Harry Partch and Terry Riley
Harry Partch (1901 – 1974) Delusion of the Fury Ensemble of Unique Instruments; Danlee Mitchell, cond. innova 406 Terry Riley (b. 1935) In C SUNY at Buffalo ensemble; Terry Riley, cond. CBS 7178
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Harry Partch (1901 – 1974) Delusion of the Fury Ensemble of Unique Instruments; Danlee Mitchell, cond. innova 406 Terry Riley (b. 1935) In C SUNY at Buffalo ensemble; Terry Riley, cond. CBS 7178
Reinhold Glière (1875 – 1956) Russian Sailors' Dance, from The Red Poppy Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, cond. BMG 63313 Reinhold Glière Symphony No. 3 (Ilya Murometz) London Symphony; Leon Botstein, cond. Telarc 80609
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883) American Centennialand Imperial Marches Hong Kong Philharmonic; Varujan Kojian, cond. Naxos 8.555386
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Beauty and the Beast Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman, cond. Nonesuch 79347
Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975) Clarinet Candy Decca studio orchestra; Leroy Anderson, cond. MCA 9815 Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960) Rocketekya David Krakauer, clarinet; ensemble Naxos 8.559403
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 -1864) Coronation March, from Le Prophète New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. Sony 46709 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore Chicago Symphony and Chorus; Sir Georg Solti, cond. London 466 075
Ignaz Pleyel (1757 – 1831) Symphony in G, Op. 68 London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9525
Charles Ives (1874-1954) arr. Henry Brant (1913-2008): A Concord Symphony Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra;Dennis Russell Davies, cond. innova 414
David Byrne (b. 1952) High Life Balanescu Quartet Argo 436 565 Brian Eno (b. 1948) arr. Gordon Music for Airports Bang on a Can All-Stars Point Music 314 536 847
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.