Goldberg and Rzewski
J. S. Bach (1685 –1750) Goldberg Variations Murray Perahia, piano Sony 89243 Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) Variations on "The People United will never be defeated!" Frederic Rzewski, piano Nonesuch 79623
John Birge
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Composers Datebook®
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Composers Datebook for April 13, 2012
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Loeffler's Quartet
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861 – 1935) String Quartet in a DaVinci Quartet Naxos 8.559077
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Mozart and Allegri
Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652) Miserere The Tallis Scholars Gimell 454 990
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Giannini's Symphony No. 3
Vittorio Giannini (1903 - 1966) Symphony No. 3 University of Houston Wind Ensemble; Tom Bennett, cond. Naxos 8.570130
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Florence Price and Marion Anderson
Florence Price (1887 – 1953) Symphony No. 3 The Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, cond. Koch 7518
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Bach and Mozart in New York
J.S .Bach (arr. Respighi) Passacaglia in c BBC Philharmonic; Leonard Slatkin, cond. Chandos 9835 Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364/320d Midori, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; NDR Symphony; Christoph Eschenbach, cond Sony 89488
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The "historically informed" Mr. Burney
George Frederic Handel (1685 – 1757) Belshazzar Vienna Concentus Musicus; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cond. Teldec 97988 Charles Burney (1726 - 1814) Tell us, O Women Psalmody and The Parley of Instruments; Peter Holman, cond. Hyperion 67150
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Beethoven for winds
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 Jeno Jando, p; Jozsef Kiss, ob; Bela Kovacs, cl; Jeno Kevehazi, fh;Jozsef Vajda, bn. Naxos 8.550511
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Strauss goes batty?
Johann Strauss II (1825 – 1899) Die Fledermaus Overture Vienna Symphony; Robert Stolz, cond. BMG 72916
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The Gong Show
François-Joseph Gossec (1734 – 1829) Marche lugubre The Wallace Collection; John Wallace, cond. Nimbus 5175
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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.