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Composers Datebook®

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

Composers Datebook for October 25, 2017

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Corigliano's "Poem in October"

John Corigliano (b. 1938) Poem in October Robert White, tenor;Thomas Nyfenger, f.;Humbert Lucarelli, ob.;Joseph Rabbai, cl.;American String Quartet;Maurice Peress, cond. and hc. RCA 60395

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Cindy McTee's Symphony No. 1

Cindy McTee (b. 1953) Symphony No. 1 (Ballet for Orchestra) Detroit Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, cond. Naxos 8.559765

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Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Violin Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 80 David Oistrakh, vn; Lev Oborin, p. (r. 1946) Brilliant Classics 8402

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Adams at the opera

John Adams (b. 1947) Nixon in China Orchestra of St. Luke's; Edo de Waart, cond. Nonesuch 794543

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Beethoven and Sibelius take the Fifth

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 5 Royal Philharmonic; René Leibowitz, cond. Chesky 17 Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Symphony No. 5 Lahti Symphony; Osmo Vänska BIS 1288

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Moross's First, Copland's Third

Jerome Moross (1913 – 1983) Symphony No. 1 London Symphony; JoAnn Falletta, cond. Koch International 7188 Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990) Symphony No. 3 Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, cond. Reference 93

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Schuman starts on third

William Schuman (1910 – 1992) Symphony No. 3 New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. Sony Classical 63163

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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.