata No.1 in F-sharp minor Op.11 > Chopin: Fantasie in F minor Op.49 > Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat major Op.47 > Chopin: Étude in E minor Op.25 No.5 > Chopin: Étude in C-sharp minor Op.10 No.4 > Debussy: Pour le piano - > > Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata. > Bartók: Suite BB 70 > > Allegretto. Scherzo. Allegro molto. Sostenuto. > Poulenc: Caprice italien (from Suite Napoli) [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Kleinhans Music Hall of Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday 12th March
in the evening, with a program including: |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G, with The Dash Classic Symphony conducted by James Allan Dash at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on Friday 15th March at 8:00 pm. This was the Third Evening of the 1945/46 Great Masters' Festival Concerts Classic Cycle, which also included Mozart's 'Requiem'. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital at the Robinson Memorial Auditorium of Little Rock, Arkansas, on Monday 1st April. The programme encompassed the following compositions: I > JS Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue > Beethoven: Sonata in C major Op.53 Waldstein II > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 Intermission III > Chopin: Ballade in A flat Op.47 > Chopin: Berceuse Op.57 > Albéniz: Navarra > Debussy: Feux d'artifice [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme pages] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Mozart's Concerto for Pianoforte No.9 in E flat major K.271 and Liszt's Concerto for Pianoforte No.2 in A major, at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, with Désiré Defauw conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday 9th April at 2:15 pm (this being the Eleventh Program of the Tuesday Concerts series). The programme also included Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Overture to The Taming of the Shrew, Franck's Morceau symphonique from Redemption, & De Falla's three dances from The Three-Cornered Hat. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1946 | Canada | Claudio Arrau's recital, as a guest artist for the final event of the Tremblay 1945-46 Series, at Ottawa's Capitol Theatre on Wednesday 24th April at 8:30 pm, with a programme consisting of the following works: > Haydn: Fantasie in C major > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Op.52 Waldstein > Mendelssohn: Variations Serieusses Op.54 > Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien > Chopin: Ballade in A flat Op.47 > Chopin: Berceuse Op.57 > Debussy: Feux d'artifice > Albéniz: Navarra > Poulenc: Caprice italien Encore: - Liszt-Chopin: My Joys (Polish song) - Liszt: Étude de concert in D flat major [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 13, 20 and 25 April, 1946] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 13, 16 and 25 April, 1946] |
1946 |
Jamaica |
Claudio Arrau's recital at Kingston's Ward Theatre (capacity 800) on Wednesday 1st of May, as part of the Second Celebrity concerts series organized by Stepehn Hill Concerts. The announced programme for this sold-out performance consisted of: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.14 Op.27 No.2 Moonlight > Schumann: Carnival Op.9 II > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major > Chopin: Berceuse > Debussy: Fireworks > Poulenc: Italian Caprice The programme subsequently acknowledged by the press was: I > Bach: Fantasy and Fugue > Beethoven: Sonata No.14 Op.27 No.2 Moonlight II > Schumann: Carnival Op.9 III > Chopin: Berceuse > Debussy: Fireworks > Albéniz: Navarra Mr. Arrau stayed at Kingston's Myrtle Bank Hotel. [Sources: The Daily Gleaner, Kingston, late April/early May 1946, kindly contributed by Ms. Linda Beach] et al. |
| 1946 |
Jamaica |
Announced second recital
by Claudio Arrau at Kingston's Ward Theatre on Friday 3rd of May, as part of the Second Celebrity Concerts series organized by Stepehn Hill Concerts. |
| 1946 | Cuba | Recital by Claudio Arrau for the 'Sociedad ProArte Musical' (SPAM) of Havana on Thursday 9th May at 5:30 pm. The programme included the following compositions: I > Mozart: Fantasía en Do menor K.396 > Schumann: Sonata en Fa sostenido menor Op.11 II > Chopin: Nocturno en Mi mayor > Chopin: Polonesa en Fa sostenido menor > Liszt: Valse de Obermann > Mendelssohn: Rondó caprichoso II > Chabrier: Idilio > Chabrier: Scherzo Vals > Debussy: Pour le piano - >>>>>>>>>> Preludio, Sarabanda y Tocata [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme] |
1946 |
Argentina |
Fourth subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires, on Thursday 6th June at 6:30 pm, with a program comprising the following works: |
1946 |
Argentina |
Fifth subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires, on Saturday 8th June at 6:00 pm, presented by the Buenos Aires City Council. The program included the following works: I > Mozart: Fantasía en do menor K.396 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 en Do menor Op.111 II > Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses Op.54 > Mendelssohn: Rondó caprichoso > Liszt: Juegos acuáticos en la villa de Este > Liszt: Estudio transcendental en Fa menor III > Bartók: Suite Op.14 - >>>Allegretto. Scherzo. Allegro molto. Sostenuto. > Debussy: Seis preludios - >>>Danseuses de Delphes. Ondine. Minstrels. >>>Danse de Puck. La puerta del vino. Feux d' artifice. [Source: Printed recital programme] |
1946 |
Argentina |
Last subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires, on Thursday 13th June at 6:00 pm, presented by the Buenos Aires City Council. The program comprised the following compositions: I > Bach: Tres preludios y fugas, del Clavecín bien temperado > Beethoven: Sonata Op.10 No.3 en Re mayor II > Liszt: Vallée d' Obermann > Liszt: Au bord d' une source > Liszt: Vals de Mephisto III > Chabrier: Idilio > Chabrier: Scherzo-Valse > Debussy: Images - >>>Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage a Rameau. Mouvement. > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1946 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 and Liszt's Piano Concerto
No.2, at the 'Teatro El Círculo' of Rosario on Thursday
27th June at 9:30 pm, with the Rosario Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Maestro José Francisco Berrini, as
part of the 15th Cycle presented by the Rosario Symphony Association. |
| 1946 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's complete piano concerto cycle,
as
part of the Beethoven Festival held
at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on Sundays 16th, 23rd
and 30th of June at 10:30 am, with the Buenos Aires Symphony
Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación Sinfónica
de Buenos Aires] conducted by Joscha Horenstein. Sunday
23rd June - Sunday
30th June - |
| 1946
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Argentina
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Outdoor concert in benefit of the European Relief, at the Buenos
Aires 'Estadio Luna Park' on Sunday 30th June, Claudio Arrau performing Beethoven's Emperor Concertobefore a 25,000-strong
audience (hitherto the largest in the history of the City), with
the Teatro Colón Orchestra under Jascha Horenstein. [Source: News report in The New York Times, 3 July 1946] |
1946 |
Argentina |
Extraordinary
recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Nacional de Comedia Cervantes' of Buenos Aires on Monday 1st
July at 9:30 pm, presented by the 'Asociación Wagneriana de Buenos Aires' as part of its 34th Concert Season. |
| 1946 |
Argentina |
Last extraordinary
recital of the season by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on Tuesday 2nd
July at 10:00 pm. |
| 1946 |
Argentina |
Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Grieg's Piano Concerto Op.16 at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires
on Sunday 7th July at 10:30 am, with the Buenos Aires Symphony
Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación Sinfónica
de Buenos Aires] conducted by Jascha Horenstein. |
1946 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos
Aires on Tuesday 9th July at 10:30 pm, with the Buenos
Aires Symphony Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación
Sinfónica de Buenos Aires] conducted by Jascha
Horenstein. This was an extraordinary concert which also included Strauss's Don Juan Symphonic Poem* and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. * Other source shows Wagner's Prelude and Death of Isolda, instead. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Buenos Aires newspaper ad] |
| 1946 | Chile | Recitals
by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago on the following dates: [This entry needs corroboration and completion] |
| 1946 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's announced concerto performance
at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos
Aires on Sunday 21st July at 10:30 pm, with the Buenos
Aires Symphony Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación
Sinfónica de Buenos Aires] conducted by Jascha
Horenstein. [Source: Buenos Aires newspaper ad] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1946 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's announced concerto performance
at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos
Aires on Sunday 28th July at 10:30 pm, with the Buenos
Aires Symphony Association Orchestra [Orquesta de la Asociación
Sinfónica de Buenos Aires] conducted by Jascha
Horenstein. [Source: Buenos Aires newspaper ad] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1946 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance at the Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia's outdoor music venue) on Monday 29th July at 8:30 pm, as part of the 'Music in the Park' series. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1946 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by its leader Serge Koussevitzky on Thursday 1st August at 8:15 pm, as part of the Fourth Program of the Ninth Berkshire Festival. Numerous re-calls. The all-Brasms program also comprised Tragic Overture Op.81 and Symphony No.4 Op.98. . [Sources: - Printed concert programme] - The Berkshire Eagle, Massachusetts, 2 Aug 1946] |
| 1946 |
U.S.A. |
Unprecedented
performances by Claudio Arrau of both Brahms’s monumental Piano Concertos in the one
program, at the
Philadelphia Fairmount Park, on or around Friday 9th August, with the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. [Source: TIME weekly magazine, 12 Aug 1946, p.60] |
| 1946 | Chile | The Revista Musical Chilena of September 1946 criticises the insufficient 20th century compositions included in the programmes recently performed by Claudio Arrau in Chile. One of the programmes included Stravinsky's Serenata. |
| 1946 | Colombia | Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Medellín on Sunday 3rd October, sponsored by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte. The programme encompassed the following compositions: > Bach JS: Fantasía cromática y fuga BWV 903 > Beethoven: Sonata No.18 en Mi bemol mayor Op.31 No.3 > Mendelssohn: Rondó caprichoso en Mi menor Op.14 > Schumann: Carnaval de Viena Op.26 > Debussy: Estampas > Fauré: Impromptu [Source: Incomplete electronic copy of printed recital programme] [Source: 'Entre nota y nota'. Teatro Bolívar: conciertos de música académica en Medellín entre 1937 y 1954, Luisa Fernanda Villa Mejía, Graduation Paper in History Studies, University of Antioquia, Medellín] |
| 1946
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U.S.A.
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Recital
by Claudio Arrau in the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Sunday 20th October at 8:30 pm, with an
extensive program comprising works by: |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau concerto performance
with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner
on 27th October. [Source: Carnegie Library of Pitssburgh] This entry needs completion. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Mosque Theatre, Newark, N.J., on Sunday 3rd November
in the afternoon, under the auspices of the Griffith Music Foundation,
as part of the Master Piano Series of the 1946-47 Concert Season. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Lyric
Theatre of Baltimore, Maryland, with The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy on Wednesday 27th
November.at 8:30 pm. The programme also included Mozart's Symphony in D major K.504, and Carpenter's The Seven Ages Symphonic Suite. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1946 | Canada | Unannounced recital by Claudio Arrau at the Montreal University Auditorium on Thursday 5th December under the auspices of La Societé Artistique. The recital included: > Schumann: Davisbündlertänze Op.6 > Chopin: Ballade in A flat > Chopin: Berceuse > Brahms: Paganini Variations Book II > Ravel: [unspecified] > Debussy: [unspecified] > Poulenc: Caprice italien Encores: Several [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 9 Dec 1946] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on Thursday 12th
December at 8:45 pm and Friday 13th December at 2:30 pm, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
and George Szell conducting at the Main Hall, as part of the 105th
Carnegie Hall Season 1946/47. The programme also comprised, on both dates, Beethoven's Egmont Overture Op.84 and Symphony No.3 Op.55 Eroica. [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 15 Dec 1946] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto
No. 2 on Sunday 15th December at 3:00 pm, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
conducted by George Szell at the Main Hall, as part of the 105th
Carnegie Hall Season 1946/47. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Op.55 Eroica and Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture. The Liszt concerto was radiobroadcast live on the WSOY network. 15.12.1946 - Liszt Concerto No.2: CD WHRA 6037, released in January 2011. [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 15 Dec 1946] |
1946 |
France |
The 'Chaine nationale de Radio France' broadcast on Thursday 26 December at 9:00 pm a one-and-a-half hour orchestral programme, with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Roger Désormières, including a performance with Claudio Arrau of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58. [Source: L'Aube, Paris, Dec 1946] |
| 1946/51 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau recordings of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Ravel,
and Schumann for U.S. Columbia Masterworks (1946-51), as well as
Books I and II of Albéniz'
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1946 |
Argentina |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires with a program including
works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Granados, and Albéniz. |
1946 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires with a program including
works by Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Satie, and Ravel. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Weber’s Konzertstück Op.79 and R.Strauss’s Burleske,
with Désiré Defauw conducting the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos. [This entry needs completion] |
1946 |
Peru |
Claudio Arrau performance/s in Lima. [This entry needs completion] |
1946 |
Colombia |
Claudio Arrau performance/s in Bogotá. [This entry needs completion] |
1946 |
Brazil |
Claudio Arrau performance/s. [This entry needs completion] |
1946 |
Mexico |
Recitals
by Claudio Arrau on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th, Tuesday 24th and Monday 30th of September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1946 |
Guatemala |
A
few days' vacation. [Source: The Washington Post, 22 Sept 1946] This entry needs further specification. |
| 1946 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performed
Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the New York City Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein at the City
Center. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1946/7 |
Scotland |
First performance by Claudio Arrau at the Edinburgh Festival, during its inaugural
season. [This entry needs completion] |
1946/7 |
Performance by Claudio Arrau
in New York at the Peoples' Symphony Concerts, as part of the Artists'
Series. [This entry needs completion] |
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England |
Layout
of Claudio Arrau's International Celebrity Subscription Concerts
UK tour in January: 5th January, 3:00 pm, Royal Albert Hall, London 7th January, 7:00 pm, Sheffield City Hall 8th January, 6:45 pm, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 11th January, 3:00 pm, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 13th January, 7:30 pm, St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow 14th January, 7:00 pm, Newcastle City Hall 17th January, 8:00 pm, Belfast Assembly Hall 19th January, 3:00 pm, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| 1947 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major at
The Royal Albert Hall of London, on
Sunday 5th January at 3:00 pm, as
part of the 1946-47 Sunday Orchestral Concerts series, under the
batton of Dr. Malcolm Sargent. The programme also included Smetana's Overture 'The Bartered Bride', Borodin-Sargent's Nocturne, and Dvorak's Symphony No.4. [Source: Printed concert programme. Printed season flyer] |
1947 |
England |
Recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Sheffield City Hall, on Tuesday 7th January at 7:00
pm, as part of the International Celebrity Subscription Concerts,
with a programme consisting of the following works: > Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue > Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 Op.57 Appassionata > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major > Chopin: Berceuse > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Chopin: Two études - Op.25 No.5 and Op.10 No.4 Interval > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso > Debussy: Two études - Pour des cinq doigts. Por les octaves. > Albéniz: Navarra (original version) > Granados: El pelele (from 'Goyescas') [Source: Printed recital programme. Printed flyer] [Source: London newspaper review] |
1947 |
England |
Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, on Wednesday 8th January at 6:45
pm, as part of the International Celebrity Subscription Concerts,
featuring the following programme: |
1947 |
Scotland |
Recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Usher Hall, on Saturday 11th January at 3:00 pm, as part of the International Celebrity Subscription Concerts, featuring the following programme: |
1947 |
Scotland |
Recital by Claudio Arrau
at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, on Monday 13th Januaryin the evening, forming part of the International Celebrity Subscription Concerts,
with a programme consisting of the following works: > Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue > Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 Op.57 Appassionata > Chopin: Ballade in A flat major > Chopin: Berceuse > Chopin: Scherzo in E major > Chopin: Two études - Op.25 No.5 and Op.10 No.4 > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso > Debussy: Two études - >>> Pour des cinq doigts. Por les octaves. > Albéniz: Navarra (original version) > Granados: El pelele (from 'Goyescas') [Source: Glasgow newspaper review] [Source: Concert ticket] |
1947 |
Scotland |
Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Newcastle City Hall, on Tuesday 14th January at 7:00 pm, forming part of the International Celebrity Subscription Concerts, with a programme including the following compositions: |
1947 |
Northern Ireland |
Recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Belfast Assembly Hall, Northern Ireland, on Friday 17th January at 8:00 pm, as part of the Celebrity Concerts, with a programme including the following works: |
| 1947 |
England |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on Sunday 19th
January at 3:00 pm, forming part of the International Celebrity Subscription
Concerts, with a programme including the following works: |
1947 |
Claudio Arrau records his first Brahm's Piano Concerto No.1, with the Philharmonia
Orchestra conducted by Basil Cameron for HMV on 20th-21st January. |
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| 1947 |
England |
Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 on Wednesday 22nd January at 8:00 pm, in the Royal Albert Hall of London, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the batton of Sir
Adrian Boult. Broadcast by BBC Radio 4 (449.1m) on 22 January at 8:00 pm and BBC Radio 3 (514.6m) on 23 January at 6:45 pm. The programme at the Hall also included Wagner's Prelude to Tristan and Isolda & Vaughan Williams's Job, a masque for dancing. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1947 |
Performance by Claudio Arrau at Salle Pleyel, Paris, on 11th February at 9:00 pm. [Source: France-soir, Paris, 11 Feb 1947] This entry needs completion. |
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| 1947
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England
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The March issue of the English magazine The
Gramophone shows Claudio Arrau on the cover page. On
page 149, critic Alec Robertson appraises Arrau's HMV recording of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Detroit S.O.
conducted by Karl Krueger. H Robertson finds Arrau "a rich artist"..., "able to produce the frequently missing feeling of chivalric impulse needed for this often feminized work". |
1947 |
The March-April issue of the 'His Mater's Voice Record Review' magazine (Hayes, Middlesex) shows a photograph of Claudio Arrau on the cover page, along with an appraisal of Arrau's HMV recording of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Detroit S.O.
under Karl Krueger, that continues on page 2. |
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1947 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau for the Civic Concert Association at the Chaffey Auditorium, Ontario, California, on Friday 11th April at 8:15 pm. The programme consisted of the following works: I > J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903 > Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata II > Chopin: Fantasy in F minor Op.49 > Chopin: Polonaise in F Sharp minor Op.44 > Chopin: Three études - Op.25 No.5, Op.10 Nos.3 & 4 Intermission III > Debussy: Poissons d'or > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso > Albéniz: Navarra > Granados: Los requiebros [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
1947 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday 15th April. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau's in Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium on Tuesday 22nd April in the evening, with a programme including: > Mozart: Sonata in B flat K.570 > Liszt: Variations on JS.Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen > Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso > Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien > Brahms: Paganini Variations Book II - and other works. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 25 April 1947] This entry needs completion. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
For
this first tour of
Arrau was welcomed at the airport by the General Manager of the ABC, Mr. Charles Moses, and Chilean minister (Head of Legation) Mr. Manuel Hubner. [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW, 30 April 1947] [Source: The Wodonga and Towong Sentinel, Victoria, 4 July 1947] |
| 1947 |
Australia |
The
first recital of Claudio Arrau's 1947 Australian tour took place at the
Brisbane City Hall, Queensland, on
Friday 2nd May.
The programme included Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, works by Chopin, Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, works by Albéniz and Granados, and two études by Debussy. [Source: The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, 7 May 1947] [Source: The Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, 30 April 1947] |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Farewell
recital by Claudio Arrau at the City Hall in Brisbane, Queensland, on
Thursday 8th May, including works by Mozart (Sonata in B
Flat major K.570), Brahms (Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Book
II), and Schumann, as well as Spanish and French composers. [Source: The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 9 May 1947] |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1, on Saturday 17th
May at the Capitol Theatre of Perth, Western Australia, with
Warwick Braithwaite conducting the Perth Symphony
Orchestra. The programme also included Schubert's Rosamunde Overture, Brahms's Symphony No.2, and Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Overture. [Source: Sunday Times, Perth, Western Australia, 18 May 1947] |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at The Capitol Theatre
of Perth, Western Australia, on Tuesday 20th May, with a
programme including: > Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, > Beethoven's Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata, > Chopin's Ballade in A flat, > Chopin's Berceuse, > Chopin's Scherzo in E major, > Chopin's Études Op.25 No.5, > Chopin's Étude Op.10 No.4, > Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, > Debussy's Étude For the Five Fingers, > Debussy's Étude For the Octaves, > Granados's El pelele. There were two encores: > Liszt-Chopin's Polish song and > Liszt's Concert study The Sigh. [Source: The West Australian, Perth, 21 May 1947] |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Second
and final recital by Claudio Arrau at the Capitol Theatre
of Perth, Western Australia, on Thursday 22th May. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd June, including
works by Bach (Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue), Beethoven (Appassionata
Sonata), Chopin (Ballade in A flat, Berceuse, Scherzo in E major),
as well as French and Spanish composers. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Third
Claudio Arrau recital at the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 7th June including: |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday 10th June with a programme
including Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, Beethoven's Waldstein
Sonata, Chopin's Études
Nos.3 and 8 from Op.10, and other works. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser of NSW publishes on Thursday 12th June an article entitled 'Claudio Arrau's First Australian Tour' whith information on Arrau's bussy international schedule, his Australian tour, USA audiences and musical fashions, as well as personal details and his popular music and movie tastes. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the National Theatre of Launceston, Tasmania, on Thursday 12th
June. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Hobart Town Hall, Tasmania, on Saturday 14th June.
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| 1947 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's recital
at the Melbourne Town Hall, Victoria, on Monday 16th June.
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| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia, on Thursday 19th
June. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
In announcing a recital for the ABC to take place at the Canberra Albert Hall on 7th July, The Canberra Times of 21st June publishes an outline of Claudio Arrau's biographic details, ample repertoire, complete cycle performances, prizes, phenomenal technique, critics's high appraisals, and popularity worldwide, under the title 'Famous Pianist and Diplomat'. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Under
the titles of "Best Beethoven for Years" and "Impeccable
Playing by Claudio Arrau", Dr. Enid Robertson writes on 23rd
June in The Advertiser of Adelaide, South Australia, about Arrau's
recital of Saturday 21st June in the Adelaide Town Hall. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Broadcast
by Radio 2NC
on Monday 30th June at
9:35 pm to 10:00 pm, of [part of] an ABC sponsored recital at the
Sydney Town Hall, including Claudio Arrau's renditions of Albéniz's
Almería (from Iberia Suite), and Debussy's
Poissons d'or (from Images), Minstrels
(from Préludes Book I) and Feux d'artifice (from
Préludes Book II). |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Sydney Town Hall on Monday 30th June with a programme
including: > Brahms's Handel Variations ["powerfull and splendid"], > Mozart's Rondo K.485 ["filigreed phrases exquisitely turned, tone crystal pure"], > Chopin's Ballade No.4 > Chopin's Scherzo in C sharp minor, > pieces by Liszt and Debussy. [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW, 1 July 1947] This entry needs completion. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
The Sydney Morning
Herald of 2nd July reports: "Special Performance: While Kubelik (conductor) and Arrau (pianist) were rehearsing with the orchestra in Sydney yesterday, the conductor's baton flew out of his hand and landed behind the piano. There were just four bars to go before Arrau's solo part commenced. But he jumped from his seat, slid round behind the piano, retrieved the baton while the orchestra continued to play and came in on his note at the exact moment". |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
under the baton of Rafael Kubelik at the Sydney
Town Hall on Wednesday 2nd July at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Egmont Overture and the following Czeck compositions: Novak's symphonic poem In the Tatra Mountains, & Dvorak's two Legends and a Slavonic Dance. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 1947] |
1947 |
Australia |
A
further two performances of the above programme by Claudio Arrau with conductor Rafael Kubelík and the Sydney Symphony Orhestra at the Sydney Town Hall on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July at 8:00 pm. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 1947] [Source: The Canberra Times, 7 July 1947] |
1947 |
Australia |
In response to numerous requests, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) arranged a further recital by Claudio Arrau, "the master pianist", at the Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday 9th July at 8:15 pm. The programme included the following compositions: > Mozart's Fantasy in C minor > Beethoven's last piano sonata in C minor Op.111 (No.32) > Mendelssohn's Rondo capriccioso > Schumann's Carnival Jest from Vienna > Debussy's Estampes > Albéniz's Evocación (from Iberia suite) > Bartók's Allegro barbaro [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 and 10 July 1947], |
| 1947 |
Australia |
The
Chilean Legation in Canberra, led by minister
Manuel Hubner, offered a private reception in Claudio Arrau's honour
on Sunday 6th July, attended by the Australian Minister for
External Affairs, members of the Diplomatic Corps, and the recently
appointed musical conductor for the ABC. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Canberra's Albert Hall on Monday 7th July, including
works by Mozart, Brahms (Paganini Variations), Schumann, Debussy,
Albéniz. |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Broadmeadow
Century Theatre (Newcastle, NSW) on Tuesday 15th July,
including works by Mozart (Rondo in D K.485), Brahms (Variations
and Fugue on a Theme by Handel), Chopin, Liszt (Étude transcendental),
Albéniz (Almería), Debussy (an Image, two Préludes). |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Farewell
recital by Claudio Arrau
in Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 19th July, including works by: |
| 1947 |
Australia |
Newspaper reports
indicate that pianist Claudio Arrau will take a baby kangaroo when
he leaves Australia on Monday 21st July. Mr. D.R. McCaugher, grazier of Coonong in Narrandera, NSW, presented the animal, the transfer of which had been duly cleared by the relevant authorities. The animal is being taken by Mr. Arrau to his home at Long Island, New York, to show his children, and subsequently deliver it to Bronx Zoo in New York. [Source: Newcastle Morning Herald, NSW, 19 July 1947] [Source: Miners' Advocate, NSW, 19 July 1947] [Source: Worker, Brisbane, Queensland, 28 July 1947] |
| 1947 |
U.S.A. |
The Washington
Post of 12th October reports that the mayor of Wagg-Wagga,
NSW, Australia, presented Mr. Arrau with a female baby kangaroo,
which he had it transported to his Long Island estate, NY, where
he initially kept it and named it 'cangurusa'. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79 and Chopin’s Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante
Op 22, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday 21st October in the evening, with Thomas
Scherman conducting The Little Orchestra of New York
(established by Scherman in 1947). The programme also included: Haydn's Sinfonie Concertante Op.84, D. Diamond's Music for Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Shostakovich's Two Pieces for String Octet Op.11, and J.C.Bach's Sinfonia for Double Orchestra Op.18 Np.1. [Source: Electronic copy of The Brooklyn Academy of Music printed programme, 21 October 1947] [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 22 Oct 1947] |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's piano recital at the Symphony Hall of Boston on Sunday 2nd
November at 3:30 pm, as part of the Celebrity Series presented
by Aaron Richmond. The programme consisted of the following works: I > Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat Op. 81a Les adieux > Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Book II II > Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso > Schumann: Faschingschwank aus Wien Op.26 Intermission III > Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte > Albéniz: Navarra (original version) > Robert Palmer: Toccata ostinato > Debussy: Two études > Debussy: L' isle joyeuse [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf in the Eastman Theatre of the University of Rochester, New York, on Thrusday 6th November in the evening. The programme also included D.Moore's Symphony in A Major and R.Strauss's Don Juan Op.20. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau
at the Constitution Hall of Washington on Friday 12th November, sponsored
by Patrick Hayes, and reception in Arrau's honour by the Chilean Ambassador
in Washington and his spouse Sra. de Nieto del Río. [As reported by The Washington Post, 13 Nov 1947] This entry needs completion. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance in the Northrop Memorial Auditorium of Minneapolis on 18th November, at the opening session of a new Master Piano Series instituted by the University of Minnesota. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital performance
at the Detroit Masonic Auditorium, Michigan, on Friday 12th December at 8:20 pm. The programme comprised the following works: I > Beethoven: Sonata quasi una Fantasia in E flat Op.27 No.1 > Beethoven: Sonata quasi una Fantasia in C sharp minor > Op.27 No.2 Moonlight II > Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso > Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 III > Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini Book I > Albéniz: Navarra (original version) > Ravel: Pavanne pour une infante défunte > Debussy: Masques > Debussy: L' isle joyeuse Encores: > Mendelssohn: Scherzo > Chopin: Nocturne > Chopin: Étude [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 13 Dec 1947] [Source: Post-recital article by Russell MacLauchlin in The Detroit News, Dec 1947] |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Three centuries of piano literature, from J. S. Bach to A. Schönberg Announced series of three recitals at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall in New York (only partly completed) : Actual Programme I: 19th Century Music Monday 15th December at 8:30 pm > Schubert: Allegretto in C minor D.915 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Weber: Piano Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.49 > Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 Book I > Mussorgsky: Intermezzo in modo classico > Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Mendelssohn: Scherzo à capriccio in F-sharp minor > Schumann: Arabeske Op.18 > Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor Op.39 [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] [Source: Printed recital programme] Announced Programme I: 19th Century Music I > Mozart: Sonata in D major K.576 > Mozart: Gigue in G major K574 II > Bach, JS: Prelude in Fugue in A minor Intermission III > Beethoven: Sonata Op.27 No.1 > Beethoven: Sonata Op,27 No.2 Moonlight. Second programme: 10th January 1948. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Radio broadcast through the WNBC network of Weber's Concert Piece in F minor, as performed by Claudio Arrau with the *NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kleiber on Saturday 20th December. [*NBC: National Broadcasting Company] [Source: The Evening Sun, Pennsylvania, 20 Dec 1947] [Source: The Gazette and Daily, Pennsylvania, 20 Dec 1947] CD from broadcast: Music and Arts: CD 1112, USA, 2002 & CD 1174, USA, 2005. |
| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz
Reiner on 27th December. [Source: Carnegie Library of Pitssburgh] This entry needs completion. |
| 1947 | Mexico | On Tusday 30th December at 2:15 pm, the US Consulate in Guadalajara presents a piano music programme on XEJB, the State of Jalisco's cultural radio station, where Claudio Arrau performs Mozart's Sonata in C minor, Chabrier's Idyll, and Albéniz's El puerto (from Iberia). [Source: El Informador, 30 Dec 1947] |
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1947 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau moves family from Forest Hill (Queens, NY) and settles in 202 Shore Road, Douglaston
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| 1947 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau performances
in Buenos Aires. [This entry needs completion] |
1947 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau performances in
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| 1947/8 | U.S.A. | Concerto
performance by Claudio Arrau in Spartanburg City, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,
forming part of the 1947-48 Concert Series under the auspices of the Spartanburg
Civic Music Association, South Carolina. [This entry needs completion] |
1947/8 |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau as part of the 1947-1948 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series of Boston. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1947 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. [Possibly on 15th and 16th of November - corroboration needed] This entry needs completion. |
1947 |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau in Medellín. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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U.S.A.
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Three centuries of piano literature, from J. S. Bach to A. Schönberg Announced series of three recitals at the Carnegie Hall of New York: Programme II cancelled due to Mr. Arrau's indisposition. Announced Programme II: 19th Century Music Saturday 10th January in the evening I > Beethoven: Sonata Op.111 II > Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book I Intermission III > Mendelssohn: Scherzo à Capriccio > Moussorgsky: Intermezzo > Chopin: Ballade in G minor > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Étude tramscendentale (Wilde Jagd) [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] Third programme: 6th February 1948. |
1948
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U.S.A.
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Three centuries of piano literature, from J. S. Bach to A. Schönberg Announced series of three recitals at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall in New York: Actual Programme III: 18th & 20th Centuries Music Friday 6th February at 8:30 pm > Bach, JS: Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 894 > Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major K.576 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1 > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit - Ondine. Le Gibet. Scarbo. > Bartók: Allegro barbaro BB 63 > Albéniz: Fête-Dieu à Séville > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse > Debussy: Masques > Poulenc: Caprice italien (from Suite Napoli) The following day, on 7th February, the press appraised all the above works. [Source: News report on The New York Times, 7 Feb 1948] [Source: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, 7 Feb 1948] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] Announced Programme III: 20th Century Music I > Casella: Sinfonia, Arioso and Toccata II > Bartók: Three Etudes > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Intermission III > Debussy: Masques > Albéniz: Fête-Dieu à Seville > Poulenc: Toccata > Copland: Variations > Villa-Lobos: Danza (from Bachianas brasileiras) > Scriabin: Satanic Poem > Stravinsky: Petrouchka |
| 1948 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alfred Wallenstein on 13th February at the Philharmonic Auditorium of Los Angeles. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 20 Feb 1948] |
| 1948 | U.S.A. | Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (California) on
Saturday 28th February in the evening, sponsored by the Santa Cruz Civic Music Association in its 1947/48 series. The programme included the following compositions: I > Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A minor > Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a Farewell II > Mendelssohn's Rondó caprichoso Op.14 > Chopin's Ballade in G minor > Chopin's two waltzes > Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Paganini Intermission III > Ravel's Jeux d'eau > Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte > Debussy's Minstrels > Debussy's L'isle joyeuse Encores: > Chopin's Étude No.2 Op.10 No.4 > Chopin's Waltz [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] [Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, California, 1 March 1948] |
| 1948 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra conducted by H. Arthur Brown at the El Paso Liberty Hall on Thursday 4th March in the evening. Mr. Arrau also played two solo encores. [Report in El Paso Herald-Post, Texas, 5 March 1948] This entry needs completion. |
| 1948 | U.S.A. | The April issue of 'The Etude musical magazine', published in Philadelphia, contains a dissertation by Claudio Arrau, secured for the magazine by Rose Heylbut, entitled 'Training for Artistry', whereby the writer speaks of the need to train young pianists beyond fingering techniques and towards music making. Arrau stresses the requirement to respect in detail the composer's intentions, getting to know his circumstances at the time of composing, developing a practice approach, identifying and isolating difficult phrases, understanding the relative meaning of passages, and developing musical expression. [Pages 209, 260 & 276. One photograph.] |
| 1948 | Colombia | Recital by Claudio Arrau on Friday 2nd April in the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Medellín, presented by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. |
| 1948 | Brazil | Recital performance by Claudio Arrau in Rio de Janeiro's 'Teatro Municipal' on Friday 30th April at 9:00 pm, as part of the 1948 Season of the ' Associção Brasileira de Concertos'. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Mozart: Rondo em La menor > Mozart: Sonata em Re maior K.576 > Schumann: Estudos Sinfônicos Op.14 II > Chopin: Fantasia Op.49 > Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca > Liszt: Valse de Méphisto III > Villa-Lobos: Chôros n.5 (Alma Brasileira) > Albéniz: Suite Iberia, I° Caderno - >>> Evocación. El Puerto. Corpus Christi en Sevilla. > Debussy: Deux Études - >>> Pour les octaves. Pour les cinq doigts. [Source: Electronic copy of recital printed programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's recital, being the Season's First Subscription Concert presented
by 'Conciertos Daniel' in the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on
Monday 10th May at 6:00 pm, with a programme featuring the
following compositions: I > JS Bach's Preludio y Fuga en La menor > Beethoven's Sonata en Mi bemol mayor Op.31 No.3 II > Schumann's Arabescos > Mendelssohn's Scherzo caprichoso > Liszt's Juegos acuáticos en la villa de Este > Brahms's Variaciones sobre un tema de Paganini (Libro II) III > Albéniz's Suite Iberia (Libro I): >>>>Evocación. El puerto. Corpus Christi en Sevilla. > Debussy's Masques > Debussy's Dos Estudios: >>>>Para las octavas. Para cinco dedos. [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Second Subscription recital by Claudio Arrau, presented
by 'Conciertos Daniel' in the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on
Wednesday 12th May at 6:00 pm. The programme consisted of the following compositions: I > Mozart: Fantasía en Re menor K.397 > Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16 II > Chopin: Balada en Sol menor > Chopin: Nocturno en Si mayor > Chopin: Scherzo en Do sostenido menor III > Fauré: Nocturno No.6 > Debussy: Peces de oro > Ravel: Pavana para una infanta difunta > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Third subscription recital by Claudio Arrau, presented
by 'Conciertos Daniel' in the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on
Wednesday 19th May at 6:00 pm. The programme included the following renditions: I > Bach JS: Preludio y Fuga en La bemol mayor > Beethoven: Sonata en La bemol mayor Op.110 No.31 > Beethoven: 32 Variaciones en Do menor II > Liszt: Tres estudios transcendentes - >>> En Fa menor (Allegro agitato) >>> Armonías de la noche >>> Caza salvaje III > Ravel: Juegos acuáticos > Debussy: Las colinas de Anacapri > Debussy: Minstrels > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor, de 'Goyescas' > Granados: El pelele, de 'Goyescas' [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau on Monday 24th May at 6:00 pm in the 'Teatro Rex' of Buenos Aires, under the sponsorship of 'Conciertos Daniel'. |
| 1948 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's recital, being the Season's Fifth Subscription Concert presented
by 'Conciertos Daniel', in the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on
Wednesday 26th May at 6:00 pm, performing a programme with the
following works: I > Mozart's Sonata en Mi bemol mayor K.282 > Weber's Sonata No.3 en Re menor II > Schubert's Marcha en Mi mayor > Schubert's Impromptu en Fa menor > Chopin's Balada en Fa menor > Chopin's Scherzo en Si menor III > Albéniz's Suite Iberia (Segundo Cuaderno): >> >Rondeña. Almería. Triana. > Debussy's La puerta del vino > Debussy's Danza [Source: Printed recital programme] |
1948 |
Argentina |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart's Piano Concerto KV 488 and Liszt's Piano Concerto
No.1, in the 'Teatro El Círculo' of Rosario on Saturday 29th May at 6:10 pm, with the Rosario Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Maestro José Francisco Berrini, as
part of the 17th Cycle sponsored by the Rosario Symphony Association. The programme commenced with Mozart's The Magic Flute overture. [Source: Electronic copy of signed concert programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau, identified as the Season's Sixth Subscription Concert presented
by 'Conciertos Daniel', in the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on
Monday 31st May at 6:00 pm, with a programme comprising the
following compositions: I > Haydn's Fantasía en do mayor > Schumann's Danzas de la Cofradía de David Op.16 II > Mendelssohn's Rondó caprichoso Op.14 > Chopin's Berceuse Op.54 > Liszt's Vals Mefisto III > Villa-Lobos's Choros No.5 > Villa-Lobos's Ciranda No.11 > Robert Palmer's Toccata ostinato > Albéniz's El Albaicín > Debussy's Estampas - >>>>Pagodas. Noche en Granada. Jardines bajo la lluvia. [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | Argentina | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 with the 'Asociación Filarmónica de Buenos Aires', under the baton of Juan José Castro on Monday 7th June at 6:15 pm, as part of the Second Subscription Concert. The programme also included Brahms's Symphony No.4 and Honegger's Sérénade à Angélique & Chant de joie. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1948 | Chile | Performances by Claudio Arrau on Wednesday 16th, Thursday 17th, Sunday 20th, Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th, and Saturday 26thJune. Thursday 17th
June: |
| 1948 | Chile | Claudio Arrau performances
in Santiago of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op 73 and Brahms’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Chile's Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta
Sinfónica de Chile] conducted by Víctor Tevah
Tellias on Friday 18th of June. [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1948 | Chile | Claudio Arrau performances
in Santiago of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54 and Brahms’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with Chile's Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta
Sinfónica de Chile] conducted by Víctor Tevah
Tellias on Sunday 27th of June. [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1948 | Colombia | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro San Jorge' of Bogotá, on Thursday 1st July at 6:00 pm, this being the third subscription event of the 'Sociedad Amigos de la Música' s 1948-49 Season. The programme comprised the following works: I > Bach J.S.: Preludio y fuga en La menor > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 Op.53 en Do mayor Waldstein II > Schumann: Arabeske Op.18 > Brahms: Variaciones sobre un tema de Paganini Op.35 >>>(primer cuaderno) > Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendente >>>Nr. 11 Harmonies du soir >>>Nr. 10 Allegro agitato molto Intermedio > Debussy: Pour le piano - Prélude. Saranande. Toccata. > Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | Chile/Mexico | Claudio Arrau is appointed Honorary Cultural Attaché of Chile with the Chilean Embassy in Mexico in July. |
1948 |
USA |
Claudio
Arrau makes his 'Telephone Hour' début on Monday 9th August at 9:00 pm over the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) radio netwok stations, accompanied by the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees. Arrau's part of the programme includes: > Liszt: Valse oubliée > Chopin: Étude in C sharp > Chopin: Final movement of Piano Concerto in E minor [Source: Telephone Topics montly, August 1948 issue, Vol.42 No.4] [Source: The Van Nuys News, California, 29 July 1948] [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 30 July 1948] [Source: The Evening Sun, Pennsylvania, 9 Aug 1948] [Source: The Cumberland News, Meryland, 9 Aug 1948] |
| 1948 | Mexico | Either: Claudio Arrau recitals on Tuesday 17th, Thursday 19th, Monday 23rd, and Tuesday 31st August. Or: Concert performances by Claudio Arrau with Mexico's Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica de México] conducted by José Ives Limantour on Tuesday 17th, Thursday 19th, Monday 23rd, and Tuesday 31st August. [This entries needs elucidation/completion] |
| 1948 | Mexico | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Degollado' de Guadalajara, Estado de Jalisco,
on Wednesday 25th August in the evening. The programme comprised the following works: > Bach: Preludio y fuga en La menor > Beethoven: Sonata No.18 Op.31 No.3 La chasse > Schumann: Arabesco > Mendelssohn: Scherzo caprichoso > Liszt: Juegos acuáticos de la Villa de Este > Brahms: Variaciones sobre un tema de Paganini, Libro II > Debussy: Cuatro preludios > Poulenc: Suite Napoli Encore: - Vals de Chopin [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 27 Aug 1948] |
| 1948 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult on Saturday 2nd October at 8:00 pm. |
| 1948 | England | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens on Sunday 3rd October at 3:00 pm. |
| 1948 | Scotland | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with The Scotish Symphony
Orchestra under Walter Susskind at the Usher
Hall of Edinburgh on Wednesday 6th October at 7:15 pm. The program also included Beethoven's Die Weihe Des Hauses Overture & Elgar's Symphony No.2. [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 27 Sept 1948] [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 7 Oct 1948] |
| 1948 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with The Scotish Symphony
Orchestra under Walter Susskind at the Saint Andrews
Hall of Glasgow on Saturday 9th October. The program also included Beethoven's Die Weihe Des Hauses Overture & Elgar's Symphony No.2. [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 11 Oct 1948] |
| 1948 | Scotland | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor with The Scotish Symphony
Orchestra under Walter Susskind at the Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, on Sunday 10th October. The program also included Wagner's The Master SingersOverture & Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4. [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 11 Oct 1948] |
| 1948 | England | Claudio Arrau recital sponsored by the Wimbledon Concert Club, performed at the Wimbledon Town Hall, North London, on
Tuesday 12th October at 7:30 pm, forming part of the Club's Second Season. The programme comprised the following works: > Bach-Liszt: Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor > Beethoven: Sonata No.18 in E-flat major Op.31 No.3 The Hunt > Schumann: Arabesque in C major > Mendelssohn: Scherzo a Capriccio > Liszt: Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este > Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 2 > Debussy: Four preludes - > > >Danseuses de Delphes > > >Les collines d'Anacapri > > >La cathedrale engloutie > > >Feux d'artifice > Poulenc: Suite Napoli - > > >Barcarolle > > >Nocturne > > >Caprice Italian [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1948 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with The BBC Symphony Orchestra
under Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall on
Wednesday 13th October at 8 pm, as part of the 1948-9 Season. |
1948 |
Netherlands |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Concertgebouw, hosted by the Amsterdam Arts Foundation [Stichting
Amsterdamsche Kunstkring], on Monday 18th October at 8:15
pm. |
| 1948 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by *Josef Krips on Sunday 5th December at 3 pm, as part of the 'Sunday Orchestral Concerts' at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture Leonora No.3 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5. [ Source: Printed concert programme and flyer] [*Source: RAH Sunday Orchestral Concerts schedule, where the conductor appears originally advertised as Artur Rodzinski] |
| 1948 | England | Only
recital by Claudio Arrau this season in London, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on
Sunday 12th December. |
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| 1948 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
of Amsterdam under Edward van Beinum. Audience and musicians alike stood up to applaud and cheer Arrau for a 12-minute ovation. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1948 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1948 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra
and Artur Rodzinski conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1948 | Italy | Claudio Arrau performs eight
recitals in eight days. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1948 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra under Thor Johnson. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1948/9 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau
as part of the 1948-49 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series Boston. [This entry needs completion] |
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1949 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major Op.83, with The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Tuesday 4th January at 8;30 pm. The orchestral programme likewise included JS Bach's Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 and Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heilger Geist BWV 654, as well as the premier of George Anthiel's Symphony No.5 Joyous. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1949 |
England |
The
February issue of The Gramophone magazine of London,
in its Letter from America section written by Harold C.
Schonberg, appraises Claudio Arrau's 1947 recording for US Columbia
of Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, with
The Little Orchestra Society of New York conducted by Thomas Scherman. A caricature of a young Claudio Arrau by Schonberg is also included. |
1949 |
U.S.A. |
Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Lincoln Stuart Theatre, Nebraska, on Tuesday 8th February at 8:30 pm, with a program consisting
of the following works: > Bach: Prelude and Fugue > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a Les adieux > Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso > Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Ravel: Pavane for a dead princess > Chopin: Ballad No.1 > Chopin: Little waltz Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: My delight > Chopin: an Étude . [Highly enthusiastic reviews in The Nebraska State Journal of 9 Feb, and The New York Times of 28 March, 1949] |
1949 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the University of Texas' Gregory Gym, with the Austin Symphony
Orchestra under guest conductor Orlando Barera on Saturday 12th February in the evening. Audience demanded and obtained an ancore. [Source: The Austin American, Texas, 13 Feb 1949] This entry needs completion. |
1949 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in D major, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos on Friday 11th March in Minneapolis's Northrop Auditorium. This farewell concert of the conductor with the orchestra also included Mozart's Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and Mahler's Symphony No.1. [Source: The American Jewish World, Minneapolis, 11 March 1949] |
1949 |
U.S.A. |
Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Sunday 27th March at 8:30 pm, with a program consisting
of: I > Mozart: Sonata in G major K.283 > Beethoven: Sonate No.26 in E-flat major Op.81a Les adieux II > Liszt: Vallée d'Obermann > Chopin: Fantasie in F minor Op.49 > Chopin: Scherzo in E major Op.54 No.4 Intermission III > Fauré: Nocturne in D-flat major No.6 Op.63 > Fauré: Impromptu in E-flat major No.1 Op.25 > Debussy: Two Études from Book I - > ->Pour les cinq doigts > ->Pour les octaves > Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (from Miroirs) Plus three encores. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Electronic copy of recital programme flyer] [Source: Highly appreciative review in The New York Times, 28 March 1949] |
| 1949 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday 3rd April at 2:45 pm, as part of the Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series 1949-1950. The programme comprised the following works: I > Schubert: Allegretto in C minor > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein II > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 Intermission III > Debussy: Pour le piano [Prèlude. Sarabande. Toccata] > Fauré: Impromptu in E flat major Op.25 No.1 > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Bartók: Allegro barbaro [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1949 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux on Tuesday 12th April and Monday 18th April, both at 8:30
pm, as part of a Beethoven Cycle at the San Francisco Opera House. [Source: Printed concert flyer] This entry needs completion. |
| 1949 | Cuba | Recital by Claudio Arrau for the Sociedad ProArte Musical (SPAM) of Havana on Monday 2nd May at 9:30 pm, as part of the 1948-49 Season. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Mozart: Rondó en La menor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata en Mi bemol mayor Op.7 > Chopin: Fantasía en Fa menor Op.49 > Chopin: Nocturno en Si bemol mayor Op.32 No.1 > Chopin: Scherzo en Mi mayor Op.54 No.4 II > Fauré: Nocturno No.6 > Debussy: Images, Libro I > Bartok: Allegro Barbaro [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1949 | Cuba | Performance by Claudio Arrau for the Sociedad ProArte Musical (SPAM) of Havana on Wednesday 4th May in the afternoon, forming part of the 1948-49 Season. [Source: Signed printed recital programme - reverse] This entry needs completion. |
1949 |
Brazil |
Two performances by Claudio Arrau in Rio de Janeiro (including one on 27th May) followed by one in São Paulo. [This entry needs completion] |
1949 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau appearance at the 'Telephone Hour' on Monday 11th July at 9:00 pm over the WTBO, WMAQ and other radio netwok stations, accompanied by the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees. Arrau's parts of the programme included: > Chopin-Liszt: My beloved > Chopin: Prélude in D minor > Grieg: Final movement of Piano Concerto in A minor [Source: The Decatur Herald, Illinoi, 20 July 1949] [Source: The Cumberland News, Maryland, 11 July 1949] |
| 1949 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Serge
Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at
the Berkshire Symphonic Festival in
[Review by Ross Parmenter, The New York Times, 1 Aug 1949] [Source: The North Adams Transcript, Massachussetts, 1 Aug 1949] [Source: The Berkshire Eagle, Massachussetts, 1 Aug 1949] |
| 1949 |
South Africa |
For
the first time in South Africa, Claudio Arrau gives a series of concerts in August-September. |
| 1949 |
Venezuela |
Claudio Arrau performance/s
in Caracas in June, with conductor Thomas Mayer. [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 27 Dec 1958] et al. This entry needs completion. |
| 1949 | England | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, on Sunday 9th October
at 7:30 pm. The performance comprised the following works: > Haydn: Fantasia in C major > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein > Schumann: Études symphoniques Op.13 > (including five variations posthumes) > Satie: Sports et divertissements > Granados: El fandango de candil (from Goyescas) > Ravel: Oiseaux tristes > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso > Debussy: Por le piano (Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata.) [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: The Stage, London, 6 & 13 Oct 1949] [Source: Daily Herald, London, 10 Oct 1949] [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 11 Oct 1949] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau's Chopin
Centenary Recital at the BBC, London, on Monday 17th October. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | Belgium | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau, interpreting Beethoven's Concerto n° 4 en sol majeur op.58, at Brussels' Palais des Beaux Arts with L'Orchestre national de Belgique conducted by Josef Krips on Thursday 20th, Saturday 22nd and Tuesday 25th October at 2:00 pm, sponsored by L'Association des Concerts du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles as part of Les Jeunesses Musicales de Belgique. The programme also included Mozart's Symphonie en mi bémol majeur K.543 and Schumann's Symphonie n° 4 en ré mineur op.120. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | Belgium | Claudio Arrau's subscription concert, interpreting Beethoven's Concerto n° 4 en sol majeur op.58, at Brussels' Palais des Beaux Arts with L'Orchestre national de Belgique conducted by Josef Krips on Sunday 23rd October at 3:00 pm, organized by L'Association des Concerts du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles as part of Les Jeunesses Musicales de Belgique. The programme also comprised Mozart's Symphonie en mi bémol majeur K.543 and Schumann's Symphonie n° 4 en ré mineur op.120. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performances
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, R.Strauss’s Burleske
in D minor, and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with The Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw
Orchester Amsterdam] under Edward van Beinum on 4th November*. [Note: Date 4th November needs corroboration] |
| 1949 | France | Performace by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1, with the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by André Cluytens, in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on Sunday 27th November at 5:45 pm. The programme also included orchestral works by Haydn, Ravel, Daniel Lesur, and Paul Dukas. [Source: Paris-presse L'Intransigeant, 27 Nov 1949] |
| 1949 | France | Recital performance by Claudio Arrau in the Salle Pleyel of Paris on Tuesday 29th November at 9:00 pm. [Source: Paris-presse L'Intransigeant, 27 & 29 Nov 1949] This entry needs completion. |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau at the BBC 'Friday
Recital', London, on 2nd December. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, with The Hallé Orchestra
under Sir John Barbirolli, at the Sheffield City
Hall on Saturday 3rd December at 7:00 pm. The programme also included Smetana's The Batered Bride overture, Debussy's L' après-midi d'un faune prelude, and Elgar's Symphony No.1. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, with The Hallé Orchestra
under Sir John Barbirolli, at the King's Hall, Belle
Vue, Manchester, on Sunday 4th December at 6:30 pm. The programme also included Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'une faune, & Elgar's Symphony No.1. [Source: Manchester Evening News, England, 29 Nov 1949] [Source: Manchester Evening News, England, 1 & 2 Dec 1949] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau's third
BBC recital in London on Monday 5th December. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau's announced performance for Tuesday 6th December at the Birmingham Town Hall was cancelled. |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau's recital
on Friday 9th December at 7:15 pm in the Eastbrook Hall, Bradford. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Chopin’s Piano Concerto
No. 1, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gaston Poulet,
at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 11th December at 3:00 pm,
as part of the 'Sunday Afternoon Orchestral Concerts', Season 1949-50. The programme likewise included: Berlioz's Overture 'Carnaval Romain', C.Franck's morceau symphonique 'Redemption', and Wagner's prelude 'Lohengrin' and overture 'Tannhauser'. Peformances broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in the evening. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Sunday Afternoon Orchestral Concert 1949 Series printed schedule] |
| 1949 | England | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Winbledon Town Hall, London, on Tuesday 13th December
at 7:30 pm. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 at the Royal Albert Hall, with the
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult,
on Wednesday 14th December at 8:00 pm, the Third Concert of the Royal
Philharmonic Society's 138th Season 1949-50. The programme also included Schumann's Overture Genoveva Op.81 and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.6. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with The Scottish Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on Friday 16th December at 7:30 pm, this being the fifth concert of the 1949-50 Season under the auspices of The Edinburgh Concert Society. The programme also included Mozart's Overture Don Giovani, Schubert Symphony No.6 in C major, and Liszt's Symphonic Poem Prometheus. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 14 & 17 Dec 1949] |
| 1949 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.83, with The Scottish Orchestra
conducted by Walter Susskind at Glasgow's St Andrew's
Hall on Saturday 17th December at 7:30 pm, as part of The Choral
and Orchestral Union of Glasgow's 1949-50 Season. The programme also included Mozart's Overture 'Don Giovanni', Schubert's Symphony No.6 & Liszt's Symphonic Poem 'Prometheus'. [Source: Printed Prospectus Season 1949-1950] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1949 | Scotland | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with The Scottish
Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind in the Green's
Playhouse of Glasgow on Sunday 18th December at 3:00 pm, this
being the Season's 'Eleventh Sunday Concert'. The programme also included Mozart's Overture 'Don Giovanni' & Brahms's Symphony No.4. [Source: Printed Prospectus Season 1949-50] |
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1949 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau is named Hijo Predilecto de México, the highest Mexican arts award. |
1949 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau is awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the |
| 1949 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1949 | France | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with L'Orchester de la société
des concerts du conservatoire and André Cluytens conducting. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1950 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall
in New York on Tuesday 10th January at 8:30 pm, as part of the 1949-50 season, with a program comprising the following works: |
| 1950 | England | The B.B.C. Hebrew Broadcasts included a piano recital by Claudio Arrau on 25th January at 8:45 pm, relayed through radios Kol Yerushalaim 373.1 metres and Kol Yisrael 36.7, 43.9, 222 metres. [Source: The Palestine Post, Jerusamen, 25 Jan 1950] |
| 1950 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau concert at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, on Monday 20th of February at 8:30 pm, with the National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional] conducted by José Yves Limantour, as organised by the 'Asociación Musical Daniel'. The
programme comprised the following works: |
| 1950 | Mexico | Farewell
recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City, presented
by the 'Asociación Musical Daniel' on Wednesday 22nd of
February at 8:30 pm. Amongst compostions forming part of the programme was Satie's Sports and divertissements. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1950 | Mexico | Music
critic Federico de Lachica highly praises the musical talents of Maestro’
Claudio Arrau when reviewing his recital of Thursday 23rd February
at the 'Gran Teatro Rex' of the Technological Artistic Society (SAT)
in Mexico City. The program consisted of: > Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven: Piano sonata No.21 in C Op.53 Aurora > Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op.13 > Satie: Sports et divertissements > Debussy: Masques > Ravel: Oiseaux tristes > Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante Nos.11 and 10 > Chopin-Liszt: Mes joies Review on page 4 of fortnightly ‘El Borrego’ No. 59, published at Colonia Alta Vista on 24th March by the Students Association of the 'Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiors de Monterrey' (ITESM), Mexico City. |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 with the National Symphony Orchestra
of Washington conducted by Howard Mitchell at the
Constitution Hall on Wednesday 1st March. The programme also included Beethoven's Symphony No.5 and R.V. Williams's Fantasy for String Orchestra. [As announced in The Washington Post of 26 February 1950 and appraised in The Washington Post of 3 March 1950] |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Cover page photograph of Claudio Arrau on the March edition of Musical America, New York, and brief biographical note on page 17. |
| 1950 | Mexico | 'Conciertos Daniel' opens its season at the 'Palacio de Bellas Artes' of Mexico City on [Saturday 4th March *], presenting Claudio Arrau as a soloist with Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Ives Limantour. The programme consisted of the following works: I > Beethoven: Obertura Leonora > Weber: Pieza para piano en Fa menor Op.79 II > Chopin: Concierto para piano No.2 en Fa menor Op.21 III > Liszt: Concierto para piano No. 2 en La mayor The performance was attended by the President of the Republic and spouse. A sold-out house with hundreds unable to secure a ticket. ... paroxysm of aesthetic emotion ... incomparable virtuosity ... extraordinary sensitivity. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 5 March 1950] *Date needs corroboration. |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital on Sunday 12th March in the evening, as the final event of the Beverly Hills Philharmonic Artist Association's subscription season. An after-concert reception in honour of Claudio Arrau is hosted by one of the Association's members, with the attendance of Chilean consular representatives. [Source: Los Angeles Times, California, 12 March 1950] This entry needs completion. |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau in the Philharmonic Auditorium of Los Angeles on Tuesday 14th March at 8:30 pm, including works by Mozart, Beethoven and others. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 11 March 1950] Actual performance needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1950 | Canada | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jacques Singer on Sunday 19th March at 2:45 pm in the Orpheum Theatre. The programme also comprised Schubert's Symphony No.5 in B flat major, and Brahms's Academic Festival Overture. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 20 March 1950] [Source: The Vancouver News Herald, 20 March 1950] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, 20 March 1950] |
| 1950 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau recital at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on Wednesday 3rd May at 9:45 pm, presented by 'Conciertos Daniel' and featuring the following programme: I > Bach: Preludio y Fuga en La menor > Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 en Si bemol mayor Op.81a Los adioses * II > Schumann: Estudios Sinfónicos Op.13 III > Albéniz: Almería > Liszt: Al borde de un manantial (No.4, 1er. Año de Peregrinación) > Liszt: Vals Mefisto Originally advertised as: * Beethoven's Sonata No.31 Op.110. [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1950 | Chile | Brief visit to Santiago in May. Performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4, with the 'Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile' conducted by Víctor Tevah, under the sponsorship of Santiago's 'Instituto de Extensión Musical', this being its winter season's fifth concert. [N.B.: A different programme had been advertised]. [Source: Electronic copy of pages 121 & 123, Revista Musical Chilena, Santiago, 1950] |
| 1950 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau in Buenos Aires* on Monday 8th May at 9:45 pm, presented by 'Conciertos Daniel' and comrpising a modified programme with the following works: |
| 1950 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Gran Rex' of Buenos Aires on Thursday 11th May at 9:45 pm, presented by 'Conciertos Daniel', featuring the following programme: I > Debussy: Images - Primer Cuaderno > Debussy: Images - Segundo Cuaderno II > Brahms: Variaciones y Fuga sobre un tema de... [unspecifed] * III > Chopin: Impromptu [unspecified] ** > Chopin: Balade No.2 en Fa menor Op.38 *** > Chopin: Scherzo No.3 en Do sostenido menor Op.39 > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 en Mi mayor Op.54 Originally advertised as: *** Liszt: Sonata en Si menor (dedicada a Schumann) *** Chopin: Scherzo No.1 en Si menor op.20 *** Chopin: Scherzo No.2 en Si bemol menor Op.31 [Source: Printed recital programme with modifications] |
| 1950 | Argentina | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 & Schumann's Piano Concerto, with the Buenos Aires Wagnerian Association Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Kinsky at the 'Gran Teatro Broadway' of Buenos Aires on Monday 15th May at 9:30 pm, as part of the Association's 38th Concert Season. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1950 | Peru | Claudio Arrau's only recital in the 'Teatro Municipal' of Lima, on Wednesday 17th May at 6:45 pm. The programme consisted of the following works: I > Mozart: Rondo en la menor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata en do mayor Op.53 Aurora II > Schumann: Fantasía en do mayor Op.15 III > Debussy: Dos estudios - xxxPara los cinco dedos xxxPara las octavas > Chopin: Dos estudios - xxxOp.10 No.8 xxxOp.10 No.6 > Liszt: Dos estudios de ejecución transcendental - >>>No. 11 Armonías de la noche >>>No. 10 en Fa menor [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme] |
| 1950 | Colombia | Recital by Claudio Arrau in the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Madellín on Monday 22nd May, sponsored by the 'Sociedad Musical Daniel' for the 1950 Season of the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. The programme included the following works: > Bach JS: Preludio y fuga en La menor > Beethoven: Sonata en La bemol mayor Op.110 > Chopin: Fantasía en Fa menor Op.49 > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 Op.54 > Brahms: Variaciones sobre un tema de Paganini, Op.35, Libro 2 > Debussy: Images, Libro 1 [This entry needs printed press corroboration] |
| 1950 | Puerto Rico | Announced Complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle in San José for May. |
1950 |
Colombia |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Madellín, on Friday 28th July, sponsored by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. [Source: 'Entre nota y nota'. Teatro Bolívar: conciertos de música académica en Medellín entre 1937 y 1954, Luisa Fernanda Villa Mejía, Graduation Paper in History Studies, University of Antioquia, Medellín] This entry needs completion. |
| 1950 | Mexico | The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica Ciudad de México] conducted by Rafael Kubelík closed its season in July with a magnificent all-Beethoven evening in which Claudio Arrau was the soloist. |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Shared
recitals including soloist Claudio Arrau, soprano Lotte Lehmann & pianist Paul Ulanowsky, and the Paganini Quartet at the
Ravinia Summer Festival, Chicago, on Tuesday 8th, Thursday 10th & Saturday 12th August in the evenings, and Sunday 13th August in the afternoon. Tuesday 8th August Arrau and Paganini Quartet: > Mozart: Quartet in G minor for Piano an Strings Arrau solo: > Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata Thursday 10th August Arrau solo: > Schubert: Three posthumous pieces Arrau, the Paganini group and Warren Benfield: > Schubert: Forellen Quintet Saturday 12th August Arrau solo: > Brahms: Paganini Variations, Books 1 and 2 Arrau and Paganini Quartet: > Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 Sunday 13th August Arrau solo: > Debussy: Trois Estampes > Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso Arrau and Paganini Quartet: > Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major Op.81 [Source: The Sentinel, Chicago, 3 Aug 1950] [Source: The Lotte Lehmann Chronology, Lotte Lehmann Foundation] |
| 1950 |
Scotland |
Claudio Arrau's second appearance at the Edinburgh Festival, with a recital at
the Usher Hall on Sunday 27th August at 2:30 pm comprising: > Mozart: Rondo in a minor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat Op.81a Das Lebewohl > Schumann: Phantasie Op.17 Interval > Ravel: Miroirs - Noctuelles, Oiseaux tristes, Une barque sur l'océan, > Ravel:Alborada del gracioso > Ravel: La vallée des cloches. > Debussy: Préludes from Book 2 - La puerta del vino & Feux d'artifice [Source: Printed recital schedule] [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1950 |
Scotland |
As
part of the Edinburgh Festival,
Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3
with the Statsradiofonien Orchestra of Copenhagen conducted by Erik
Tuxen at the Usher Hall on Tuesday 29th August at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Weber's 'Oberon' Overture and Nielsen's Symphony No.5 Op.50. [Source: Printed festival schedule] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Aberdeen Press and Journal, Scotland, 30 Aug 1950] |
1950 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major with the Yorkshire
Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Maurice Miles at the Leeds Town
Hall in West Yorkshire, on Friday 6th October at 11:00
am, as part of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. The programme also included Holst's Hymn of Jesus, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major & Brahms's Symphony No.2. [Source: 1950 Leeds Triennial Musical Festival printed schedule] [Source: 1950 Leeds Triennial Musical Festival full printed programming] [Source: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 6 Oct 1950] |
1950 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 with the Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Hugo Rignold at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Hall on Friday 10th October at 7:00 pm, as part of the
112th Season of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society's Second Tuesday
Subscription Concert. The programme also included - - Prokofieff's March from 'The Love of Three Oranges', - Bach-Klenovsky's 'Toccata and Fugue in D minor', - Martinon's 'Symphoniette Op.16 for strings, piano, harp and timpani', and - Falla's suite 'The Three-Cornered Hat'. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 11 Oct 1950] |
| 1950 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor in E flat with the BBC
Symphony
Orchestra
conducted by Issay Dobrowen at the Royal Albert
Hall on Wednesday 11th October at 8:00 pm, as part of the
BBC Symphony Concerts Season 1950-51. |
| 1950 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Josef Krips at the Royal Albert Hall
on 15th October at 3:00 pm. The programme also included Weber's Overture 'Der Freischutz' and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1950 | England | 20-minute performance
by Claudio Arrau on the BBC Television Service of 15th October at 8:00 pm. |
1950 |
England |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Alceo Galliera in the Royal Albert
Hall on Monday 16th October at 7:30 pm, as part of the
'Mysore Concerts' Subscription Series 1950-51. The programme also comprised: Reznicek's Overture Donna Diana, Debussy's Three Nocturnes, and Brahm's Symphony No.2. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1950 |
England |
Repeat recital by Claudio Arrau at His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, on Sunday 22nd October at 8:15 pm, in aid of The Allied Circle. The programme comprised - > Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Schumann: Phantasie in C major Op.17 Interval > Liszt/Thalberg/Pixis/Herz/Czerny/Chopin: > Hexameron - Morceau de concert: > Grandes Vatriations de Bravoure sur la Marche des Les > Puritans de Bellini. [Source: Printed recital programme - Royal Albert Hall] [Source: Printed recital programme - Allied Circle] [Source: Daily Herald, London, 23 Oct 1950] |
1950 |
France |
Sole recital in Paris on Wednesday 25th October at 9:00 pm in the Théâter des Champs-Élysées. |
1950 |
Luxembourg |
Radio Luxembourg broadcast a one-hour programme entitled 'Souvenirs of Hungary' at 9:30 pm on Thursday 26 October where Claudio Arrau interpreted one of Liszt's Piano Concertos with the Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henri Pensis. The programme also included a Hungarian march by Berlioz, dances Nos. 5 and 6 by Brahms, dances by Weimer, and Rhapsody No.2 by Liszt. N.B.: It is unclear if Rhapsody No.2 was the solo piano or orchestral version. [Source: La Croix, Paris, 21 Oct 1950] |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor K.491 and Liszt's Totentanz
(Dance of Death), with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
conducted by Howard Mitchell at the Constitution
Hall on Wednesday 22nd November. The programme also included a new overture by Spencer Huffman. [As announced in The Washington Post of 19 Nov 1950] This entry needs corroboration. |
1950 |
Canada | A recital by Claudio Arrau is announced for Thursday 30th November at 8:30 pm in Montreal, with the following programme: |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21 at the Metropolitan Opera House, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra under Fritz Busch on 10th December, as part of the U.N. Human Rights Day Concert, in celebration of the 2nd anniversary of the Adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [CD: Music and Arts CD-1158(1), USA, 2005] [CD: Guild GHCD 2354, England, 2009] |
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| 1950 | Colombia | Only recital by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro de Colón of Bogotá, attended by an admiring full-house, featuring a programme which included: > Mozart: Rondó en La menor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 en Do mayor Op.53 Aurora > Debussy: Two études > Chopin: Two études > Liszt: Two études [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra and Antal Dorati conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1950 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Chopin’s Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante
Op 22, Krakowiak concert rondo Op 14, and Variations on Là
ci darem la mano Op 2, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
under Thor Johnson. [This entry needs completion] |
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1951 |
Mexico |
The US Consulate in Guadalajara broadcasts on 16th February at 14:15 hrs, through the Jalisco State Cultural Radio Station XEJB, a programme of performances by Claudio Arrau, including a waltz by Liszt, the étude in C sharp No.4 by Chopin, and the third movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.11, with the orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 16 Feb 1951] |
| 1951 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's appearance
in Aaron Richmond's Celebrity Series, at the Jordan Hall, New England
Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday
11th March in the afternoon. [Source: Printed flyer] This entry needs completion. |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op. 54 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, with the New
York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Victor de Sabata on Thursday 15th March at 8:45 pm. The programme also comprised JS Bach's Passacaglia in C minor BWV582, Debussy's Images pour orchestre II: Ibéria, and Beethoven's Symphony No.7 Op.92. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op. 54 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, with the New
York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Victor de Sabata on Friday 16th March at 2:30 pm. The programme also comprised JS Bach's Passacaglia in C minor BWV582, Debussy's Images pour orchestre II: Ibéria, and Beethoven's Symphony No.7 Op.92. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's participation at the Young People's Concert with a performance of C.M. von Weber’s Konzertstück in F minor Op.79 in the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, with the New
York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Igor Buketoff on Saturday 17th March at 11:30 am. The programme also contained Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Haydn's 4. Allegro di molto from Symphony No.94 Surprise, A. Lyadov's Eight Russian Folksongs Op.58, and O.L. Fernández's Reisado do pastoreio - Batuque. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op. 54 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, with the New
York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Victor de Sabata on Sunday 18th March at 2:45 pm. |
| 1951 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Carlos Chávez's Piano Concerto
under the composer's baton, with the Mexican National Symphony Orchestra
[Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México] on Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd April at the Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes. [Source: Account by reporter William P. Varney in The New York Times, 2 April 1951] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 31 March 1951] |
| 1951 | Italy | Claudio Arrau performance
at Teatro Lirico di Milano on Thursday 5th April, organised by the
Società del Quartetto. >
Schubert: Allegretto in do minore >
Chopin: Balata op.52 |
| 1951 | England | The May 'Musical Events' monthly of London shows Claudio Arrau on the cover page, along with recital details on page 15 and brief biographical notes on page 29. |
1951 |
England |
The
Columbia Record Guide of May includes on page 12 an appraisal
of Claudio Arrau's masterly command of the keyboard, and advertises
the release of his 78rpm recordings of Chopin's Scherzo No.4 Op.54 and
My Joys on Columbia 78rpm LX8792-3. [A photograph] |
| 1951 | Italy | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in Venice, with Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice on Saturday 5th May. |
| 1951 |
England |
Special recital by Claudio Arrau, as part of the Festival of Britain organised by the Orchestral Concerts Society Ltd in conjunction with The London Season of The Arts, at 8:00 pm on Friday 11th May at 8:00 pm in The Royal Festival Hall, with a programme consisting of: From
recital programme: From
recital flyer: |
| 1951 |
England |
Claudio Arrau plays
the complete Beethoven's sonata
cycle plus the Diabelli
Variations on BBC Radio's Third Programme in May/June. The cycle, which attracted great acclaim, was given in a series of 16 broadcasts over a period of four weeks. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1951
|
Israel
|
Claudio Arrau's first tour of
The tour was reported to have created "... some of the wildest scenes of audience enthusiasm ever seen in this country". "... Arrau tickets had to be rationed two to a person, placing them in the same scarce category as butter, meat, eggs and clothing." [News report in The New York Times of 15 June 1951] [Source: The American Jewish World, 22 June 1951] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, Canada, 22 Sept 1951] These programmes need completion. |
| 1951 | England | Broadcast performance by Claudio Arrau of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1,
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham on Wednesday 20th
June in the evening. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1951 | France | All-Beethoven sonata recital by Claudio Arrau in the Salle Pleyel of Paris on Friday 22nd
June at 9:00 pm, as part of the 'semaines musicales internationales de Royaumont'. The programme comprised four sonatas. [Source: La Croix, Paris, 16 June, 1951] [Source: L'Aurore, Paris, 19 June, 1951] This entry needs completion |
| 1951 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2,
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Walter Susskind (replacing an indisposed Sir Adrian Boult) at the Royal Festival Hall of London on Wednesday 27th
June at 7:30 pm, as part of the Festival of Britain Concert Series. [Source: Printented concert flyer] [Source: Printed concert programme, with amendment] |
1951
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Israel
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Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Edison Hall of Jerusalem on Friday 6th July at 9:00 pm, as part of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's 1950/51 Season. |
| 1951 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4,
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales, on Sunday 8th
July at 7:30 pm, as part of the Festival of Britain Concert Series. The programme also comprised Haydn's Symphony No.104 in D The London, V.Williams's Overture The Wasps, Strauss's Symphonic Poem Don Juan & Wagner's Overture The Mastersingers. [Source: Cheshire Observer, England, 23 June 1951]. |
1951
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U.S.A.
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Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, at Los Angeles's Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under guest conductor Izler Solomon, on Tuesday 22nd July at 8:30 pm, as part of the 'symphonies under the stars' series, co-sponsored by the Southern California Symphony Association. The programme also comprised Weber's Overture to 'Oberon', and Brahms's Symphony No.4 in E minor. [Source: Printed programme from the Hollywood Bowl Magazine - Second Week, July 22, 24, 26 - 1952] |
| 1951
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U.S.A.
|
Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano
Concerto No. 1 on 23rd July at the Lewisohn
Stadium, City College of New York, under Pierre Monteux conducting the Stadium
Concerts Symphony. The audience demanded (solo) encores: > Mendelssohn's Rondo capriccioso, > Chopin's Etude in C sharp minor from Op 10, > Bartók's Allegro barbaro, and > Chopin-Liszt's My Joys. [Review by R.P. in The New York Times, 24 July 1951] |
| 1951 | Canada | Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, with the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra under guest conductor William Steinberg, on Sunday 30th September at 2:30 pm in the Orpheum Theatre, and repeated on Monday 1st October at 8:00 pm in the International Cinema, Vancouver. |
1951/52 |
U.S.A. |
Celebrated monaural recordings by Claudio Arrau of five Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt for US Columbia Studios, NY, on Wednesday 24 October 1951 and Friday 22 February 1952, not released
until 1978 by Desmar. |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra under Rafael Kubelík on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd November. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor Op 21, with the El Paso Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Orlando Barera on Thursday 15th November. [Source: El Paso Herald-Post, Texas, 16 Nov 1951] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Thor Johnson
conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at the Cincinnati Music Hall on Friday 7th December at 2:14 pm and Saturday 8th December at 8:30 pm. The first part of the programme included Corelli's Suite for String Orchestra & Sibelius's Symphony No.1 Opus 39. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1951 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor at the Kansas City Music Hall, this being a subscription function with the Kansas City Philharmonic
Orchestra under the baton of Hans Schweiger on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th December in the evenings. Numerous stage calls. [Source: The Kansas City Times, Missouri, 19 Dec 1951] |
| 1951/60 |
England |
Claudio Arrau makes recordings of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Grieg,
Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky for the English
Columbia label (EMI). |
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1951/2 |
U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Milton Academy of Boston, as part of the Gratwick Concert Series. [This entry needs completion] |
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1952 |
U.S.A. |
Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau on Friday 18th January at the Iowa Memorial Union,
State University of Iowa, as part of the University Concert Course,
with a program consisting of: |
1952 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Fantasy in E minor on
Hungarian Folk Tunes, with Alexander Hilsberg conducting
The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th February, at 2:30 pm and 8:30 pm respectively, as part of the 1951-52 Season. The programme also included Locatelli's Concerto for Four Violins, string Orchestra and Organ Op.1 No.12, Schubert's Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, and Bartok's Dance Suite for orchestra. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1952 | USA | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Alexander Hilsberg
conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra at the main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York,
on Tuesday 19th February at 8:30 pm, as part of the 1951-52 Season. The Concerto was the last item in a program of orchestral works also including Wagner's Lohengrin Prelude to Act III, Schubert's Symphony No.5, and Bartok's Dance Suite for Orchestra. [Source: Printed concert programme - Large] [Source: Printed concert programme - Small] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
1951/52 |
U.S.A. |
Celebrated monaural recordings by Claudio Arrau of five Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt for US Columbia Studios, NY, on Wednesday 24 October 1951 and Friday 22 February 1952, not released
until 1978 by Desmar. |
| 1952 | Colombia | Claudio Arrau's recital in the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Medellín on Friday 14th March, sponsored by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. The performance included: > Beethoven: Rondó en Sol mayor Op.51 No.2 > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 en Do menor Op.111. > Brahms: Variaciones y fuga sobre un tema de Handel Op.24 > Debussy: Pour le piano > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor (de Goyescas) [This entry needs printed presorroboration] |
| 1952 | Mexico | The Mexican-US Cultural Institute in the State of Jalisco broadcasts a programme through a local radio station, on Sunday 30th March at 2:00 pm, which included Claudio Arrau as soloist in César Frank's Symphonic Variations, with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. |
| 1952 | U.S.A. | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in the Philharmonic Audiorium on Friday 4th April at 2:15 pm. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 4 April 1952] This entry needs completion. |
| 1952 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau is reported to admire modern music and even plan to play it. - Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions, and Walter Piston of the USA. |
| 1952 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
in London of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 and Tchaikovsky's Piano
Concerto No.1, at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 15th May
at 7:30 pm, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter
Susskind, as part of the International Celebrity Music
Festival. |
| 1952 | England | Pianist and broadcaster Joseph Cooper writes in the BBC's 'Radio Times' weekly, published on Friday 16th May, an impression of the world-famous pianist Claudio Arrau, coinciding with a recital broadcast at 8:00 pm on the BBC Home Services. Apart from some essential biographical details, Mr. Cooper highlights Arrau's intellectual and artistic persuits, his command of five languages, physical stamina, technical dexterity, and vast repertoire. [Page 9. Photograph.] |
| 1952 | England | On Wednesday 21st May BBC Radio Three commences broadcasting a complete cycle of Beethoven 32 piano sonatas & named variations, in a series of 16 evening radio recitals by Claudio Arrau. [Source: Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland, 19 & 26 May, 6 June, 1952] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 6 & 21 June 1952] [Source: Belfast Telegraph, 6 June 1952] [Source: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 13 June 1952] et al. This entry needs completion. |
| 1952 | England | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 27th May at 8:00 pm,
with a programme consisting of: |
| 1952 | U.S.A. | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau in the Hollywood Bowl, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Izler Solomon on Tuesday 22nd July, sponsored by the Hollywood Bowl Association. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 22 July 1952] This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1952 |
Austria |
Claudio Arrau to give a three-week piano master course at the Salzburg Summer Academy running from 1st to 21st August. The Academy director, Prof. Eberhard Preussner, will select 20 of the best prepared students from all over the world to work with Arrau, who will instruct his classes in four languages (French, English, German, and Spanish) as needed. [Source: The Terre Haute Tribune, Indiana, 19 May 1952] This announced event needs corroboration |
1952 |
Austria |
Second appearance by Claudio Arrau at the Salzburg Festival on 27 August: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4with Igor
Markevitch conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
[Weimer Philharmoniker] in the Festspielhaus at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Schubert's Symphony No.3 and Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps. [Source: 1952 Salzburg Festival printed schedule] |
| 1952 |
U.S.A. |
The
September issue of Américas
magazine [published in Washington by The Pan-American Union, General
Secretariat of the Organization of American States, in Spanish,
English and Portuguese] contains an article by Cecil M. Smith, entitled
'Claudio Arrau, musical ambassador'. The writer surveys Arrau's extraordinary international career so far, basic biographical aspects, influence of Professor Martin Krause, deep interpretative approach to music, ample repertoire, exclusion of light music, and close links with native Chile and his mother. [Spanish language version: Volume 4, No.9, pages 9 to 11 and 28, eight photographs] |
| 1952 |
South
Africa |
Tour
of South Africa, with nine sold-out concerts in Johannesburg alone,
generously treated to the highest critical acclaim. The Johannesburg Rand Daily Mail of 13 Sept 1952 contains a most appreciative assessment of Arrau's artistry in an article by P.B. entitled "Claudio Arrau, Aristocrat Among Pianists". [Actual performances need to be researched] |
1952 |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Jordan Hall, Boston, on Sunday 19th
October in the afternoon, this being the opening event of the Celebrity Series presented by Aaron Richmond. |
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1952 |
Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau at the Northrop Auditorium with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on Friday 7th November at 8:30 pm. |
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1952 |
Claudio Arrau's recital performance as his contribution to the homage rendered to bibliographer, writer and historian José Toribio Medina at the Pan American Union Hall of Nations, Washington D.C., in November. |
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Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday 25th
November at 8:30 pm, as part of the Seventh Annual Extra Concert
Series presented by the University of Michigan Musical Society. |
1952 |
Claudio Arrau performance
at the Del Mar College's Richardson Performance Hall, with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra of Texas, conducted by Maestro Frederick Vajda on Monday 1st December. |
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| 1952/3 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau makes recordings of
solo piano works by Beethoven and Chopin for the American Decca
label. |
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| 1952 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79, with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra and Antal Dorati conducting. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1952 | Italy | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Teatro Nuovo di Milano, organised by the Società del Quartetto. |
| 1952 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Josef Krips conducting The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche
Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam]. [This entry needs completion] |
1952 |
Colombia |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Bolívar' of Madellín, sponsored by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. [Source: 'Entre nota y nota'. Teatro Bolívar: conciertos de música académica en Medellín entre 1937 y 1954, Luisa Fernanda Villa Mejía, Graduation paper in History Studies, University of Antioquia, Medellín] This entry needs corroboraiton/completion. |
1952/3 |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau as part of the 1952-53 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series of Boston.
[This entry needs completion] |
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| 1953 | U.S.A. | On the occasion of Claudio Arrau's visit to Boston, The Boston Herald of 10th January publishes an article by Rudolph Elie appraising the extraordinarily unique qualities of Arrau's interpretation. |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major Op.83 on Saturday 17th January at 2:30 pm, in the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch. The programme likewise comprised J.S. Bach's Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614, Ravel's Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, and A.Honegger's La danse des morts. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau announced performance
of Mozart's Piano Concerto in B flat minor K.595 and R.Strauss's Burleske for piano and orchestra, forming part of the Baltimore Series of the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Howard Mitchell at the Lyric Theatre (Opera House),
Maryland, on Tuesday 27th January at 8:30 pm. The programme also included: R.Strauss's Don Juan, Berlioz's Royal Hunt and Storm, and Rudolph Ganz's Love, Yet Laughter. [Source: The Evening Sun, Pennsylvania, 24 Jan 1953] This announced program needs corroboration. |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's 50th
birthday subscription performance of Tchaikovsky's
Piano Concerto No.1, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson at the
Cincinnati Music Hall on Friday 6th February and Saturday 7th. Article by Henry S. Humphreys on The Cincinnati Times-Star of 7th February, entitled 'Claudio Arrau gives audience birthday party', refers to a: "...rich and delicious" rendition with "sparkling cadenzas..." "...from the gods". [Source: Electronic cover page of printed concert programme] [Source: Revista Musical Chilena, 1954] This entry needs completion. |
| 1953 | Cuba | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 at the 'Teatro Auditorium' of Havana,
on Sunday 22nd February at 10:45 am, and Monday 23rd February
at 9:30 pm, with the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica
de La Habana] conducted by Frieder Weissmann. The programme also included: Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon Overture, and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. [Source: Electronic copy of autographed printed concert programme] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Page Auditorium of Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
on 26th February, kindly appearing for pianist Rudolph Serkin
who reported ill, with an extensive program consisting of works by
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Debussy, and Granados. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Thursday 12th March at 8:45 pm, with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of
New York under the baton of Guido Cantelli. The programme also included Anton Eberl's Symphony in C major, Debussy's Symphonic Fragments from Le martyre de St Sébastien, and Ravel's Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloé. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Friday 13th March at 2:30 pm, with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of
New York conducted by Guido Cantelli. The programme also comprised Anton Eberl's Symphony in C major, Debussy's Symphonic Fragments from Le martyre de St Sébastien, and Ravel's Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloé. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall on Sunday
15th March at 2:30 pm, with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of
New York conducted by Guido Cantelli. The programme was radio broadcast and also included: Brahms's Tragic Overture Opus 81, Debussy's four excerpts from Le martyre de St Sébastien, and Ravel's Suite No.2 from Daphnis et Chloé [Source: Printed concert programme - Large] [Source: Printed concert programme - Small] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] CDs of Liszt's piano concerto: - Music and Arts CD-625, USA,1989 - AS Disc: AS 509, Italy, 1989. |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Announced Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay at the Titania Palace Cinema in Steglitz, Berlin, on 19 and 20 April, was cancelled due to illness. Pianist Conrad Hansen filled in for Arrau. N.B.: Arrau has not returned to Germany since he departed in May 1940. |
| 1953 | England | Piano recital by Claudio Arrau, as part of the Thirty-third Season 1952-53 Oxford
Subscription Concerts, at the New Theatre on Thursday 21st May.
The programme consisted of the following works: > Mozart: Rondo in D major, K.485 > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Schumann: Fantasia in C major Op.17 Interval > Debussy: Pour le piano [Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata] > Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale [from Goyescas] > Granados: El pelele > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Banbury Guardian, Oxfordshire, 9 Oct 1952] |
| 1953 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Dr. Karl Rankl (replacing an
indisposed Josef Krips), as part of an all-Beethoven
'Grand Coronation Concert' held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday
31st May at 3:00 pm. The programme commenced with Beethoven's Symphony No.8 and concluded with Beethoven's Symphony No.5. [Source: Printed Souvenir Coronation Concert programme] |
| 1953 | Israel | After
a resounding success in his 1951 first tour of Israel, Arrau visits
for the second time to perform several concerts and recitals over
most of the month of June, until the 28th. |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik at
Ohel Shem High School, Tel Aviv, on Wednesday 3th June. |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik at
the Binyanei HaUma International Convention Center, Jerusalem, on Thursday 4th June. |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Rafael Kubelik conducting, at the Ohel Shem Hall of Tel Aviv, on Monday 8th June, as part of the 1952/03 Season (subscription concert No.10). The
programme also included Martinu's Concerto for Two String Orchesters,
Piano, and Timpani; and Dvorak's Symphony No.2. |
1953 |
Israel |
Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Edison Hall of Jerusalem on Wednesday 10th June
at 9:00 pm, as part of the 1952/53 Season, with a programme consisting of: |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik at
Armon Cinema, Haifa, on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th June. |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21 with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik at
Ohel Shem High School, Tel Aviv, on Sunday 21st June. |
| 1953 | Israel | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under visiting conductor Heinz Freudenthal at the Armon Hall of Haifa, on Wednesday 24th June at 9:00 pm, as part of the 1952/03 Season (special subscription concert No.5). The
programme also included Verdi's La Forza del Destino Overture,
Kurt Weill's Kleine Dreigrosehenmusik for wind players,
and Hugo Alfven's Midsummernight's Watch Swedish Rhapsody. |
| 1953 | Israel | Farewell
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Armon Hall of Haifa on Thursday 25th June
at 9:00 pm, forming part of the 1952/03 Season. |
| 1953 | England | Claudio Arrau's recital in London on Tuesday 30th June at 8:00 pm, at the Royal Festival Hall, with a programme including the following works: >
Mozart: Sonata in D major K.576 |
| 1953
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 at the Lewisohn Stadium (College
of the City of New York), with the Stadium Concerts Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Smallens, on Thursday 23rd
July at 8:30 pm. The all-Brahms programme also included Academic Festival Overture Op.80 and Symphony No.2 Op.73. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The New York Times, 26 July 1953] |
1953
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance on 9th August in the final concert of the
[Source: The New York Times, 10 Aug 1953 - News report] [Source: Newport Daily News, Rhode Island, 10 Aug 1953] This entry needs completion. |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Charles Munch on 1st September. [CD: WHRA 6015, CD 7, Canada, 2007] This entry needs completion. |
| 1953 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau's concerto
performance with Mexico's Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica
de México] conducted by José Francisco Vázquez
Cano on Sundays 20th and 27th September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1953 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau recital
on the 29th of September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1953 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau writes an article in The New York Times of 11th October,
entitled Beethoven Sonatas,
whereby Arrau explains his views as to why a pianist should play
all 32. |
| 1953 |
U.S.A. |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the St. Paul Auditorium Theatre of Minnesota on Tuesday 27th
October, as part of The Schubert Club's 71st Season.
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| 1953/54 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performs the Program
V: Saturday |
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1953 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's mother, Lucrecia León de Arrau, moves from
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1953 |
India |
Claudio Arrau first tour of
The first recital consisted of works by Mozart and Beethoven. Mr. and Mrs. Arrau stayed at the Swiss Hotel in Old Delhi. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1953? | U.S.A. | Public performance/s by Claudio Arrau at the Carnegie Hall, New York, interpreting Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso Op.14, Chopin-Liszt's Chant Polonais Mes Joies, and Liszt's Gnomenreigen, as filmed by Robert Snyder. [Source: Carnegie Hall Video Archives] [This entry needs clarification/completion] |
| 1953 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
of Amsterdam under Edward van Beinum. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1953 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 (K 595), with the National
Symphony Orchestra [of Washington] conducted by H. Mitchell. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs corroboration] |
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| 1954 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau interprets Chopin’s Variations on Mozart's Là ci darem la mano Op 2, and Franz Liszt’s Totentanz for piano and orchestra (Danse Macabre), with
the Little Orchestra Society and Thomas Scherman
conducting at a
Miles Kastendieck appraises a brilliant performance in the New York Journal-American of 6th January. [Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle, Michigan, 26 Jan 1954] Unique live recording of this performance of Totentanz held by the New York Public Library, Catalog No. LT-10 4205, duration: 16’15”. |
1954 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Kansas City Music Hall on Friday 8th January in the evening, this being Arrau's seventh Kansas City appearance in 12 years. The program featured the following compositions: I > Mozart: Sonata No.17 in D mayor > Beethoven: Sonata No.23 in F minor Appassionata II > Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale (Goyescas) > Granados: El pelele > Albéniz: Fête Dieu à Seville (Iberia) > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz Encores > Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso > Chopin-Liszt: Polish Song No.5 > Chopin: Étude No.4 [Source: The Kansas City Times, Missouri, 9 Jan 1954] |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau is reported to have recorded the piano sound track for the newly shot MGM film Rhapsody, directed by Charles Vidor, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Vittorio Gassman. |
1954 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Helena Civic Center Auditorium, Montana, on Thursday 28th January at 8:15 pm, as part of the Center's Community Concert Series. The solo piano program included compositions by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Debussy, and Granados. |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | The February edition of ETUDE, the music magazin, published monthly by Theodore Presser Co. of Philadelphia, contains an article entitled An approach to Beethoven, edited from an interview with Claudio Arrau by Rose Heylbut. Pages 9, 62 and 63. One photograph. |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's conclusion of the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle at the
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| 1954 | Germany | First post-war, triumphant return public performances by Claudio Arrau in Berlin in March. - Solo recitals and three orchestral appearances. - Arrau receives the welcoming of a homecoming hero. - Superlative critic acclaim. |
| 1954 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 on Sunday 14th and Monday 15th March,
at 11:00 am and 7:30 pm respectively, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] conducted
by Milan Horvat (from Dublin), at the Titania Palace of Steglitz. |
| 1954 | Germany | Sold-out recital by Claudio Arrau at the Hamburg's Music Hall on Wednesday 24th March at 8:00 pm (5. Klavierabend), as part of the PRO-ARTE Zyklus. The programme consisted
of works by: |
| 1954 | Germany | Sold-out
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Berlin's College of Music [Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik] on Thursday 25th March at 8:00 pm, with a program consisting
of: |
| 1954 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's recital at Ludwigsburg (Schloss, Ordensaal) on Saturday 27th March, with a programme comprising the following compositions: I > Mozart: Rondo D-dur KV 485 > Beethoven: Klaviersonate No.23 f-Moll op.57 Appassionata II > Schumann: Fantasie C-Dur op.17 III > Debussy: Pour le piano (Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata) > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso Encores - > Liszt/Chopin: Meine Freuden (Chant polonais Nr.5) > Chopin: Étude cis-Moll op.10 Nr.4 > Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso E-Dur op.14 [CD: SWR Music, SWR19054CD, Germany, 2018] |
| 1954 | England | Renditions
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 in G & Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 18th April
at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Beethoven Symphony No.8 & Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Electronic copy of signed programme cover] |
| 1954 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, held at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday 20th April at 7:00 pm, with the Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold, as part of the Tuesday Subscription Concerts of the Liverpool
Philharmonic's 115th Season. In addition, the programme featured Strauss's Symphonic Poem Don Juan & Shostakovitch's Sympnony No.1. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 12 & 21 April 1954] |
| 1954 | England | Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, occupying the second half of a shared function held by the Ripley Recorded Music Society, Derbyshire, on Tuesday 27th April. [Source: Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, England, 30 April 1954] |
| 1954 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Rafael Kubelik, an International Celebrity
Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 2nd May at 7:30
pm. The programme also included Brahms's Academic Festival Overture and Symphony No.1. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1954 | Croatia | Recital by Claudio Arrau for the Musical Artists Association of Croatia [Udruženje Muziĉkih Umjetnika Hrvatske] on Tuesday 11th May, at 8:00 pm, in the City of Istria's Concert Hall. The programme consisted of: I > Mozart: Rondo in D major > Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel II > Granados: La fille et le rossignol > Granados: El pelele > Albéniz: Fête Dieu à Seville > Liszt: Petrarke Sonet No.123 > Liszt: Mefisto Valcer [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] |
| 1954 | Portugal | Claudio Arrau's recital
at the 'Teatro Nacional de São Carlos' in Lisbon on Saturday 22th May at 9:45 pm, as part of the Musical Culture Circle's 20th Season 1953-54. |
| 1954 | Portugal | Recital performance by Claudio Arrau
at the 'Teatro Municipal São Luíz' of Lisbon on Tuesday 25th May at 6:30 pm, forming part of the Círculo de Cultura Musical's 20th Season 1953-54. |
| 1954 | England | Recital performance
by Claudio Arrau at The Forum, Bath Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 27th May at 7:30 pm, as part of the Festival of Bath (May 15-29) in association with The Arts Council of Great Britain. The programme comprised the following works, of which the first three items were broadcast: > Mozart: Rondo in B major > Haydn: Andante con Variazione > Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op.25 > Granados: La maja y el ruiseñor > Granados: El pelele > Albéniz: Fête-Dieu à Seville > Liszt: Sonneto del Petrarca No.123 > Liszt: Mephisto waltz [Source: Whiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser, 15 May 1954] [Source: The Sketch, 19 May 1954] [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
| 1954 | England | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the London Symphony
Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall under Josef Krips
on 28th May at 8:00 pm. |
| 1954 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Brahms's Pianoforte Concerto No.1 Op.15 at Edinburgh's Usher Hall under Karl Rankl conducting the Scottish National Orchestra on Monday 31st May at 7:30 pm. |
1954 |
U.S.A. |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor at the Lewisohn Stadium (City College of New York) on Monday 28 June
in the evening, with the Stadium Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux, this being the Summer's second all-Beethoven program. Most positive review of Monteux and Arrau by Paul Affelder for The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 29 June 1954. |
1954 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's participation in an all-Beethoven programme of chamber music at Tanglewood's Theater-Concert Hall (Lenox, Massachusetts) to open the 17th Berkshire Festival on Thursday 8th July at 8:30 pm. The Bel'Arte String Trio also took part in this event. Mr. Arrau's part of the program consisted of three Beethoven sonatas. He donated his services this evening to the Berkshire Music Center. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 2 July 1954] [Source: The Kinston Daily Freeman, New York, 8 July 1954] [Source: The North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts, 10 July 1954] This entrry needs completion. |
| 1954 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto in E flat major under guest conductor Pierre Monteux
directing the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Berkshire Music Festival of Tanglewood in
Most appreciative review of Monteux and Arrau by Olin Downes for The New York Times of 12 July 1954. [Also: The North Adams Transcript, Massachussetts, 12 July 1954] The programme needs completion. |
1954 |
Colombia |
All-Betthoven sonata recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Lido' of Medellín on Friday 16th July, organized by 'Sociedad Musical Daniel' and sponsored by the 'Sociedad Amigos del Arte'. The programme encompassed the following works: > Sonata No.7 en Re mayor Op.10 No.3 > Sonata No.18 en Mi bemol mayor Op.31 No.3 > Sonata No.30 en Mi mayor Op.109 > Sonata No.23 en Fa menor Op.57 Appasionata [Source: Medellín Mensual, Julio de 1954, et al.] |
1954 |
Chile |
First recital by Claudio Arrau at the Teatro Municipal of Santiago this season, on Thursday 29th July at 7:00 pm, offering the following programme: |
1954 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau recitals
at the 'Teatro Municipal' of Santiago on Wednesday 28th July and Sunday 1st August. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1954 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Mozart's Piano Concerto K.595 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2
Op.83 on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st of July. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1954 |
Uruguay |
Only recital by Claudio Arrau as part of the 1954 Official Season of Montevideo, on Wednesday 18th August at 6:45 pm in the 'Estudio Auditorio S.O.D.R.E'.*, with a programme consisting of: |
1954 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau is made
an - Honorary Member of the Chilean National University's Faculty of Musical Science and Art, on 24th August. [Source: Revista Musical Chilena, October 1954] |
| 1954 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the visiting Hamburg
Radio Symphony Orchestra [Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Orchester] conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh Festival, on Tuesday 31st August
at 8:00 pm. The
programme also included Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements,
and Brahms's Symphony No.2 Op.73. |
| 1954 | Scotland | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Saturday 4th September, as part of the
Edinburgh International Festival of Music & Drama, with a program
comprising: > Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor > Chopin's Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52 > Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op.61 No.1 > Chopin's Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54 Intermission > Liszt's Deux légends: >. St François d' Assise - La prédication aux oiseaux > St François de Paule - Marchant sur les flots > Chopin's Sonata in B minor Op.58 [Source: Printed festival schedule] [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1954 | Scotland |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54 with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan at the Usher Hall,
Edinburgh, on Monday 6th September at 8:00 pm, as part of the 1954 Edinburgh
International Festival. |
1954 |
Singapore |
Claudio Arrau performance/s in September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1954 |
Ceilon |
Claudio Arrau performance/s in September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1954 |
Bombay |
Claudio Arrau performance/s in September. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1954 | England |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37 with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Josep Krips at the Royal Festival
Hall, London, on Tuesday 28th September, forming part of the
1954 International Celebrity Concert programme. The programme also comprised R.Strauss's Don Juan Tone Poem, and Schubert's Symphony No.9 in C major The Great. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1954 | England |
Piano
recital by Claudio Arrau in London on Wednesday 29th September, as the first of a weekly series of autumn performances by the world's greatest living instrumentalists, broadcast on the BBC Television and shared with France. |
| 1954 | England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra under Josep Krips at the Royal Festival
Hall, London, on Thursday 30th September at 8:00 pm, as part of the 1954
International Celebrity Concert programme. The programme also comprised Mozart's Symphony No.41 in C major Jupiter, and Schubert's Symphony No.9 in C major The Great. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1954 | England |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at The Dome, Brighton, on Sunday 3rd October at 14:45 hrs, as part of the International Celebrity Recitals sponsored by The Brighton Philharmonic Society. The programme featured the following works: > Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major K.576 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Book 2 Interval > Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas) > Granados: El pelele > Albéniz: Fête-Dieu à Seville > Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca No.104 > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz Encores: > Chopin-Liszt: Meine Freuden > Chopin: An unspecified favourate composition [Source: Signed printed recital programme] [Source: Sussex Agricultural Express, 24 Sept, 8 Oct, 1954] [Source: Worthing Herald, 8 Oct 1954] et al. |
| 1954 | England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor with
the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under guest conductor Alfred
Wallenstein, on Tuesday 5th October at 7:30 pm, this
being the Liverpool Philharmonic Society's Second Tuesday Subscription
Concert of its 116th season. The programme also included Bruckner's Symphony No.4 in E flat Romantic. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 6 Oct 1954]. |
| 1954 | England |
The Autumn issue of The Listener magazine, published by the British Broadcasting Corporation in London on 7th October (Vol. LII No.1336), includes a photograph with the caption "Claudio Arrau at the piano on September 29" and a brief note by critic Philip Hope-Wallace to record his ecstatic admiration for the pianist [page 589]. |
| 1954 | England |
Announced piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, London, comprising works by Beethoven and Liszt, on Thursday 7th October at 8:00 pm, and forming part of the International Celebrity Concert schedule, was cancelled by the pianist due to exhaustion. |
| 1954 | Wales | Swansea
Festival of Music and the Arts, October 11th to 16th: Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3, with The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli, at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, on 11th October at 7:30 pm, in a programme also including Brahms's Academic Festival Overture and Symphony No.2. [Source: Printed Festival Programme] |
1954 |
Netherlands |
Claudio Arrau performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 on Saturday 16th October at 8:00 pm, with The Hague Resident Orchestra [Het Residentie-Orkest] of the Utrecht's Arts and Sciences House [Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen], conducted by Willem van Otterloo, in celebration of its 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee. The programme also included Alexander Voormolen's Sinfonia, and Anton Bruckner's Symphonie No.3. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
1954 |
Germany |
Only recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Wednesday 20th October at 8:00 pm. The programme was as follows: > Mozart: Fantasie d-moll KV 397 > Beethoven: Sonate As-dur Op.110 > Brahms: Händel-Variationen > Granados: [unspecified] > Albéniz: [unspecified] > Liszt: [unspecified] [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1954 |
Germany |
Broadcast
performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with
the 'Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester' (now renamed WDR Sinfonieorchester
Köln) under Otto
Klemperer, recorded
at Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne,
on 25th
October. CD releases: - ICA Classics WDR ICAC 5045, Austria, 2011. - Music and Arts CD-1158, 2005, and CD-625, 1989, USA. - La Grande Classica BBBCD9015, Italy, 1995. |
1954 |
Austria |
For the first time after the WWII, master pianist Claudio Arrau plays in the Musik Association's Great Hall [Grossen Musikvereins-Saal] of Vienna, on Thursday 28th October at 7:30 pm. The programme comprised the following works: I. > Mozart: Rondo D-Dur, K.V. 485 > Beethoven: Sonate f-moll op.57 Appassionata > Schumann: Fantasie C-Dur op.17 II. > Debussy: Pour le piano - >>>>Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata. > Ravel: Jeux d'eau > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [Source: Printed recital programme] |
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Germany |
Broadcast
performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with
the 'RIAS* Symphonie-Orchester' of Berlin under Georg
Ludwig Jochum
(rather than Eugen Jochum)
on 31st
October and 1st November (rather
than 1st
January). *[RIAS: Radio In The American Sector / Radio im Amerikanischem Sektor (of Berlin)] [Sources: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)], et al. CD: Hunt Productions HUNTCD 511, France/Italy, 1986? |
| 1954 | Italy | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2, with Nino Sanzogno conducting the Orchestra della Scala, Milano, on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th November at 9:15 pm. The programme also included Saint-Saenz's Symphony No.3 Organ, R. Castagnone's Passacaglia, and F. Testi's Crocifissione. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Archivio La Scala] |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Hazleton Senior High School Auditorium, Pennsylvania, as part of the Community Concert Season, on Monday 6th December in the evening. The program comprised the following compositions: I > Mozart: Sonata in G major K.283 > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein > Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Book II II > Chopin: Nocturne in B flat minor > Chopin: Three Mazurkas > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz Three encores. [Source: The Plain Speaker, Pennsylvania, 7 Dec 1954] |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the then Tuesday Musical Club of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Monday 13th December.. The program was generous and comprised several works, including Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op.24, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor Op.111, and others. [Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Iowa, 19 Dec 1954] This entry needs completion. |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance of Weber's Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra and Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray at the Masonic Temple, Detroit, on Thursday 30th December in the evening. The programme also included Bloch's Concerto Grosso No.2, Copland's Outdoor Overture, and Meldelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, Canada, 30 and 31 Dec 1954] |
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1954? |
Chile |
The Santiago City Council bestows its - Illustrious Son Decoration upon Claudio Arrau. [1959?] |
| 1954 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with L'Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande conducted by Ataúlfo Argenta. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1954 | Switzerland | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 and Liszt’s Totentanz
for piano and orchestra, with the Zurich Townhall Orchestra [Tonhalle-Orchester
Zürich] conducted by Hans Rosbaud. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1954 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Alexander Gibson conducting The Royal Scottish National Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1954 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra under Thor Johnson. [This entry needs completion] |
1954 |
Colombia |
Concert by Claudio Arrau with the Colombian Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica
de Colombia] on the re-inauguration in 1954 of the Cali Municipal Theatre,
originally opened in 1929. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1954-5 | U.S.A. | Arrau performance
at the Omaha Performing Arts Society Centre, Nebraska, as part of
the Tuesday Musical Concert Series. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1955 | U.S.A. | As
part of the 113th Carnegie Hall Season 1954-55, performances by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11, at the Main Hall, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and
George Szell conducting, on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th January, at 8:45 pm & 2:30 pm, respectively. The programme on both dates also comprised Smetana's The Bartered Bride Overture, and Brahms's Symphony No.4 Op.98. [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] [Source: Printed concert programme - large] [Source: Printed concert programme - small] |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | As
part of the 113th Carnegie Hall Season 1954-55, Claudio Arrau performance of Chopin’s
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21, at the Main Hall, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
under guest conductor George Szell, on Sunday 9th January at 2:30 pm. The programme also included Brahms's Symphony No.4 Op.98 & Smetana's The Bartered Bride Overture, and constituted the 759th broadcast over the CBS Radio Network, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm (E.S.T.). [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] 09.01.1955 - Chopin piano concerto 2: CD WHRA 6037, released in January 2011. |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s
Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Liberty Hall, with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra
under the baton of Orlando Barera, on Monday 31st January at 8:30 pm. [Source: El Paso Herald-Post, Texas, 1st Feb 1955] |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | Front cover photograph of Claudio Arrau on the 15th February Special Edition, 298-page issue of 'Musical America' magazine (published in Pennsylvania from New York). |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 Emperor with Erich
Leinsdorf conducting the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
of New York on Sunday 27th February. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Friday 27th February at 8:30 pm. The programme comprised the following performances: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a Les adieux > Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178 (R.21) > Schumann: Fantasy in C mayor Op.17 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1955 | Irish |
Recital performance by Claudio Arrau at the Theatre Royal of Dublin
on Saturday 28th May at 3:00 pm. The programme comprised the following works: > Mozart: Rondo in D K.485 > Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 Appassionata > Schumann: Fantasie in C major Op.17 > Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale > Albéniz: Fête-Dieu á Sèville > Liszt: Sonetto No.123 del Petrarcha > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1955 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on Wednesday 1st June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included J.S. Bach arr. Walton's Ballet Suite The Wise Virgins, Rubbra's Symphony No.6 & Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: The Sketch, 1 June 1955] [Source: Birmingham Daily Gazette, 3 June 1955] |
| 1955 | Austria | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 Op.58 with Josef Krips conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
on Saturday 11th June. The programme also included Bruckner's Symphony No.8. |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti in July. [Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger, California, 22 July 1955] This entry needs completion. |
| 1955 | U.S.A. | United Nations: More than two thousand people attended tonight [8th October] the great gala event offered every year by the U.N. during the General Assembly's regular session period. This year, the reception provided the special attraction of a Mozart and Beethoven recital of piano music as interpreted by virtuoso Claudio Arrau. The hundreds of guests - all delegations participating in the Assembly, part of the diplomatic corps accredited in Washington, local and federal authorities, and many others - were welcomed at the foyer of the Assembly by its president Mr. José Maza, from Chile, and his spouse, as well as the Secretary General of the U.N. Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld. The pianist arrived accompanied by his mother, Doña Lucrecia León de Arrau. Shortly before acceding the Assembly's tribune, where the piano had been placed, Arrau stated to a journalist: "I am offering this concert in honour of the United Nations and the current President of the General Assembly, my countryman Mr. José Maza". The concert commenced at 8:15 pm and run for one hour and a half. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 9 Oct 1955] Actual programme needs completion. |
1955 |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday 30th October at 3:30 pm, as part of the 1955-56 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series, with a programme including works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann. |
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Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday 30th October at 3:30 pm, as part of the 1955-56 Aaron Richmond Celebrity Series, with a programme including works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann. |
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| 1955 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau records
two Mozart's and two Beethoven's sonatas for the U.N. Audio Library
in New York, never released [KV 310/KV311 and Op.21/Op.23, respectively]. These recordings are currently available at the U.N. Audio Library. |
| 1955 | Serbia | Claudio Arrau's performance/s at the Kolarac Concert Hall, Belgrade. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1956 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in C major and Liszt's Piano Concerto
No.2 in A major, with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
conducted by Howard Mitchell at the Constitution
Hall on Wednesday 1st February. The programme also included Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. [Performance appaised in The Washington Post of 2 Feb 1956] |
| 1956 | Canada | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Eaton Auditorium of Toronto, Ontario, on 1st March
at 8:45 pm, with a programme including: |
| 1956 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau
in Hannover's Beethovensaal, as part of the 'Masters at the Piano' Series, on Wednesday 14th March at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | Germany | Fourth
postwar tour of Germany by Claudio Arrau in March: Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Mozart's Piano Concerto KV 271, with the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music on Sunday 18th at 11:00 am, and Monday 19th March at 8:00 pm. This subscription concert also included Bach's Branderburg Concerto No.6, and EITHER Stravinsky's Apollon Musagèle OR Prokofieff's Symphony No.5. Critics' acclaim in the following Berlin publications of 21st March: Morgenpost, Tagesspiegel, Kurier, Abend, Der Tag, Telegraf, Spondauer Volksbaltt, Mongs-Echo. [Other source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1956 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
in Munich of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat.
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| 1956 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Schumannsaal of Düsseldorf met with superlative
critiques published in the Nachrichten and the Rheinische
Post on 28th March. |
| 1956 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
in Hamburg of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor.
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| 1956 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 at the Royal Festival Hall, with Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Monday 28th May at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 at the Royal Festival Hall, with Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Wednesday 30th May at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 at the Royal Festival Hall, with Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Sunday 4th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also comprised Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 8. [Source: Concert Annals] [Source: Rotal Festival Hall schedule] |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau's rendition
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 at the Royal Festival Hall, with Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Tuesday 6th June at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Royal Festival Hall, with Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Sunday 11th June at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | England | Highly acclaimed performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle with Josef Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall in May-June. Monday 28th May: Piano Concerto No.4 Rave
reviews in: |
| 1956 | England | The June issue of Music and Musicians magazine of London shows a photograph of Claudio Arrau on the cover page
and contains an editorial article with general biographical details
and two photographs on page seven. |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in the Royal Festival Hall, with
Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Monday 4th June at 8:00 pm. |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 at the Royal Festival Hall, with
Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Wednesday 6th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 7. |
| 1956 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 at the Royal Festival Hall, with
Joseph Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
on Monday 11th June at 8:00 pm. The programme also included Beethoven's Leonora Overture No.3 and Symphony No.6. |
| 1956 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau's Master Classes on piano interpretation at the Summer School (23th July-10th Augusut) under the auspices
of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, coinciding with the 2nd
Annual Stratford Music Festival (staged from 7th July to 11th August). [Source: The 1956 Stratford Shakespearean Festival's prospectus and schedule] [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 21 March 1956] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 24 March 1956] et al. |
1956 |
Canada |
Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Concerti Nos. 1 and 5 Emperor, with the Stratford Festival Orchestra conducted by Heinz Unger at the Music Hall on Saturday 14th and Tuesday 17th July, as part of the 2nd
Stratford Music Festival (staged from 7th July to 11th August), under the auspices
of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and carried by the CDC Radio Network. [Source: National Post, Toronto, 12 May 1956] [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 19 May 1956] [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 26 May 1956] |
1956 |
Canada |
Beethoven and Mozart recital by Claudio Arrau at the Stratford Concert Hall, as part of the Stratford Musical Festival, on Monday 23rd July in the evening and Thursday 26th July in the afternoon. The performance included Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata and Mozart's Sonata in B flat major K.570. [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 12 July 1956] Source: The Leader Post, Regina, 3 Aug 1956] This entry needs completion. |
1956 |
Canada |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Stratford Concert Hall on Saturday 4th August at 6:30 pm, celebrating Schumann's Centenary, as part of the Stratford Music Festival, Ontario. Works performed included: > Chopin: Sonata in B minor Op.58 > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 > Schumann: Trio No.1 in D minor Op.63 > (with ciolinist Albert Pratz and cellist Isaac Mamott) [Source: The Windsor Star, Ontario, 12 July 1956] [Source: The Leader Post, Ottawa, 28 July 1956] This entry needs corroboraiton. |
| 1956 |
Austria |
Third participation by Claudio Arrau as a soloist in the Salzburg Festival at the Großes Festspielhaus
on Wednesday 22nd August at 8:00 pm, interpreting Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No.5
Op.73 Emperor, under Fritz Reiner conducting the
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme also included Berlioz's overture The Roman Carnival Op.9, and R.Strauss's Thus spoke Zarathustra Op.30. [Source: Salzburg Festival 1956 printed schedule] |
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Austria
|
At Salzburg Mozarteum, on Thursday 23rd August
at 8:00 pm, Claudio Arrau performs an all-Mozart
recital including: > Fantasy in C minor K475 > Sonata in C minor K457 > Sonata in A minor K310 > Sonata in D major K576 > Sonata in F major K332 [Source: Salzburg Festival 1956 schedule] [CD Orfeo d'or - C 459 971 B, |
1956 |
South Africa |
Performances by Claudio Arrau at the Johannesburg Festival (running from 16th September to 27th October). [Source: The
Rand Daily Mail 0f 13th September reported Arrau to have arrived
in Johannesburg on Monday 10th September] |
| 1956 | Malaya | Claudio Arrau recital
in Kuala Lumpur on 11th November, hosted by the Malayan Arts
Council, with a programme consisting of: > Mozart, Sonata in D major > Beethoven, Les adieux Sonata (No 26) and > Schumann, Fantasy in C major Op.17 > Liszt, Three pieces from Années de pèlerinage > Poulenc, Suite Napoli Proceeds towards the Poppy Day Fund (in remembrance of those fallen in wars). [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1956 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor at the Birmingham Town Hall on Tuesday 27th November at 7:30 pm, with Rudolf Schwarz conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. This is Arrau's first appearance in Birmingham. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture The Judges of the Secret Court, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, and Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.8. [Source: Birmingham Daily Gazette, 26 Nov 1956] [Source: Signed printed concert programme] [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 28 Nov 1956] |
| 1956 | Germany | Pro
Musica evening recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of the Berlin College
of Music [Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin] on Wednesday
5th December at 20 hrs. |
| 1956 | Germany | Piano recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Saal der Residenz' of Munich, Bavaria, on Monday 10th December at 8:00 pm, as part of the 'Europäische Konzerte' cycle. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Mozart: Rondo D-dur KV.485 > Beethoven: Sonate f-moll op.57 Appassionata > Schumann: Fantasie C-dur op.17 Pause > Debussy: Pour le piano - xxxx Prélude. Sarabande. Toccata. > Ravel: Oiseau triste > Poulenc: Suite Napoli - xxxx Barcarolle. Nocturne. Caprice italien. [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme] |
| 1956 | England | Fifth appearance by Claudio Arrau on BBC Television's 'Concert Hour', on Sunday 23rd December at 2:30 pm, to play Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent. [Source: Rugby Advertiser, 14 Dec 1956] [Source: The Tewkesbury Register, 21 Dec 1956] [Source: Belfast News-Letter, 22 Dec 1956] |
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1956 |
India |
Claudio Arrau's concert
tour. . [This entry needs completion] |
1956 |
Ceylon |
Concert
tour by Claudio Arrau. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1956 |
Singapore |
Concert
tour by Claudio Arrau. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1956 |
Ethiopia Abyssinia |
Concert
tour by Claudio Arrau. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1956 |
U.R.S.S. ? |
Concert
tour by Claudio Arrau. [?] [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1956 | England | Performances by Claudio Arrau
in London, Leeds and Birmingham. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1956 | U.S.A. | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 and Brahms’s Piano
Concerto No.1, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1956 | U.S.A. | Four
recitals by Claudio Arrau in New York, comprising the entire solo piano literature
by Mozart. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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| 1957 | Puerto Rico | Recital by Claudio Arrau in San Juan, presented by Pro Arte on Monday 28th January in the evening, with a programme comprising: > Mozart's Fantasy and Sonata for Piano K.475 and K.557, > Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.21 Op.53 Waldstein, > Schumann's Carnaval Op.9, > Schönberg's Three Pieces for Piano. Encores: > Mozart's Rondo in D major, > Chopin Étude in C minor. The recital received enthusiastic ovations and was attended by distinguished cellist Pau Casals. [Source: El Mundo, San Juan, 31 Jan 1957] |
| 1957 | Mexico | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2, with the National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional] under José Ives Limantour on Sunday
3rd February at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. The programme also included Beethoven's Overture Leonora No.3 and Ravel's Rapsodia Española. [Source: Arrau, el gran artista latinoamericano, Dorantes Guzmán, Universidad Veracruzana, México, 1991] |
| 1957 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau's recital on Monday 4th February (*) at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. The programme included the following compositions: > Mozart: Fantasía K475 en Do menor. > Mozart: Sonata K457 en Do menor. > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 Op.53 Waldstein. > Schoenberg: Tres piezas Op.111. > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9. Encore: > Chopin: Estudio en Do sostenido menor Op.10 No.4. [*Note: Date might be Wednesday 6th February] [Source: Arrau, el gran artista latinoamericano, Dorantes Guzmán, Universidad Veracruzana, México, 1991] [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 11 Feb 1957] |
1957
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor, with Hans Schweiger conducting the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra at the local Music Hallon [date] February. [Review by Clyde B. Neibarger for The Kansas City Times of 13 Feb 1957] |
| 1957
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U.S.A.
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Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Assembly Hall on Saturday 23rd February at 8:30 pm, as part of the Hunter College
of the City of New York's 1956-57 subscription series,
with a program comprising: I > Beethoven's Bagatelle in G minor Op 119 No. 1 > Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata (No.21) Op.53 II > Schumann's Carnaval Op.9 III > Mozart's A minor Sonata KV 310 IV > Schönberg's Three Pieces Op 11 > Poulenc's Napoli Suite: >>>> Barcarolle. Nocturne. Caprice italien. [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed recital programme] [Highly appreciative account by The New York Times' critic J.B. on 25 Feb 1957] |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital sponsored by The YM-YWHA of Paterson, N.J.,
on Monday 25th February, forming part of their 25th Season 1956-57. |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Concerto performances by Claudio Arrau on Sunday 10th March at the West Shore Concert Series, Cleveland. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1957 | Spain | Concerto performances
by Claudio Arrau on Monday 6th May at Barcelona's 'Palau de la Música Catalana', after a 24-year absence. [This entry needs completion] |
1957 |
Portugal |
Recital performance by Claudio Arrau in the 'Teatro Rivoli' of Porto on Wednesday 8th May at 9:15 pm, forming part of the 1956-1957 Season of the 'Círculo de Cultura Musical do Porto'. The programme encompassed the following works: I > Beethoven: Bagatela op. 119 no.2 > Beethoven: Sonata op.111 > Brahms: Variações sobre un tema de Paganini II > Chopin: Barcarola op.60 > Chopin: Scherzo op.54 em mi maior > Debussy: Images (1.° cadermo) - >>>Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse [Source: Printed recital programme cover] |
1957 |
Portugal |
Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concertos No.4 Op.58 and No.5 Op.73 Emperor at the Tivoli, Lisbon, with the 'Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional' conducted by Frederico de Freitas on Tuesday 14th May at 6:30 pm, as part of the Círculo de Cultura Musical's 1956-57 Season. The programme also included Beethoven's Coriolan Overture. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1957 | England | Performances by Claudio Arrau
in the 'Seventh Series of Beethoven Concerts' at the Royal Festival
Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Josef
Krips, including the following piano concertos on Friday 17th,
Monday 20th & Sunday 26th May, respectively: > Piano Concerto No.4 >>>>Plus Symphonies Nos. 8 & 5 > Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor >>>>Plus Symphonies Nos. 6 & 4 > Piano Concerto No.3 >>>>Plus Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 [Source: Concert Annals] [Source: Printed RFH schedule] |
| 1957 | France | Le guide du concert et du disque weekly magazine of 24th May shows a cover page photograph of Claudio Arrau. |
| 1957 | France | All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Théatre des Champs-Élysées of Paris, on Wednesday 29th May at 9:00 pm, with a programme comprising the following compositions: > 15 Variations et Fugue op.35 Eroïca > Sonate No. 32 op.111 > Sonate No.31 op.110 > Sonate No.23 op.57 Appassionata [Source: 'Recuerdos y Pájaros', Enrique Bunster, Editorial del Pacífico, Santiago, Chile, 1968] |
| 1957 | England | Sole
recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall of London this season, with a programme
on Thursday 30th May at 8:00 pm consisting of the following
works: > Mozart: Fantaisie in C minor K.475 > Mozart: Sonata in C minor K.457 > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein > Schoenberg: Three pieces Op.11 > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 25 May 1957] |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Second Australian tour by Claudio Arrau for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) over 11 weeks in June-August, comprising more than 30 concerto and recital performances. |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 ["towering majesty"]
and Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 ["romantic iridescences"]
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Nicolai Malko
at the Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 20th June. The programme also included Schubert's Rosamunde Overture and Barber's second Essay for Orchestra. "Arrau is universally ranked among the supreme contemporary masters" L.B. " The largest Town Hall audience for some years". L.B. [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 1957]] Video: Claudio Arrau at 120 – The Piano Files , video No.12. Film held at the National Archives of Australia (NAA). |
| 1957 | Australia | Four
acclaimed recitals by Claudio Arrau: |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Article
by L.B. in The Sydney Morning Herald of Monday 1st July,
entitled "All-Beethoven Arrau Recital", apprasing
Claudio Arrau's renditions on
Saturday 29th June as
the most revealing and engaging of performances. |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Canberra's Albert Hall on Monday 1st July. The programme comprised: > Mozart's Sonata in D major, > Beethoven's Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux, > Brahms's Variations on a Theme of Handel Op.24, > Chopin's Barcarolle Op.60, > Chopin's Fantasie in F minor, > Chopin's Nocturne in B major, > Chopin's Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54. Encore: Chopin-Liszt's Polish Song No.5. [Source: The Canberra Times, 27 June & 2 July, 1957] |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau concerto performance at the 4th subscription concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Pekarek at the Brisbane City Hall on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th July. [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Mr.
Arrau, who arrived in Melbourne with his wife Ruth on 7th July,
is reported as saying he enjoyed jazz music for relaxation. Mrs. Arrau, a former operatic singer, is reported as curently dedicating her time to photography, a field in which she had won several prizes. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 8 July 1957] |
1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau's double concerto performance at the Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday 9th July, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Kurt Woess. [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau's Melbourne Town Hall performance of 9th July makes
TV history in Australia as the first orchestral concert to be televised. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 8 July 1957] |
1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau's recital at the Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday 11th July. [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
1957 |
Australia |
Recital by Claudio
Arrau this season at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 13th July. [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
1957 |
Australia |
Performance by Claudio
Arrau at the Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia, on Thursday 18th July at 8:15 pm, sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). [Source: State Library of South Australia, OCLC No. 861924874] This entry needs completion. |
1957 |
Australia |
An all-Beethoven recital by Claudio
Arrau at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 20th July at 8:15 pm, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). The programme comprised the following works: > Eroïca Variations Op.35 > Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Sonata No.18 in E flat major Op.31 No.3 Interval > Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata [Source: Printed recital programme] [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] |
1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau's third recital at the Melbourne Town Hall on Tuesday 23rd July at 8:15 pm, sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). The programme included the following compositions: > Schumann: Humoreske Op.20 > Chopin: Ballade No.4 > Ravel: Ondine > Poulenc: Napoli Suite > Beethoven: Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme for 20th July - announcement] [Source: University of Melbourne, Louise-Dyer Library/ Collections/ Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs corroboration. |
1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Farnsworth Hall at the Capitol Theatre in Perth, on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th July at 8:00 pm, sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). The programme also included Elgar's Overture In the South, V.Williams's A Pastoral Symphony & Rimsky-Korsakov's Introduction and bridal procession from Coq d'Or. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme] |
1957 |
Australia |
Recital by Claudio
Arrau at Perth's Capitol Theatre on Tuesday 30th July, sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). The programme comprised the following works: I. > Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op.53 Waldstein II. > Schumann: Carnaval Op.9 Interval III > Liszt: Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Valse oubliée > Debussy: Three préludes - >>> La cathedrale engloutie >>> Puerta del vino >>> Feux d'artifice > Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital programme] This entry needs corroboration. |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto ["compound of pianistic genius,
intellect and feeling"] with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kurt Woess on Saturday 3rd August. The programme, which was broadcast live by Radio 3LO at 8:00 pm, also included Strauss's Symphonia Domestica. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 1, 5 and 10 Aug 1957] |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau's farewell piano recital at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday
10th Augustat 8:15 pm. |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Article
in The Sydney Morning Herald of Wednesday 21st August,
entitled "Arrau in Brahms Concerto", assesses
Claudio Arrau's rendition of Brahms's Concerto No.2 on Tuesday 20th August
as a performance of overwhelming power, vision and magnitude - "a
major musical event of our generation". Nicolai Malko conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1957 |
Australia |
On
26th August, William
James, from the then Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), cabled
Columbia Artists Management in New York as follows: "Claudio Arrau tour unsurpassed by any artist visiting Australia. Record full houses, both in Sydney and Melbourne". |
| 1957 |
Australia |
Claudio
Arrau cancelled, on medical advice, two final Sydney rectitals (announced
for 28th and 31st August), along with his planned New Zealand tour, leaving
for the U.S. on 31st August. |
| 1957 | France | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with the Orchestre National de France under André Cluytens, at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées on Sunday 20th October. [Source: Le Monde, Paris, 24 Oct 1957] et al. |
1957
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England
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Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 Op.15, 2 Op.19, 3 Op.37, 4 Op.58, 4 Op.58, 5 Op.73 and 5
Op.73 on Tuesday 15th, Thursday 17th, Thursday 24th,
Saturday 26th October, and Sunday 3rd, Monday 4th, and Friday 8th November, respectively, as part of the Beethoven Festival
staged at the Royal Festival Hall, London, with the Philharmonia
Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer - a highly
celebrated event. Superlative reviews of the series and the 'Emperor' concerto in particular, published in, amongst others, The London Times of 5 November, and the Daily Telegraph, Morning Post, and London Daily Mail of 9 November. [Source: Beethoven Festival prospectus with programmes] Live recordings of concertos Nos. 3 (24 Oct), 4 (3 Nov) and 5 (8 Nov) released on CD by Testament SBT2 1351, in 2004, under BBC license. |
| 1957 | England | Claudio Arrau's recital at the City of Leeds Town Hall, West Yorkshire, on Sunday 27th October at 7:30 pm, with a programme consisting of: >
Mozart: Sonata in B flat K.570 |
| 1957 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 with Andrzej Panufnik
conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Birmingham Town Hall on Tuesday 29th October at 7:30 pm. Other items in the programme were Byrd-Barbirolli's An Elizabethan Suite and Brahms's Symphony No.2. [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 25 & 30 Oct 1957] et al. |
| 1957 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor under Sir John Barbirolli
conducting the Hallé Orchestra at the Free Trade Hall of Manchester
on Sunday 10th November at 7:00 pm, as part of the Hallé
Centenary Year Festival 1957-58. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Overture 'The Hebrides', Robert Hughes's Sinfonieta (world premiere), and Stravinsky's Ballet Suite 'The Fire Bird'. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra under Charles Munch at the Symphony Hall,
Boston, on 30th November. The program also included Beethoven's Symphony No.3, "Eroica", Op.55. [West Hill Radio Archives, WHRA-6014, 5 CDs, EU, 2008] |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor, under the baton of Charles Munch conducting the Boston
Symphony Orchestra at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on Friday 13th December at 8:30 pm. The program started with Haydn's Symphony No.101 The Clock & Mendelssohn's Symphony No.5 Op.107 Reformation. [Source: Electronic copy of printed programme] |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor, with Charles Munch conducting the Boston
Symphony Orchestra at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Saturday 14th December at 2:30 pm. The program commenced with Haydn's Symphony No.101 The Clock & Mendelssohn's Symphony No.5 Op.107 Reformation. |
| 1957/8 |
World |
Performances by Claudio Arrau in Czechoslovakia (Prague), Romania (Bucharest),
the Soviet Union, Japan, Australia (1957), New Zealand, Europe, Israel
[see below], the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, and South America (including
his homeland in 1958). |
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| 1957 | Spain | Claudio Arrau performance/s
in Madrid, after a 24-year absence. [This entry needs completion/corroboration] |
| 1957 | Switzerland | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with L'Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1957 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1957 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Grieg’s and Schumann’s Piano Concertos, with the Philharmonia
Orchestra under Alceo Galliera. [This entry needs completion] |
1957 |
France |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with L'Orchestre de la Société
des concerts du conservatoire conducted by Pierre Dervaux. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs completion] |
| 1957 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske
in D minor, with Thor Johnson conducting the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1958 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor on Saturday 11th January in the evening, as part of an all-Beethoven program with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Alessandro. [Source: Express and News, Texas, 12 & 5 Jan 1958] This entry needs completion] |
| 1958 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jacques Singer on Monday 13th January in the evening. [Source: The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Texas, 12 & 19 Jan 1958] This entry needs completion. |
| 1958 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau on Friday 7th February at 8:30 pm in the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, with a programme comprising the following compositions: > Beethoven: Thirty-two Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO 80 > Shubert: Drei Klavierstücke D.946 > Beethoven: Piano sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 > Appassionata > Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca No.123 > Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Au bord d'une source > Liszt: La Chappele de Guillaume Tell > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital flyer] [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
| 1958 | Australia | " Set Aside Conviction Against Noted Pianist. Sydney (AP). |
| 1958 | Canada | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman in New Westminster's Vincent Massey Auditorium, on Saturday 1st of March in the evening, as the first performance of the Symphony Orchestra's major centennial tour of the province. The programme also included Dvorak's Symphony No.2 in D minor Op.70. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 1 & 3 March 1958] |
| 1958 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman in the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday 2nd of March at 2:30 pm. The programme also comprised J.Christian Bach's Sinfonia in D major op.18 No.4 and Thaddeus Halpert-Scanderberg's Andante for Strings. [Source: The Province, Vancouver, 1 & 3 March 1958] |
| 1958 | Germany | Pro
Musica evening recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of the Berlin College
of Music [Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin] on Monday
17th March at 20 hrs. |
| 1958 | Germany | Claudio Arrau recital
forming part of the Six Heidelber Masterconcerts 1957/58 Winter
Season. The performance took place at the Großer Saal of the Stadthalle
Heidelberg on Friday 21st March at 8:00 pm. |
| 1958 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37 with the North German Radio
Symphony Orchestra [Sinfonieorchester des NDR] of Hamburg conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt on Monday 31st March. [Date needs corroboration] [CD: Green Hill GH-0015-0016, USA, 1996] |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Grieg’s Piano Concerto on Thursday
3rd April at 8:00 pm, at the Royal Festival Hall of London, an International Celebrity Concert with Thomas
Schippers conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. The programme also comprised Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in C minor (instead of the advertised Symphony No.29), and Sibelius's Symphony No.2 Op.43. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54
and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2, on
Sunday 6th April at 7:30 pm, at the Royal Festival Hall of
London, with László Somogyi conducting
The London Symphony Orchestra, in a program which commenced with Schubert's
Symphony No.8 Unfinished. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Wuppertal-Elberfeld Grand Hall [Stadhalle Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Großer Saal] on Friday 18th April at 8:00 pm. The programme comprised the following works: > Beethoven: 32 Variationen c-moll > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.32 c-moll op.111 > Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke (Impromptus) op.posth. > Chopin: Phantasie f-moll op.49 > Chopin: Nocturne H-dur op.62 Nr.1 > Chopin: Allegro de concert op.46 [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau's special engagement with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrzej Panufnik, in a double bill featuring Brahms's Piano Concerto in D minor and Grieg's Piano Concerto in A, on Tuesday 13th
May at 7:30 pm. |
| 1958 | England | International
Celebrity Music Festival, 6 May-8 June: |
1958 |
Czechoslovakia |
After his previous artistic visit to Prague in 1929, Claudio Arrau participates
for the first time in the Prague Spring Festival in May,
with several performances of Beethoven concertos and solo piano
works. |
| 1958 | Czechoslovakia | All-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau
at the Artists' House [Dům Umĕlců] of Prague on Sunday 18th May at 8:00 pm, as part of the Prague Spring International Music Festival [Mezinárodní Hudební Festival, Pražské Jaro] that ran from 11th May to 3rd June. [Source: Signed printed recital programme] |
| 1958 |
|
Claudio Arrau performs fourteen
concertos and recitals in May-June at the recently inaugurated
Frederick R. Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv. |
| 1958 |
|
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with Izler Solomon conducting the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Armon Hall of Haifa, on Thursday 29th May at 9:00 pm. The programme also included Weber's Overture 'Oberon' and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 Op.90 Italian. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 |
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An all-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv on 7th June at 8:30 pm, interpreting
the following compositions: > Sonata No. 18 in E flat Op.31 No.3 > Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110 Intermission > Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata [Source: Printed recital programme] |
1958 |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in the first half of July, interpreting, amongst other works, Beethoven's Les adieux sonata, Schumann's Fantasia, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, 15 July 1958] This entry needs completion. |
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1958 |
Claudio Arrau performance in San Juan on Monday 21st July. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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| 1958 | England | Record Times magazine of August reports on page 4 about Claudio Arrau's participation in this years Edinburgh Festival and his recent, highly appraised performances in Prague and Tel Aviv. |
| 1958 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 9th August at 5:30 pm, as part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Season. The programme featured the following works: I > Beethoven: Treinta y dos variaciones en Do menor > Schubert: Tres piezas para piano Op. póstuma > Beethoven: Sonata No.32 en Do mayor Op.111 II > Liszt: Soneto del Petrarca No.123 > Liszt: Juegos acuáticos en la villa de Este > Liszt: Al borde de una vertiente > Liszt: La Capilla de Guillermo Tell > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 en Mi mayor Op.54 [Part II originally advertised as: - Liszt: La Capilla de Guillermo Tell - Liszt: Juegos acuáticos en la villa de Este - Chopin: Scherzo No.4 en Mi mayor Op.54 - Chopin: Nocturno No.17 en Si mayor Op.62 No.1 - Chopin: Allegro de concerto Op.46 ] [Source: Printed recital programme, with modifications] |
| 1958 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's subscription performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with the 'Orquesta Sonfónica Nacional' conducted by Lamberto Baldi at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Monday 11th August at 9:30 pm, as part of the 1958 Season. The programme also comprised JS Bach's Sonata No.3 transcribed for orchestra by L. Baldi, Stravinsky's Four Norwegian Moods, and Respighi's Fontane di Roma. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 | Argentina | Claudio Arrau's recital at the 'Teatro Colón' of Buenos Aires on Saturday 16th August at 5:30 pm, as part of the Fiftieth Anniversary Season. The programme comprised the following works: I > Mozart: Sonata No.17 en Re mayor K.576 > Beethoven: Sonata No.26 en Mi bemol mayor Op.81a > Schumann: Fantasía en Do mayor Op.17 II > Debussy: Images (1er Cuaderno) >>>>Reflejos en el agua. Homenaje a Rameau. Movimiento. > Chopin: Balada No.3 en La bemol mayor Op.47 > Chopin: Nocturno No.17 en Si mayor Op.62 No.1 > Chopin: Allegro de concierto Op.46 [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1958 | Argentina | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Gran Teatro Broadway' of Buenos Aires on Monday 18th August at 10:00 pm, as part of the 46th Arts Season sponsored by the 'Asociación Wagneriana de Buenos Aires'. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Schönberg: Tres Piezas Op.111 > Beethoven: Sonata Op.57 en Fa menor Appassionata II > Chopin: 25 Preludios Op.28 > Liszt: Vals Mefisto [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1958 | Brazil | Recital by Claudio Arrau
on Monday 25th August at 9:00 pm, at the 'Teatro Municipal' of the Federal District [Rio de Janeiro], as part of the 'Pro Arte Brasil' 1958 Season. The programme included the following compositions: I > Mozart: Sonata em ré maior KV.576 > Beethoven: Sonata Op.53 em do maior Waldstein > Schumann: Fantasia Op.17 II > Debussy: Images (primeiro volume) - >>>>Reflets dans l'eau. Hommage à Rameau. Mouvement. > Liszt: Danse des Gnomes > Liszt: Mephisto-Valse [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1958 | Scotland | An
all-Beethoven recital by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Tuesday 2nd September, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival,
with the following program: > Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 > Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein Interval > Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata [Source: 1958 Festival 's souvenir programme - large] [Source: 1958 Festival's printed schedule] [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1958 | Scotland | An
all-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau at the Usher Hall on Sunday 7th September
at 2:30 pm, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival, interpreting the
following works: |
| 1958 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 at the Usher Hall on
Tuesday 9th September at 8:00 pm, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Josef Krips, as part of the Edinburgh International
Festival. |
| 1958 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Mozart's Concerto for Pianoforte and Orchestra in C minor K.491,
as part of an all-Mozart programme at the Usher Hall on
Friday 12th September, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
under Josef Krips, as part of the Edinburgh International
Festival. Performance broadcast by BBC Television. |
| 1958 | Rumania | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 with the Romanian National Radio
Orchestra conducted by Constantin Silvestri at the
First International 'George Enescu' Festival held in Bucharest on Friday 19th September. [Reference: Musical America, 1 Jan 1960, page 4] [CD: ECR-272, Radio România, Bucharest, 2011] |
| 1958 | Switzerland | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 with the ORTF National
Orchestra conducted by Igor Markevitch on Thursday 25th September, as part of the 'Festival de Montreux'. The programme also included orchestral works by Weber, Tchaikovsky and Manuel de Falla. [This entry needs corroboration] |
| 1958 | Germany | Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58 with the touring Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Karel Ancerl at the Kassel's Stadthalle on Friday 17th October. The programme also included Dvorak's Symphony No.7 and Debussy's La Mer. |
| 1958 | England | Due to sudden indisposition, Claudio Arrau was unable to attend announced performance at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult on Thursday 23rd October at 8:00 pm. Pianist Annie Fischer kindly accepted to perform in his absence. |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Emperor at the Birminghan Town Hall on
Tuesday 28th October at 7:30 pm, with the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Andrzej Panufnik, as part of the Sixth Series of the 1958-59 Season. |
| 1958 | England | BBC TV Celebrity Recital by Claudio Arrau performing four piano sonatas by Beethoven on Thursday 30th October at 10:25 pm. |
| 1958 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto
Op 16, with the Scottish National Orchestra and Colin
Davis conducting, in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on Friday 31st October at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture Waverley Op.1 and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 | Scotland | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 in C major K.503 [misprinted K number] and Grieg's
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16, at the St. Andrew's Hall of Glasgow,
with the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis,
on Saturday 1st November at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture 'Waverley' Op.1 and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. [Source: Printed 1958 Prospectus for The Scottish National Orchestra] |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Brahms's Piano Concerto
No.1 Op.15, at the Royal Albert Hall of London, with the London Symphony
Orchestra and Alexander Gibson conducting, on Sunday
2nd November at 7:30 pm. The programme also included Wagner's Overture Die Meistersinger, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnole. Appraisals in The Times, Daily Telegrah, and Morning Post of 4th November. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1958 | Italy | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4, with the Orchestra della Scala, Milano, conducted by Lovro von Matacic on Friday 7th, Saturday 8th, and Sunday 9th November at 9:15 pm. The programme also comprised Haydn's Symphony No.103, and Beethoven's Symphony No.3 Eroica. [Source: Archivio La Scala] [Source: Musical America, 1 Jan 1960, page 4] |
| 1958 | U.S.A. | Performances by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein conducting, on Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December, at 8:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 8:30 pm, respectively. On the three occasions, the programme also included: |
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1958 |
England |
Claudio Arrau is bestowed: |
| 1958 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau's performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37 and No.5 Op.73 Emperor, with the Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of Hans Swarowsky, forming part of a Spring Tour [March-April] in an International Celebrity Concert schedule. The tour programme commenced with Mozart's Symphony No.40 K.550. [Source: Signed printed concert programme] Actual date/s and venue/s needs ascertaining. |
| 1958 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle,
with Alceo Galliera conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. [This entry needs ascertaining] |
1958 |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Izler Solomon conducting the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Armon Hall of Haifa on [Date?] The programme also included Weber's Overture 'Oberon' and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 Op.90 Italian [Source: Electronic copy of pages of printed concert programme] |
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| 1958 | Scotland | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the London Symphony Orchestra
under Alexander Gibson. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1958 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Fritz Rieger conducting the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra [Münchner Philharmoniker]. [This entry needs completion] |
1958 |
Chile |
Claudio Arrau's recitals
in Santiago. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1958 |
Mexico |
Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 and Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2,
with Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra [Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional de México] conducted by José Ives
Limantour at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. [Source: Claudio Arrau, último gran pianista de la tradición germana, S. Dorantes G, 'Cronos', Jalapa, Veracruz, 1980] |
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| 1959 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor K.491
(No.24) and R.Strauss's Burleske for Piano and Orchestra, under the direction of Thomas Mayer conducting The Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra at the Capitol Theatre on Monday 5th January at 8:30 pm. The first part of the programme commenced with Schumann's Symphony No.1 in B flat Op.38 Spring, and the second part with Sibelius's Oceanides tone poem. After the event, the Ambassador of Germany and spouse offered a reception at their residence in honour of conductor Thomas Mayer, soloist Claudio Arrau, and their respective spouses. [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 27 Dec 1958 & 3, 6 and 7 Jan 1959] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, 3 and 6 Jan 1959] |
| 1959 | East Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Metropol-Theater of East Berlin, broadcast by German Democratic Republic Radio [Rundfunk der DDR] on Thurssday 8th January. The programme featured the following works: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a > Schumann: Fantasie in C major Op.17 > Debussy: Pour le piano L.95 > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 HS.514 > Liszt: Gnomenreigen, Concert Étude No.2 HS.145 [Date, venue and programme need corroboration] [CD: Melo Classic MC1010, country?, year?] |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 under the baton of Maestro Maurice Abravanel conducting The Utah Symphony Orchestra at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle on Wednesday 21st January in the evening. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. [Review in The Salt Lake Tribune, Texas, 22 Jan 1959] |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 under the baton of Maestro Maurice Abravanel conducting The Utah Symphony Orchestra at the Ogden High School Auditorium on Thursday 22nd January in the evening. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony. [Source: The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Utah, 23 Jan 1959] |
| 1959 | Mexico | Claudio Arrau recitals
on Tuesday 3rd, Thursday 12th and Saturday 14th of February. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Recital performance by Claudio Arrau at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Friday 20th February at 8:30 pm. The evening comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat major Op.7 > Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke Op.11 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 > Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54 > Chopin: Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1 > Chopin: Allegro de concert Op.46 [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] |
1959 |
Canada |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Weber's Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.79 on Canadian television, as part of the CBC Folio's Concert of Great Soloists shared programme, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind on Tuesday 24th February in the 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm slot. The programme also presented tenor Peter Pears and lutist Julian Bream performing several Elizabethan songs. [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, 21, 24 & 25 Feb 1959] |
| 1959 | Germany / Switzerland |
Claudio Arrau's performances
over March-June of Beethoven’s complete piano sonata cycles three consecutive times: in Berlin, Hamburg and Zürich. [Source: Musical America, 1 Jan 1960] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle in seven recitals at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music, starting on 12th March. Please see below. |
| 1959 | Germany [1] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the first recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Thursday 12th March at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.3 C-dur Op.2 Nr.3 > Sonate Nr.26 Es-dur Op.81a Les adieux > Sonate Nr.31 As-dur Op.110 > Sonate Nr.23 f-moll Op.57 Appassionata [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] CD: Sonatas Nos. 26, 31 & 23. The Lost Recordings. TLR-2103039. EU. 2021. |
| 1959 | Germany [2] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the second recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Monday 16th March. at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.4 Es-dur Op.7 > Sonate Nr.28 A-dur Op.101 > Sonate Nr.10 C-dur Op.14 Nr.2 > Sonate Nr.22 F-dur Op.54 > Sonate Nr.21 C-dur Op.53 Waldstein [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Germany [3] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the third recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Thursday 19th March. at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.5 c-moll Op.10 Nr.1 > Sonate Nr.7 D-dur Op.10 Nr.3 > Sonate Nr.15 D-dur Op.28 > Sonate Nr.32 c-moll Op.111 [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Germany [4] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the fourth recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Thursday 27th March at 4:00 pm. >> Postponed for 29th April <<. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | France | Claudio Arrau performance
on 24th March of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with Carl Schuricht conducting L' Orchestre national de
France at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, on the occasion of the Orchestra's 25th anniversary. The programme also included Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Brahms's Symphony No.4. [CD: Altus INA ALT210/11, Japan, 2011] |
| 1959 | Germany | Broadcast
performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with
the 'Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester' (now renamed WDR Sinfonieorchester
Köln) under Christoph
von Dohnányi, recorded
at Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, on 6th
April. [ICA Classics: ICAC 5045 CD, issued in 2011, Austria] |
| 1959 | Germany [5] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the fifth recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Wednesday 8th April at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.2 A-dur Op.2 Nr.2 > Sonate Nr.25 G-dur Op.79 > Sonate Nr.30 E-dur Op.109 > Sonate Nr.13 Es-dur Op.27 Nr.1 > Sonate Nr.14 cis-moll Op.27 Nr.2 Mondschein [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Germany | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms' Piano Concerto No.1 with the Essen Municipal Orchestra
[Städtisches Orchester Essen] conducted by Gustav König at the Municipal Music Club [Städtisches Musikvertein] on 10th
April at 8:oo pm. [Source: Autographed printed concert programme] |
| 1959 | Germany [6] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the sixth recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Friday 17th April at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.1 f-moll Op.2 Nr.1 > Sonate Nr.11 B-dur Op.22 > Sonate Nr.17 d-moll Op.31 Nr.2 > Sonate Nr.18 Es-dur Op.31 Nr.3 [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Germany [7] | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of the seventh recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Friday 24th April at 8:00 pm. The programme included: > Sonate Nr.20 G-dur Op.49 Nr.2 > Sonate Nr.9 E-dur Op.14 Nr.1 > Sonate Nr.27 e-moll Op.90 > Sonate Nr.29 B-dur Op.106 Hammerklavier [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Germany [4] | Claudio Arrau performance
of the fourth recital in his Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonata Cycle at the Concert Hall of the Berlin's College of Music on Wednesday 29th April at 4:00 pm (postponed from 27th March). The programme included: > Sonate Nr.12 As-dur Op.26 > Sonate Nr.19 g-moll Op.49 Nr.1 > Sonate Nr.8 c-moll Op.13 Pathétique > Sonate Nr.6 F-dur Op.10 Nr.2 > Sonate Nr.24 Fis-dur Op.78 > Sonate Nr.16 G-dur Op.31 Nr.1 [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1959 | Ireland | Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 at the Savoy Cinema on Sunday 10th May, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, this being the initial event of the 1959 Festival of Cork. [Source: Belfast Telegraph, 24 March, 12 May, 1959] [Source: Sunday Independent, Dublin, 14 Feb 1999] |
| 1959 | Portugal | Claudio Arrau recital at the 'Teatro Nacional de São Carlos' of Lisbon on Monday 18th May at 9:45 pm, forming part of the Círculo de Cultura Musical's 25th Season (1958-59). The programme included Beethoven's Sonata No.31 Op.110, Schumann's Fantasia Op.17, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz, two pieces by Chopin, et al. [Source: Electronic copy of parts of an autographed printed recital programme] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 | Portugal | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Teatro Tivoli' of Lisbon on Tuesday 19th May at 6:45 pm, as part of the Círculo de Cultura Musical's 25th Season (1958-1959). The programme featured the following compositions: > Schubert: Três peças para piano > Beethoven: Sonata quasi una Fantasia op.27 no.1 > Beethoven: Sonata quasi una Fantasia op.27 No.2 Intervalo > Liszt: Duas peças das Années de Pelérinage: - Chapelle de Guillaume Tell - Jeux d'eaux à la villa d'Este > Chopin: Fantasia em fá menor > Chopin: Scherzo no.4 op.54 em mi maior [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1959 | England | London's 'Music and Musicians' magazine of June highlights Claudio Arrau as This Month's Personality, with a quarter page photograph and a quarter page biographical précis on the editorial page. |
| 1959 | England | An
article by William Mann, occupying page 3 of 'Record Times' monthly
magazine of June, refers to a series of recitals by Arrau at
the Royal Festival Hall of London devoted to the Beethoven piano sonatas.
The writer highlights Arrau's great musicianship, scrupulous technical care and power, and ability to relate detail to the whole work performed and to the whole of life. [Two photographs]. |
| 1959 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of - |
| 1959 | Wales | Piano recital by Claudio Arrau, who played four sonatas by Beethoven at the Llandaff Cathedral Festival of Music on Wednesday 17th June in the evening. [Source: Western Mail, Wales, 18 June 1959] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 |
Chile |
A 10-day professional visit by Claudio Arrau to Chile from the 4th of July,
with five recitals in Santiago at the Teatro Astor (2), Teatro Alameda
(2), and Teatro Caupolicán (1),
[Source: Revista Musical Chilena, July-August 1959] The solo repertoire played in these recitals was drawn from the following
works: |
| 1959 | Chile | Claudio Arrau's Extraordinary Concert on Sunday 5th July, comprising Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 & Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1, with Juan Matteucci conducting the Chilean Philharmonic Orchestra [Orquesta Filarmónica de Chile] at the 'Teatro Muncipal' of Santiago, as part of its Reopening Week. [Source: Electronic copy of printed concert programme, Centro de Documentación de las Artes Escénicas, Teatro Municipal de Santiago] |
| 1959 | Chile | Claudio Arrau's performance in the 'Cine Central' of Chillán in July. [Source: El Sur, Concepción, 24 May 1984] |
1959 |
Canada |
Claudio Arrau is announced as being flawn onto the Stratford Music Festival, Ontario, directly from Santiago, Chile, as he accepted at short notice to substitute for Russian pianist Lev Oborin who was forced to cancel his scheduled appearances because of illness. Mr. Arrau is expected to perform Chopin's Préludes Op.28 at his sole recital on Thursday 30th July in the Avon Theatre, as well as appearing with the National Festival Orchestra on Tuesday 28th July and Saturday 1st August. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, Alberta, 26 June 1959] [Source: Calgary Herald, Alberta, 26 june 1959] [Source: The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, 3 July 1959] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1959
|
Chile
|
Third return to Chillán, Claudio Arrau's birthplace, on 15th August. On 16th August at Hijo Benemérito de Chillán, and Calle Lumaco, the street at whose number 554 Claudio Arrau was born, was officially named after him. On 16th August at [Source: Local press] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 |
Chile |
In August, the Concepción City Council awarded Claudio Arrau - The Honorary Citizen's Decoration and The City's Gold Medal [Source: Local press] |
| 1959 |
Chile |
In August, the University of Concepción named
Claudio Arrau an Honorary Member. |
| 1959 |
Chile |
In August, the Santiago City Council awarded Claudio Arrau its - Honorary Citizen's Decoration. |
| 1959 | England | A
cover page article on the 'Record Times' monthly magazine of August,
entitled Arrau's 'Emperor', announces the release on the Columbia
label of Claudio Arrau's recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 with Alceo
Galliera. The article calls attention to the fact that just as Klemperer is normally associated with Beethoven's symphonies, Arrau is associated with Beethoven's piano music. It goes on to emphasize Arrau's masterly artistry and technique, and the sheer joy of his sound. [Cover page photograph]. |
1959 |
Switzerland |
Claudio Arrau début at the International Music Festival of
[Source: Le Monde, Paris, 17 Aug 1959] et al. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1959 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the Philharmonia Orchestra from England conducted by Rafael Kubelík on 2nd September at the Kunsthaus of Lucerne. |
| 1959 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance in Montreux of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Paul Klecki (or Kletzki) in September. |
| 1959 | Switzerland | Recital by Claudio Arrau on 9th September as part of the 'Settimane Musical di Ascona' at the Palazzo Scolastico, with a programme including the following works: >
Bethoven: 32
Variations on an Original Theme in C minor* |
| 1959 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Hallé
Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli at the
Free Trade Hall of Manchester on Wednesday the 7th and Thursday
the 8th of October at 7:00 pm, as part of the 1959-60 Mid-Week Series
organised by the Hallé Concerts Society. The programme also included Haydn's Symphony No.93 in D and Sibelius's Symphony No.2 in D. [Source: Printed Hallé Prospectus 1959-60] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1959 |
England |
Recording by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata for the BBC Television Studios in London on 13th October. [DVD: ICA Classics ICAD 5073, Austria, 2012] |
| 1959 |
England |
Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Liszt’s Totentanz Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra and Strauss's
Burlesque in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, with The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent at the
Royal Festival Hall of London on Wednesday 14th October,
this being the First Concert of The Royal Philharmonic Society's
148th Season. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture Benvenuto Cellini and Elgar's Symphony No.1 in A flat. [Source: Printed Prospectus of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 1959-60 Season] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1959 |
Germany |
Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, with the Gewandhausorchester
Leipzig conducted by Franz Konwitschny at the
Kongressaal, Deutsches Museum, Munich, in October. |
1959 |
Italy |
Performance/s by Claudio Arrau in Milan in late October, interrupted by a family tragedy. |
1959 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's beloved mother, Lucrecia León y Bravo de Villalba, dies on 25th October and is buried on 29th October in grave No. 68 at Mapledwood Gardens 4, Ferncliff Cemetery, Westchester County, New York. She was born in Quirihue, Ñuble (Itata), Chile, on 15 November 1859. She married Dr. Carlos Jorge Arrau Ojeda and was a widow at death. Her passing away occurred 21 days shy of turning 100. She was a piano teacher, discovered Claudio's talent before he turned 4 years of age, and successfully embarked in a relentless quest to ensure that her youngest son received the best possible musical education. |
1959 |
England |
Music critic C.B. Rees writes in The Gramophone issue of November and appreciation of Claudio Arrau's remarkable career so far, including pivotal biographic details, references to his unique interpretation method and extraordinary performing techniques, as well as some outstanding assessments by critics. Pages 220 & 221. One photograph. |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
at Logan with the Utah Symphony Orchestra on Thursday 5th November in the evening. [Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 8 Nov 1959] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat with the Utah Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Maurice Abravanel on Friday 6th November in the evening at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. [Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 7 Nov 1959] This entry needs completion. |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Special benefit recital by Claudio Arrau, organized by the Utah Symphony at the University Student Union's Faculty Club lounge, with a standing-room-only audience in the main ballroom, presented on Saturday 7th November in the evening under the auspices of the Symphony Guild. The program comprised the following compositions: > Mozart's Sonata in a minor > Beethoven's Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata > Debussy's Suite Pour le piano > Ravel's Ondine (from Gaspard de la nuit) > Liszt's Mephisto Waltz [Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 8 Nov 1959] |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Arturo Basile
on 18th November. [This entry needs completion] |
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| 1959 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Amsterdam conducted by Paul Klecki (or Kletzki). [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1959 | England (?) | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with the Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Rafael Jeroným Kubelík. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1959 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra and Max Rudolf conducting. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1959 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Zurich Townhall
Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich] conducted by Hans
Rosbaud. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1959 | Norway | Claudio Arrau performance/s at the Bergen International Festival taking place from 29 May to 14 June. [Source: The Ottawa Journal, Ontario, Canada, 31 Jan 1959] [Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Ontario, Canada, 7 Feb 1959] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
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1960 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's twentieth annual tour of the
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| 1960 | U.S.A. | Musical America magazine of 1st January shows a cover page photograph of Claudio Arrau and inludes on its page 4 a brief account of the artist's busy schedule around the world. |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Opening
of the 1960 Concert Season of the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington,
with Claudio Arrau performances of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor at Constitution Hall on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th January,
and at Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, on Thursday 7th January. [Source: The Washington Post, 1 Jan 1960] |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Stuart Theater, Lincoln, Nebraska, on Tuesday 19th January in the evening, under the sponsorship of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. The programme included the following works: > Mozart's Rondo in A minor > Beethoven's Sonata No.18 in E flat major The Hunt > Beethoven's Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Moonlight > Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt's two études > Two encores: . [Source: Lincoln Evening Journal, Nebraska, 20 Jan 1960] |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor with The Hofstra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elie Siegmeister in the Hofstra Playhouse at Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., on Friday 12th February, as part of the Hofstra College Series. The first half of the programme comprised Vivaldi's Concerto No.43 in F major, Barber's 'Adagio for Strings', and E.Siegmeister's 'Cordura' Symphonic Suite. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau with The Hofstra Symphony Orchestra in the Hofstra College Playhouse, Department of Music, at Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., on Saturday 13th February. [Source: From printed concert programme for 12 Feb 1960] This entry needs corroboraiton/completion. |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Main Hall of the Carnegie Hall, New York, on Saturday 27th February
at 2:40 pm, as part of the 1959-60 Season. The programme included the following compositions: > Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511 > Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101 > Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor Op.58 > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt: Étude d'excution transcendante No.11 Harmonies... > Liszt: Étude d'excution transcendante No.10 [Source: Carnegie Hall Archives] [Source: Printed recital flyer] [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital ticket] |
| 1960 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 at the Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik [College of Music's
Concert Hall] of Berlin, with the Berlin Radio-Symphonie Orchester conducted by Bernard Haitink on Sunday 6th March at 11:00 am and Monday 7th March at 8:00 pm. The programme for these subscription performances also included Haydn's Symphony No.99 & Honegger's Symphonie liturgique (No.3). [Source: Electronic copy of signed printed concert programme] |
| 1960 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
in Munich of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony
Orchester and Massimo Pradella conducting on 9th March. [CD: WHRA 6050, E.U., 2013] This entry needs completion. |
| 1960 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at Ludwigsburg (Schloss, Ordensaal) on Saturday 12th March, performing an all-Chopin programme as follows: I > Ballade Nr.3 As-Dur op.47 > Ballade Nr4 f-Moll op.52 > Scherzo E-Dur op.54 II > Klaviersonate Nr.3 h-Moll op.58 III > 24 Préludes op.28 [CD: SWR Music, SWR19054CD, Germany, 2018] |
| 1960 | Germany | Pro-Musica recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik [College of Music's
Concert Hall] of Berlin on Friday 25th March at 8:00 pm, with
the following programme: > Mozart: Rondo a-moll KV 511 > Schumann: Fantasie C-dur Op.17 > Schoenberg: Drei Klavierstücke Op.11 > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt: Etudes d'exécution transcendante Nr.11 und Nr.10 Superlative critiques with titles such as "Ovations for Arrau", "Subliminal Virtuosity" [Vergeistigte Virtuosität], "Festive Hours", in reviews which appeared in Spandamer Volksblatt, Der Tag, Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Morgenpost, and Telegraf late in March. [Source: Printed recital programme] |
1960 |
Czechoslovakia |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Prague Spring Festival [March-April] with a program including, inter alia,
Chopin's 24 Preludes Op.28. A [Appian Publications and Recordings: CD APR 5631, 2000] [The Piano Files: Claudio Arrau at 120 – The Piano Files ] This entry needs completion. |
| 1960 | Sweden | Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven sonatas in Stockholm on 5th April, recorded by Swedish Radio Studios. > Piano Sonata No.31 Op.110 > Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111 > Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata CD: ICA Classics, ICAC 5122, Austria, 2014. |
1960 |
Poland |
Claudio Arrau participation in the International Spring Festival of Praga (Warsaw) in May. [Sources: El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, 29 April 1960] et al. This entry needs completion. |
1960 |
England |
Claudio Arrau performance at the Bath International Music Festival in May. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, 29 April 1960] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1960 |
England |
Performance by Claudio Arrau of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis in the Royal Albert Hall of London on Sunday 29th May at 7:30 pm. The all-Tchaikovsky programme likewise included Fantasy-Overture Romeo and Juliet, Suite The Sleeping Beauty & Overture Solennelle 1812. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
1960 |
Puerto Rico |
Claudio Arrau performs at Pablo Casals's Festival early in June at the auditorium of the University of Perto Rico, San Juan. |
1960 |
France |
Claudio Arrau's recital in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in mid June, with a programme comprising works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 23 June 1960] This entry needs completion. |
| 1960 | England | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Sir John Michael Pritchard on Thursday 16th June at 8:00 pm at the Royal Festival Hall. The programme also included Berlioz's Overture Benvenuto Cellini & Nielsen's Symphony No.4 The Inextinguishable. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Printed local newspaper review clips] |
1960 |
England |
Recording by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111 for the BBC Television Studios in London on 22nd June. [DVD: ICA Classics ICAD 5073, Austria, 2012] |
| 1960 | England | Claudio Arrau perfomance
of Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73 Emperor
and
Liszt's
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat on Saturday
25th June at 7:30 pm, at the Philharmonic
Hall, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under
guest conductor Hugo Rignold. The programme also included Mendelssohn's Overture 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and Dvorak's Symphonic Variations on an Original Theme Op.78 [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Liverpool Echo, 27 June 1960] |
1960
|
England |
Claudio Arrau was interviewed
by presenter Roy Plomley as guest of the BBC Radio 4’s Dessert Island Discs programme, broadcast
on 4th July 1960 at 13:10 hrs:
Maestro
Arrau's personal music selection sampled was as follows (available
at the time on LP records): Schubert’s
Symphony No.9, Berlin Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler,
1952 |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | All-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau, as one of The Berkshire Festival's Six Concerts of Chamber
Music, performed at the Theatre-Concert Hall, Tanglewood, Massachusetts,
on Wednesday 20th July at 8:30 pm, with a programme consisting
of the following works: The pianist contributed the proceeds of this recital to benefit the Berkshire Music Center scholarship fund. |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor
at Tanglewood, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre
Monteux on Saturday 23rd July at 8:30 pm, as part of the Berkshire
Festival. The programme also included: - Cherubini's Overture to 'Anacréon', - Respighi's Fountains of Rome Symphonic Poem, and - Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op.28. [CD containing concerto: WHRA-6047, E.U., 2012] [Source: Programme from the printed Festival schedule] |
1960 |
Argentina |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the 'Gran Teatro Broadway' of Buenos Aires on Monday 1st August at 10:00 pm, presented by the local 'Asociación Wagneriana' as part of its 48th Arts Season. |
1960 |
Argentina |
Performace by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 at the 'Teatro Colón' of
This Tenth Subscription Concert also featured Mozart's Magic Flute Overture, Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye & Britten's Four See Interludes. . |
| 1960 | Scotland | Claudio Arrau performance
at the Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall, on Wednesday
24th August at 8 pm, interpreting Beethoven's Piano Concerto
No.1 Op.15* with Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra. The programme also included Mozart's Symphony No.39 K.543 & Brahms's Symphony No.1 Op.68. *[N.B.: Instead of the advertised Mozart's Piano Concerto K.466] [Source: Printed Festival schedule, amended] [Source: 1960 Edinburgh International Festival's prospectus] [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Printed local newspaper review clip] |
| 1960 | Scotland | Recital
by Claudio Arrau at the Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall, on Friday 26th August
at 8 pm. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1 > Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16 > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit > Smetana: Sketch to a scene from Shakespeare > Liszt: Concert Study No.2 Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Etude d'execution transcendante in F minor, No.2 [Source: Printed Festival schedule, corrected] |
| 1960 | Scotland | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 at the Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall, on Sunday 28th August at 8 pm, with the Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Gibson. The programme also included Schumann's Manfred Overture & Mahler's Symphony No.1. [Source: Printed Festival schedule, corrected] This entry needs corroboration. |
| 1960 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music [Hochschulsaal] on Wednesday 5th October at 8:00 pm. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1960 | Germany | Article
in Berlin's 'Kurier' of 6th October,
entitled "On Gieseking's Throne: Claudio Arrau",
with a rave appraisal of a recital at the Hochschulsaal, comprising
Chopin's 28 Préludes and B minor Sonata, as well as Schumann's Carna val.
The writer makes a suggestion and request: 'An all-Liszt programme, please'. |
| 1960 | Germany | Article in Berlin's 'Der Tag' of 7th October, entitled "All the Marvels of the Romantic Style", with a whole-hearted appraisal of a recent Claudio Arrau recital comprising Chopin's 28 Préludes and B minor Sonata, and Schumann's Carnival. The pianist received a stormy ovation. |
| 1960 | Germany | Article in Berlin's 'Telegraf of 9th October, entitled "Piano Playing of Highest Rank", with an appreciative appraisal of a recent Claudio Arrau recital comprising Chopin's 28 Préludes and B minor Sonata, as well as Schumann's Carnival. |
| 1960 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with John Pritchard
conducting The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall, as part of
the Third Subscription Series of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Society, on Tuesday 18th October at 7:30 pm. |
| 1960 | England | An all-Chopin recital by Claudio Arrau, as part of an International Celebrity Concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 20th October at 8:00 pm. |
| 1960 | Northern Ireland | Claudio Arrau's recital at the Sir William Whitla Hall, Queen's University, Belfast, on Friday 21st October at 7:45 pm, as part of the British Music Society's season. |
| 1960 | England | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, on Thursday 27th October at 7:30 pm, at the Birmingham Town Hall, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugo Rignold. |
1960 |
Italy |
Claudio Arrau's recital at the Sala Maggiore, Galleria Nazionale Dell' Umbria, on Friday 4th November at 6:00 pm, presented by the Associazione Amici Della Musica Perugia in the inaugural event of the XVI Anno Dalla Fundazione Sala Maggiore. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Schumann: Fantasia op.17 in do maggiore > Chopin: 24 Preludi op.28 Intervallo > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit >>> (Tree ballate poetiche di Luis Bertrand) > Liszt: Due studi - >>> No.2 dei 'Sei* Studi da concerto', in fa diesis minore >>> No.10 dei 'Dodici Studi trascendentali', in fa minore [Source: Autographed printed recital programme] |
1960 |
Italy |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Turin Conservatory, on Monday 7th November in the evening, sponsored by the Amici della Musica. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Schumann: Fantasia in do op.17 > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine. Gibet. Scarbo.) > Liszt: Danza del gnomi > Liszt: Studio trascendentale n.10 > Chopin: 24 Preludi [Source: Stampa Sera, Torino, 7 Nov 1960] |
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U.S.A.
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Chopin-Schumann
recital by Claudio Arrau on Friday 11th November, at the Grace Rainey Auditorium
of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, paying homage to both
composers born 150 years earlier. The recital, held as magnificent throughout, consisted of the following masterpieces: > Chopin's Nocturne in B Op 62 No. 1 > Chopin's Fantasy in F minor > Chopin's Ballade in F minor > Chopin's Twenty-four Preludes > Schumann's Fantasy in C. [Riveting critique of performance by Raymond Ericson for The New York Times of |
1960
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U.S.A.
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Claudio Arrau performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Emperor on Monday 14th November in the evening at the Kingston Community Theatre, with Claude Monteaux conducting the Huston Valley Philharmonic Orchestra. . [Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman, New York, This entry needs completion. |
| 1960 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Liszt's Totentanz and R.Strauss's Burleske, with
the Houston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
in Houston on 8th December. Review by Herbert Garon, entitled 'Virtuoso's Holiday Spent With Pianist Arrau', included in the Rice Thresher issue of 9th December 1960 (Rice University, Huston Texas), refers to it as 'piano diablerie'. The writer makes the assertion that Claudio Arrau might have had a mild heart attack early in June. However, asked in March 2011, writer Ruth Joday, a close friend of the Arrau family at that time, could not recall such an incident. |
1960 |
The CBC network, in colaboration with the Faculty of Music of the McGill University of Montreal, staged a public Celebrity Concert featuring a recital by Claudio Arrau on Monday 12th December, which was broadcast from the Redpath Hall. The programme comprised the following compositions: > Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor > Beethoven: Waldstein Sonata > Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz - Several encores. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 14 Oct and 13 Dec 1960] |
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| 1960 | U.S.A. | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Chopin's Piano Cencerto No.1 in E minor Op.11 with the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1960 | Greece | Claudio Arrau performance/s
at the Odeon of the Herodes Atticus, under Ernest Ansermet,
as part of the Festival of Athens. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1960 | England | Claudio Arrau performances
of Grieg’s and Schumann’s Piano Concertos, with the Philharmonia
Orchestra under Alceo Galliera. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1960 | England | Performances
by Claudio Arrau of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Weber’s Konzertstück
Op 79, with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo
Galliera. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1960 | France | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 Emperor with L’Orchestre
de la Société Philharmonique de Paris conducted by Léon
Barzin. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1960 | Switzerland | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, with the Zurich Town Hall
Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich] conducted by Georg
Solti. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1960 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Cologne Radio Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Ferdinand Leitner. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
1960/1 |
Claudio Arrau recital
as part of the 1960-61 Boston University Celebrity Series. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
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1961 |
U.S.A. |
Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau at the Municipal Auditorium of New Orleans, Louisiana, with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony on Tuesday 3rd January at 8:30 pm. |
1961 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor on Saturday 7th
January at 8:30 pm, with Victor Alessandro conducting the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium. [Source: Express and News, Texas, 7 and 8 Jan 1961] |
1961 |
U.S.A. |
Recital by Claudio Arrau at the University of Arizona Auditorium, Tucson, on Thursday 12th January in the evening, with a program which included the following works: > Liszt's Vallée d'Obermann (from Années de Pelerinage) > Schumann's Humoreske > Liszt's Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude > Schumann's Carnival in Vienna > Chopin-Liszt's My joys [Source: Tucson Daily Citizen, Arizona, 13 Jan 1961] |
1961 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor, with Maestro Maurice Abravanel conducting the Utah Symphony Orchestra at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle on Wednesday 18th January in the evening. [Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 19 Jan 1961] This entry needs completion. |
| 1961 | Canada | Claudio Arrau performance
for the Vancouver Symphony Society, consisting of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 and Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman on Sunday 22nd January at 2:30 pm and Tuesday 24th January at 8:30 pm in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The purely orchestral part of the programme also included Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin Suite and Kodaly's Dance of Galanta. [Source: The Vancouver Sun, B.C., 17 Sept 1960] [Source: The Province, Vancouver, B.C., 21 Jan 1961] [Source: The Vancouver Sun, B.C., 23 Jan 1961] |
| 1961 | Germany | Performance by Claudio Arrau of Schumann's Piano Concerto Op.54 at the Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik of Berlin on Sunday 12th and Monday 13th of March at 8:00 pm, with the Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester under the baton of István Kertész. The programme also included Mozart's Divertimento in D major KV136 and Mahler's Symphony No.1 in D major. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1961 | Israel | Claudio Arrau's announced tour of Israel includes ten concerto performaces with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as two solo recitals in Tel Aviv over a 15-day period. [Source: El Informador, Guadalajara, 2 March 1961] et al. Actual performances need completion/corroboration. |
| 1961 | Israel | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv on Saturday 8th April at 8:30 pm, with a programme featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt. [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital flyer] [This entry needs completion] |
| 1961 |
Israel |
Claudio Arrau's farewell
appearance at
the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium of Tel Aviv with
special performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, Chopin Piano
Concerto No.1, and Liszt Piano Concerto No.2, on Saturday 15th
April at 8:30 pm, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
by Irwin Hoffman. Proceeds towards the Musicians Pension Fund. |
1961 |
Israel |
Special subscription concert performance by Claudio Arrau of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
by Irwin Hoffman, on Monday 17th April at 8:30 pm in the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. The programme commenced with Haydn's Symphony No.99 and Respighi's Pini di Roma. [Source: Electronic copy of printed recital flyer] |
1961 |
England |
Recital performance by Claudio Arrau at the Solihull Civic Hall, on Sunday 3rd June in the evening. The programme included: > Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major K.576 > Debussy: Préludes Book I > Brahms: : Handel Variations [Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 4 June 1961] |
| 1961 | England | Triumphal
concerto festival with Claudio Arrau and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Sir Adrian Boult, at the Royal
Festival Hall on 7th,
16th and 20th of June, playing nine of the great concerti in three
sold-out sessions to the highest acclaim from critics and audiences
alike. Please see entries below. [Source: Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, and London Times of 8 June 1961] [Source: Manchester Guardia, 21 June 1961] |
1961 |
England |
Concerto performances by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Wednesday 7th June in the evening, with the first of three marathon concert programmes. This evening's programme includes: > Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 > Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 > Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 The London Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. [Source: Printed concert programme] [Source: Daily Herald, London, 8 June 1961] |
1961 |
Sweden |
Claudio Arrau recital at the Royal Exchange Grand Hall [Stora Börssalen] of Stockholm on Monday 12th June at 8:00 pm, as part of the Stockholms Festspel 1961. The programme included: > Mozart's Sonata in D major K.576 > Beethoven's Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1 Quasi una fantasia Intermission > Beethoven's Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight > Schumann's Carnival Op.9 [Source: Stockholms Festspel 1961's prospectus] |
1961 |
England |
Concerto performances by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Friday 16th June at 8:00 pm, with the second of three marathon concert programmes. This included the following works: > Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 > Grieg: Piano Concerto Op.16 > Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor The London Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. [Source:Printed concert programme] [Source: Manchester Guardian, 21 June 1961] |
| 1961 | England | Claudio Arrau performance of Schumann's Carnaval Op.9, filmed in London on Monday 19th June. [Blu Ray: Idéale Audience - Classic Archive 3073984, Austria] [DVD: EMI Classics DVB 4928399, BBC INA CNC, 2004] [DVD: EMI Classics, 7243 4 92839 9 2. E.U., 2004] [CD: BBC Music, BBCMM349, England, 2012] |
1961 |
England |
Claudio Arrau's concerto performances at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Tuesday 20th June at 8:00 pm, with the third of three marathon concert programmes which included the following works:. > Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 > Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 > Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 The London Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. [Source: Printed concert programme for 7th June 1961] [Source: The Tatler, London, 14 June 1961] [Source: Manchester Guardian, 21 June 1961] |
| 1961 |
Puerto
Rico |
Claudio Arrau performs Brahm's Trio No.2 for piano, violin and cello Op. 87, with
Isaac Stern and Pablo Cassals
on 27th June in San Juan, as part of the 'Pablo Casals Festival'. Unique recording held by: > the Library of Congress in Washington, Catalog No. 91480576, > and the New York Public Library, VHS black and white 1/2 inch videocassette, remastered in 1990. |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | Performance
by Claudio Arrau of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday 13th July in the evening. [Source: Independent, Long Beach, California, 15 July 1961] Thisn entry needs completion. |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Charles Munch
conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood on Friday 18th
August. [CD: WHRA-6017, E.U., 2012] This entry needs completion. |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's recital on Sunday 20th
August at 8:30 pm at the Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, with a program including the following compositions: I > Mozart: Fantasia in D minor > Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C major Waldstein > Schumann: Carnaval II > Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz The pianist donated the proceeds of this recital to the Bennington Art Center. [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, Canada, 12 Aug 1961] [Source: Bennington Banner, Vermont, USA, 22 Aug 1961] |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | The Arrau family moves to their new home in Andover, Vermont, on Monday 21st
August. [Source: Bennington Banner, Vermont, 22 Aug 1961] |
1961 |
Finland |
Claudio Arrau performances at the Helsinki Sibelius Festival in September, including
inter alia Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Tauno Heikki Hannikainen at the Sibelius Hall. |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | Recital by Claudio Arrau on Friday 17th November at 8:15 pm in the Wollman Auditorium of the Ferris Booth Hall, Morningside, Maryland. The performance included the following compositions: > Mozart's Sonata in A minor K.310 > Beethoven's Sonata in F minor Op. 57 > Debussy's Twelve Préludes Book I > Liszt's Études Nos. 10 and 11 Proceeds from the performance went to the Columbia Scholarship Fund, to povide financial assistance for needy students. [Source: Columbia Daily Spectator, NY, 14 Nov & 15 Dec, 1961] |
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1961 |
Norway |
Claudio Arrau's participation in the Bergen International Festival is announced. The Festival is scheduled to run from 25 May to 11 June. [Source: Calgary Herald, Alberta, Canada, 16 Dec 1960] [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 1 Feb 1961] Actual performance/s need corroboration/completion. |
| 1961 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance
of Liszt’s Totentanz for piano and orchestra, with the Munich
Philharmonic Orchestra [Münchner Philharmoniker] and Fritz
Rieger conducting. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1961 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Utah Symphony Orchestra
under Maurice Abravanel. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1961 | France | Performance by Claudio Arrau
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Igor Markevitch conducting L' Orchestre national de France. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
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| 1962 | Canada | Claudio Arrau's recital held in Regina's Sheldon-Williams Auditorium, Saskatchewan, on Monday 19th February at 8:15 pm, as part of the Concert Series staged by the Queen City Kiwanis Overture Association. The programme comprised the following compositions: I > Beethoven: Sonata No.24 in F sharp Op.78 For Therese > Beethoven: Sonata No.16 in G major Op.31 No.1 II > Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 III > Liszt: Ballade in B minor Hero and Leander > Liszt: Jeaux d'eau à la Villa d'Este > Liszt: Gnomenreigen > Liszt: Mephisto Waltz Encore: > Liszt-Chopin: Mes joies [Source: The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, 21 Oct 1961, 17 and 20 Feb 1962] |
| 1962 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performance
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73 Emperor with Hans Schweiger conducting the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
in the local Music Hall on Tuesday 27th February at 8:30 pm. The programme is repeated at 2:00 pm on Wednesday 28th February at the Kansas City Plaza Theater. [Source: The Kansas City Times, Missouri, 26 & 28 Feb 1962] |
| 1962 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performances
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonikisches Orchester] conducted by Colin
Davis, on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th March
at 8:00 pm at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music. The programme also included Mozart's Prague Symphony and Tippet's Concert for Double String Orchestra. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] [Source: Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester 1961-62 prospectus] |
| 1962 | Germany | Pro Musica subscription recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music on Friday 6th April. Sold-out early. The programme comprised the folling compositions: > Beethoven: Sonate Nr.11 B-dur Op.22 > Debussy: 12 Préludes (1. Heft) > Liszt: Ballade No.2 > Liszt: Mephisto Waltzer > Liszt: Other pieces. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] |
| 1962 | Germany | Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Concert Hall of Berlin's College of Music on Monday 16th April. [Source: Guide to the Concert Halls of Berlin (Fürer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins)] Note: Announcement of a forthcoming event whose actual performance needs corroboration. |
| 1962 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau solo
recital at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on Wednesday 18th April at 8:15 pm, the last performance in the 'Four Masters of the Piano'
series, with a programme consisting of the following works: |
| 1962 | Norway | Concerto performance by Claudio Arrau at the Bergen International Festival [Festspillene i Bergen], with the Bergen Symphony Orchestra [Musikselskabet Harmonien's Orkester] on Saturday 26th May at 8:00 pm. [Source: Printed Festival prospectus] |
| 1962 | Germany | Claudio Arrau performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op.54, with Rafael Kubelík conducting the Cologne Radio (Northwest German Radio) Symphony Orchestra on Thursday 31st May in Cologne. [CD: WHRA6050, E.U., 2013] |
| 1962 |
Netherlands |
Claudio Arrau's
Beethoven complete piano concerto cycle with the Concertgebouw
Orchestra in June. [This entry needs completion] |
| 1962 |
England |
International
Celebrity Recital by Claudio Arrau at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Wednesday
6th June at 8 pm, with Arrau performing the following
works: |
1962 |
England |
Claudio Arrau's performance
of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, Weber's Konzerstück
Op.79, and Liszt's Totentanz, under Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall of London on Thursday 21st June at 8:00 pm The programme also included Elgar's Introduction and Allegro. Maestro Arrau performed in aid of the humanitarian programmes assisted by The British United Nations Association. [Source: Printed concert programme] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's eight-week tour of Australia (over July-August-September) for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). Please see entries below. |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 28th July. [Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 1962] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau recital
at the Sydney Town Hall on Monday 30th July at 8:15 pm, with the following
programme: > Mozart: Sonata K.576 > Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op.24 > Debussy: Twelve préludes Book I > Debussy: L'isle joyeuse [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Recital
by Claudio Arrau at Canberra's Albert Hall, as part of the ABC 1962 Series,
on Wednesday 1st August. The programme included Mozart's Sonata in A minor K.310, Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op.24, and Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit. [Source: The Canberra Times, 2 Aug 1962] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Second
Claudio Arrau recital at the Canberra Albert Hall, as part of the ABC 1962 Series,
on Thursday
2nd August. The programme included Mozart's Sonata No.18 in D major ('The Hunt' or 'The Trumpet Sonata'), Schumann's Fantasy in C major Op.17, Debussy's twelve Préludes Book I and L' isle joyouse. Performance warmly acclaimed as brilliant. [Source: The Canberra Times, 3 Aug 1962] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under visiting conductor Jascha Horenstein at the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday 7th August at 8:00 pm, as part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Twenty-Seventh Season. The
programme also included Mozart's 'Symphony No.39 K.543, and Petrassi's
Concerto for Orchestra No.1 (first performance in Australia). |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by visiting conductor Jascha Horenstein at the Sydney Town Hall on Saturday 11th August at 8:00 pm, as part of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Twenty-Seventh Season. The evening also included Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' overture, and Bruckner's Symphony No.3 in D minor. M.L.,
from Sydney's Daily Telegraph of 13th August, provides a review
on Horenstein's and Arrau's performances under the title 'Music
on a Heroic Scale'. The
printed programme shows a repeat of the event scheduled for Monday 13th August. |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Private recital given by visiting pianist Claudio Arrau on Sunday 12th August for the benefit of the 'Victoria League in New South Wales' (that is, the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship). The recital was held at the Rosemont residence, the Woollahra home of Lady Lloyd Jones in NSW, hosted by the chair of the league, Mrs. H.B. Farncomb, who welcomed more than 100 guests to the recital. Mr. Arrau was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Arrau. The General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sir Charles Moses, introduced Mr. Arrau, who performed the following works: >
Beethoven's Rondo Op.51 No.2 [Journalist account of the occasion and photograph of Claudio Arrau and Lady Lloyd Jones found on The Sydney Morning Herald of Monday 13th August] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Mr.
Claudio Arrau and Spouse arrived in Melbourne on 14th August.
Interview of Mrs. Ruth Arrau about her career in fotography, published by Melbourne's The Age of 15th August. |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau's opening
recital at the Melbourne's Town Hall on Wednesday 15th August
with an all-Beethoven programme, including sonatas Op.27 No.1, Op.27
No.2, Op.111, Op.22 and Op.57. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 15 and 16 Aug 1962] |
1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau recital performance at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 18th August. [Source: University of Melbourne. Louise Hanson-Dyer Library/Collections/Concert and Theatre Programs] This entry needs completion. |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau performance/s
in Tasmania in August. [This entry needs corroboration/completion] |
| 1962 |
Australia |
Claudio Arrau all-Beethoven recitals
at the Sydney Town Hall - Thursday 30th August programme: > Sonata No.15 Op.28 Pastorale > Sonata No.16 Op.31 No.1 > Sonata No.29 Op.106 Hammerklavier First part of the programme broadcast on Sydney's ABN-2 Channel at 8:15 pm. [TV Times, NSW, 25 Aug 1962] Friday 7th September programme: > Sonata No.2 Op.2 No. 2 > Sonata No.28 Op.101 > Sonata No.30 Op. 109 > Sonata Op.53 Waldstein |
1962 |
Switzerland |
Claudio Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 with the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française conducted by Jascha Horenstein in Montreux on 17th September. [CD: Archipel ARPCD 0557, E.U., 2013] |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau recital on Saturday 13th October in the afternoon, at the Southern Vermont Art Center's Pavilion Shed in Manchester, featuring four Beethoven piano sonatas. [Review in the Bennington Banner, Vermont, 15 Oct 1962] This entry needs completion. |
1962 |
Canada |
As part of the 3rd Annual Great Artists Series, Claudio Arrau recital performance at Her Majesty's Theatre of Montreal, Quebec, on Sunday 14th October at 8:30 pm, featuring the following all-Beethoven programme: > Sonata No.26 in E flat major Op.81a Les adieux > Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110 Intermission > Sonata No.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 > Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata [Source: The Gazette, Montreal, 6 Oct 1962] [Source: Printed recital programme] |
| 1962 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau's concerto performance with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in October at the Northrop Auditorium of the University of Minnesota. |
| 1962 | U.S.A. | Broadcast in colour television of Claudio Arrau performing the third movement of Beethoven’s
Piano Concerto No. 5, with The Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted
by Donald Voorhees on Monday 22nd October in the evening. |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's |
| 1962 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau's Complete
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle at the Philharmonic
Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, of New York. |
| 1962 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau's Complete
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle at the Philharmonic
Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts, of New York. |
| 1962 |
U.S.A. |
Arrau's Complete
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle at the Philharmonic
Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts, of New York. |
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1962 |
Switzerland |
Bernard Gavoty, music critique for 'Figaro' magazine, published this year in Geneva an appreciation of Claudio Arrau, the man and his art, along with a collection of 21 photographs, in a 33-page book in French, as part of a Les Grands Interprètes series, also made available in English, German and Spanish translations. |
1962
|
Netherlands
|
Claudio Arrau signs
a long-term recording contract with the Philips label, subsequently renewed
for life, resulting in his well-known, extensive recordings of works
by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert,
and Mozart, as well as a sample of Bach, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky. |
1962-1970 |
Netherlands |
Claudio Arrau concludes the recording of
his celebrated complete Beethoven piano sonata and
concerto cycles for Philips. |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
The
Philharmonic Hall Program 1962-1963, published
in New York by Saturday Review Inc, contains 52 pages of musical
articles, ads and photographs, in addition to a 16-page central
chapter about Maestro Claudio Arrau, including: |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
Four sold-out Claudio Arrau concerts at the recently inaugurated New York Philharmonic
Hall: the David Geffen Hall, New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. {This entry need completion] |
| 1962 | U.S.A. | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos No. 1 and 5, with Theodore
Bloomfield conducting the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,
New York. [This entry needs completion] |
1962 |
U.S.A. |
Claudio Arrau records Schumann’s Fantasiestücke
Nos. 2 & 5 for Everest Records, in benefit of the
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees: LP - UN M/S 2. |
| 1962 | Venezuela | Claudio Arrau performances
of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Brahms’s Piano
Concerto No. 1, with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Caracas. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1962 | England | Claudio Arrau performance
of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
| 1962 | Netherlands | Claudio Arrau performance
of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with The Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam]
conducted by Eugen Jochum. This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
1962 |
New
Zealand |
Claudio Arrau's two-week
tour of New Zealand. [Source: The Age, Melbourne, 15 Aug 1962] This entry needs corroboration/completion. |
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