On This Day

Births:

1899 – Francis Poulenc, French composer and pianist  {Listen & Discover his music: here}
1917 – Ulysses Kay, American composer

Deaths:

1964 – American composer Colin McPhee, age 62, in Los Angeles.

Premieres:

1857 – Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A, in Weimar, with the composer conducting and his pupil, Hans von Bronsart, the soloist. {Listen & Discover: here}
1942 – Copland: “Statements” for Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall by New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.  {Listen & Discover: here}