Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
William Herschel (1738 – 1822) Oboe Concerto in C Richard Woodhams, oboe; The Mozart Orchestra; Davis Jerome, cond. Newport Classic 85612 Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934) Uranus, from The Planets Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Rattle, cond. EMI 9513
Andrew Waggoner (b. 1960) Symphony No. 2 Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Petr Pololanik, cond. CRI 884
Bach, Tchaikovsky, Dukas, Stravisnky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Mussorgsky and Schubert excerpts from Fantasia sountrack Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, cond. Buena Vista 600072
George Crumb (b. 1929) Makrokosmos No. 2 Laurie Hudicek, piano Furious Artisans 6805
Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959) Piano Quintet No. 1 Portland String Quartet; Paul Posnak, piano Arabesque 6618
J.S. Bach (arr. Gustav Mahler) Orchestral Suite Berlin Radio Symphony; Peter Schwarz, cond. Schwann 11637
John Corigliano (b. 1938) Oboe Concerto Humbert Lucarelli, oboe; American Symphony; Kazuyoshi Akiyama, cond. RCA/BMG 60395
Friedrich Witt (1770 – 1832) Jena Symphony in C Westphalian Symphony; Hubert Reichert, cond. Turnabout LP TV-S 34409
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) Symphony in C Chicago Symphony; Sir Georg Solti, cond. London 458 898
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 7 Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, cond. DG 471 490 Elisabetta Brusa (b. 1954) Adagio Ukraine National Symphony; Fabio Mastrangelo, cond. Naxos 8.555267
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.
