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Composers Datebook®

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Composer's Datebook - 20211214

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Barber in Rome (part 2)

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) — String Quartet Op. 11 (Tokyo String Quartet) RCA/BMG 61387

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Barber in Rome (part 1)

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) — Symphony No. 1 (Saint Louis Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, cond.) RCA/BMG 60732

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Henry Brant

Henry Brant (1913-2008) — Western Springs (La Jolla Symphony and Chorus; Henry Brant, et. al. cond.) CRI 827

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Cowell at the Forum

Henry Cowell (1897–1965) — String Quartet No. 3 (Mosaic Quartet) (Colorado String Quartet) Mode 72/73

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Still's Symphony No. 2

William Grant Still (1875 – 1978): Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" (Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, cond.) Chandos 9226

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) — Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 117 (Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Lahti Symphony; Osmo Vanska) BIS 1125

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Ruggles on the mountaintop

Carl Ruggles (1876–1971) — Men and Mountains (Buffalo Philharmonic; Lukas Foss, cond.) Vox 8155

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Schumann and Prokofiev in private

Robert Schumann (1810–1856) — Piano Quintet in Eb, Op. 44 (Menahem Pressler, piano; Emerson String Quartet) DG 445 848 Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) — Cello Sonata, Op. 119 (David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano) Artist Led 19901

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Berlioz gets snuffed?

Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) — Requiem, Op. 5 (French Radio Chorus and Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, cond.) Sony 47526

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About Composers Datebook®

Host John Birge presents a daily snapshot of composers past and present, with timely information, intriguing musical events and appropriate, accessible music related to each.

He has been hosting, producing and performing classical music for more than 25 years. Since 1997, he has been hosting on Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Service. He played French horn for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra and performed with them on their centennial tour of Europe in 1995. He was trained at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy.