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Composers Datebook®

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

Composers Datebook for April 16, 2012

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Rorem's Third

Ned Rorem (b. 1923) Symphony No. 3 Utah Symphony; Maurice Abravanel, cond. Vox Box 5092

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Converse salutes Henry Ford

Frederick Converse (1871 – 1940) Flivver Ten Million Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, cond. Naxos 8.559116

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Mozart's "Coronation" Concerto

Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Piano Concerto No. 26 (Coronation) Jenö Jandó, piano; Concentus Hungaricus; Mátyás Antál , cond. Naxos 8.550209

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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

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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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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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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.

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