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Composers Datebook®

Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge

Composers Datebook for December 5, 2020

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Libby Larsen for Strings

Libby Larsen (b. 1950) Symphony No. 4 (String Symphony) Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Joel Revzen, cond. Koch International 7481

2:00
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"Medea" by Charpentier (and Druckman)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1635 – 1704) Médée Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, cond. Harmonia Mundi 90.1139/41 Jacob Druckman (1928 – 1996) Prism New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond. New World 335

2:00
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Dvořák plays favorites?

Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Sonatina in G, Op. 100 Ivan Zenaty, violin; Antonin Kubalek, piano Dorian 90171

2:00
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Bernstein's "Candide"

Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) Candide soloists; London Symphony; Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG 429 734

2:00
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Corigliano for Strings

John Corigliano (b. 1938) String Quartet Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80415

2:00
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2:00
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The Chopin of America

Manuel Gregorio Tavárez (1843 – 1883) Margarita Kimberley Davis, p. from “La Ondina: Una Colección de Música Puertorriqueña para Piano” (digital album)

2:00
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"Peanuts Gallery"

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939) Peanuts Gallery Jeffrey Biegel (!), p; Florida State University Symphony; Alexander Jiménez, cond. Naxos 8.559656

2:00

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.