Poster John Birge
John Birge
YourClassical MPR

Composers Datebook®

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

Composers Datebook for September 15, 2019

YourClassical

Henry Brant's Northern Lights

Henry Brant (1913 - 2008) Northern Lights Over the Twin Cities Combined musical forces of Macalester College; with six conductors, including Henry Brant Innova CD 408

2:00
YourClassical
2:00
YourClassical

Bernstein meets Wharton

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) Farewell Dinner, from The Age of Innocence film score Studio orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, cond. EMI Classics 57451

2:00
YourClassical

Reisenberg and Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537 (Coronation) Nadia Reisenberg; WOR studio orchestra; Alfred Wallenstein, cond. (r. March 19, 1940) IPA of Maryland Reisenberg Mozart Piano Concertos CD 13

2:00
YourClassical

Hanslick and Thomson, critics at large

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Act III excerpts, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Deutschen Oper Berlin Orchestra; Eugen Jochum, cond. DG 415 281 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) Digging (A Portrait of Howard Rea) London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; Christopher Larkin, cond. Hyperion 66517

2:00
YourClassical

Berlioz and the Parisian prudes

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Benvenuto Cellini and Roman Carnival Overtures Staatskapelle Dresden; Sir Colin Davis, cond. BMG/RCA 68790

2:00
YourClassical

Edward Burlingame Hill

Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960) Prelude for Orchestra Columbia Symphony; Leonard Bernstein, cond. CBS/Sony 61849

2:00
YourClassical

Bernstein's "Mass"

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Sanctus, from Mass Empire Brass Telarc 80159 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Simple Song, from Mass Boston Pops; John Williams, cond. Philips 416 360

2:00
YourClassical

Hymnus Paradisi by Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells Hymnus Paradisi Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Vernon Handley, cond. Hyperion 66448

2:00
YourClassical

Henry Kimball Hadley

Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 – 1937) The Culprit Fay Ukraine National Symphony; John McLaughlin Williams, cond. Naxos 8.559064

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.