Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Henry Purcell (1659-1695): ‘Hail Bright Cecilia!’; Gabrieli Consort; Paul McCreesh; Archiv 445 882 George Frederic Handel (1685-1759): ‘Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day’; English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor; Archiv 419 220 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): ‘Hymn to St. Cecilia’; London Sinfonietta Voices; Virgin 90728
John Harbison (b. 1938): ‘Flight into Egypt’; Cantata Singers and Ensemble; David Hoose, conductor; New World 80395
Meredith Monk (b. 1942): ‘Atlas’; Meredith Monk Ensemble; Wayne Hankin, conductor; ECM 1491
George Gershwin (1898-1937): ‘Damsel in Distress Suite’ (‘An American in London’); (Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; John Mauceri, conductor; Philips 434 274
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Piano Quartet No. 3; Ames Piano Quartet; Dorian 90217
Katherine Hoover (1937-2018): ‘Canyon Echoes (Duologue)’; Susan Morris De Jong, flute; Jeffrey Van, guitar; Gasparo 336
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): ‘Act I Prelude,’ from ‘Die Meistersinger’; Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor; CBS 38914 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): ‘Symphonic Dances’; Philadelphia Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor; London 433 181
William Herschel (1738-1822): Oboe Concerto; Richard Woodhams, oboe; The Mozart Orchestra; Davis Jerome, conductor; Newport Classic 85612 Gustav Holst (1874-1934): ‘Uranus,’ from ‘The Planets’; Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor; EMI 9513
Andrew Waggoner (b. 1960): Symphony No. 2; Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Petr Pololanik, conductor; CRI 884
Bach, Tchaikovsky, Dukas, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Mussorgsky and Schubert: excerpts from ‘Fantasia’ soundtrack; Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; Buena Vista 600072
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.
