Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): ‘L’Anima del Filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice)’; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Decca 452668 Cello Concerto No. 1; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Iona Brown, conductor; EMI 65701
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751): ‘Adagio,’ from Concerto No. 12; I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone, conductor; Erato 0630-15681-2
Tania León (b. 1943): ’Batá’; Louisville Orchestra; Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor; Soundmark CD 48027
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): ‘Synchrony’; Polish National Radio Orchestra; William Strickland, cond.) Citadel 88122
John Corigliano (b. 1938): ‘Gazebo Dances’; University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor; Naxos 8.559601
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): ‘Albumblatt’ (1853); Sophie-Mayuko Vetter, piano; Hännsler 98048
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): ‘The Water Goblin’; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; Teldec 25254
William Walton (1902-1983): ‘Coronation Te Deum’; Andrew Lumsden, organ; Finzi Singers; Paul Spicer, conductor; Chandos 9222 William Walton (1902-1983): ‘Orb And Sceptre March’; English Northern Philharmonia; Paul Daniel, conductor; Naxos 8.553981
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759): ‘Air,’ from ‘Water Music’; St. Martin’s Academy; Neville Marriner, conductor; EMI 66646
John Adams (b. 1949): ‘Chorus,’ from ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary’; Los Angeles Master Chorale & Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; DG 0289 479 2243 8
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.
