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January
25
Roy
Peadar
04
Dermot
Theme: Operetta, Musicals, Film, World
Roy
11
Ken
Éamon + Roy
January Concert
18
Jim
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
4th Eduardo Mata, 25d | 5th Roberto Gerhard, 50d + Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, 100b
10th Sherrill Milnes, 85th | 15th Aaron Jay Kernis, 60th | 20th Guillaume Lekeu. 150b
23rd Earl Wild, 10d | 30th Gerald Finley, 60th | 31st George Benjamin, 60th
February
01
No session today
29
Séamus
Séamus
08
Ken
Ken
15
Jim
Jim
Theme: Love & Romance
22
Roy
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Rudolf Barshai 10d | 9th Ferdinando Carulli, 250b | 13th Leopold Godowsky, 150b
17th Henri Vieuxtemps, 200b | 20th Christoph Eschenbach, 80th | 25th Jésus Lopez-Cobos, 80th
26th Anton Reicha, 250b + Giuseppe Tartini, 250d
March
07
Jim
Dermot
14
Roy
David
21
CANCELLED
28
CANCELLED
ANNIVERSARIES
6th Oscar Straus, 150b | 9th Howard Shelley, 70th | 10th Ignaz Moscheles, 150d
11th Katia Labéque, 70th | 14th Gerard Victory, 25d | 16th John Addison, 100b
18th James Conlon, 70th | 22nd Stephen Sondheim, 90th | 27th Maria Ewing, 70th
29th Astrud Gilberto, 80th
April
04
CANCELLED
11
CANCELLED
[Easter weekend]
18
CANCELLED
25
CANCELLED
ANNIVERSARIES
3rd Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, 125b | 7th Leif Ove Andsnes, 50th | 9th Aulis Sallinen, 85th
17th Siegfried Jerusalem, 80th + Cristina Ortiz, 70th + Anja Silja, 80th | 18th Grigory Sokolov, 70th
21st Bruno Maderna, 100b | 22nd Fiorenza Cossotto, 85th | 23rd Barry Douglas, 60th
27th Guido Cantelli, 100b | 28th Nan Merriman, 100b | 30th Franz Lehár, 150b
May
30
Ken
Ken
02
Ken
Ron
09
Ken
Éamon
16
Dermot
Jim
23
Dermot
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
8th Carl Stamitz, 275b | 9th Michel Beroff, 70th | 11th William Grant Still, 125b
12th GABRIEL FAURÉ, 175b | 21st Franz von Suppé, 125d | 24th Paul McCreesh, 60th
June
27
Ken
Jim
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : SÉAMUS
06
Ken
Roy
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : RON
20
Ken
Ron
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : JIM
13
Ken
Dermot (To be confirmed)
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : KEN
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Frederica von Stade, 75th | 10th Mark-Anthony Turnage, 60th | 24th Terry Riley, 85th
27th Leopold Auer, 175b + Robert King, 60th
July
18
Ken
Ken
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : SÉAMUS
11
Ken
Éamon
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : RON
04
Ken
Séamus
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR : ROY
25
Hoped-for resumption of normal service
ANNIVERSARIES
5th Gordon Jacob, 125b | 10th Graham Johnson, 70th + Carl Orff, 125b | 12th Rpger Vignoles, 75th
15th Charles Mackerras, 10d | 17th Dawn Upshaw, 60th | 21st Isaac Stern, 100b
22nd Josef Strauß, 175b | 23rd Susan Graham, 60th
29th John Barbirolli, 50d + Mikis Theodorakis, 95th | 30th George Szell, 50d
August
29
Jim
01
Jim
08
15
22
Dermot
ANNIVERSARIES
4th Deborah Voigt, 60th | 15th Donnacha Dennehy, 50th | 16th Franz Welser-Möst, 60th
25th José van Dam, 80th | 31st Itzhak Perlman, 75th
September
26
05
12
19
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Seji Ozawa, 85th | 5th Karita Mattila, 60th | 8th Lars Vogt, 50th
10th Henry Purcell, 325d | 11th Arvo Pärt, 85th | 15th Anton Webern, 75d
17th Saverio Mercadante, 225b | 24th John Rutter, 75th | 26th Béla Bartók, 75d
28th Florent Schmitt, 150b | 29th Václav Neumann, 100b
October
31
03
17
Jim
10
October Concert
24
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Max Bruch, 100d | 6th Jenny Lind, 200b | 8th Louis Vierne, 150b | 14th Le Monte Young, 85th
17th Stephen Kovacevich, 80th | 18th Melina Mercouri, 100b | 20th Michael Balfe, 150 d
22nd Samson François, 50d | 24th Malcolm Bilson, 85th
November
28
Jim
07
Jim
14
21
ANNIVERSARIES
4th Elgar Howarth, 85th | 5th Walter Gieseking 125b + Nicholas Maw, 85th | 12th Henryk Górecki, 10d
16th PAUL HINDEMITH, 125b | 25th Håkan Hagegård, 75th + Wilhelm Kempff, 125b
27th Helmut Lechenmann, 85th | 30th Radu Lupu, 75th
December
05
12
Roy
Roy
Theme: Christmas music
19
Jim
BEETHOVEN DAY
Theme: Christmas Music
26
No session today
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Jerome de Bromhead, 75th | 5th Vítězslav Novák, 150b + Osvaldo Golijov, 85th
6th Dave Brubeck, 100b | 17th LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, 250b + Saverio Marcadante, 150d
18th Rita Streich, 100b | 23rd Jan Dismas Zelenka, 275d | 27th Shura Cherkassky, 25d
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST
2020
A big year for
BEETHOVEN
See the weekly
schedule sheet for
host-contact
information
View or download the 2020 Anniversaries summary sheet
FOR PANDEMIC TIMES
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