Virgil Thomson reviews Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter (1908 - 2012) String Quartet No. 1 The Composers Quartet Nonesuch 71249
John Birge
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Composers Datebook®
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Composers Datebook for May 4, 2020
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Bloch's "Greatest Hit"
Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959) Schelomo Mischa Maisky, cello; Israel Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG 427 347
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Higdon's "Splendid Wood"
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) Splendid Wood New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Naxos 8.559683
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"Citizen Kane" scores big
Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975) Citizen Kane film score (opening) National Philharmonic; Charles Gerhardt, cond. RCA CD 707
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Thomas' "Sun Threads"
Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) Eagle at Sunrise, from Sun Threads Walden Chamber Players ART CD 1992007
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Mozart and Strinasacchi in Vienna
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Sonata in Bb, K. 454
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Meyerbeer's "African Maid"
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 – 1864) O paradis, from L'Africaine Ben Heppner, tenor; London Symphony; Myung-Whun Chung, cond. DG 471 372
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Peter Boyer's Symphony No. 1
Peter Boyer (b. 1970) Symphony No. 1 London Philharmonic; Peter Boyer, cond. Naxos 8.559769
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Beethoven waits for Liszt
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Reminiscences de Robert le Diable Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 66861
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Stockhausen's "Sunday" from "Light"
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) "Lichter-Wasser" (Sonntags-Gruss), from "Sonntag aus Licht" Barbara van den Boom, sop; Hubert Mayer, t, Antonio Pérez Abellán, synthesizer; SW Radio Symphony Baden-Baden/Freiburg; Karlheinz Stockhausen, cond. Stockhausen Verlag CD 58
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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.