Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974) Suite provençale, Op. 152b Detroit Symphony; Neeme Järvi, cond. Chandos 7031 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) Serenade (after Plato's "Symposium") Zino Francescatti, violin; NY Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. Sony 60559
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956) An American Requiem Stephanie Blythe, ms; Hugh Smith, t; Mark Oswald, bar.;Pacific Chorale and Symphony; Carl St. Clair, cond. Reference Recording RR-97
Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965) Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 Humbert Lucarelli, oboe; Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Richard Auldon Clark, cond. Koch 7282
Ron Nelson A Fanfare for the Kennedy Center
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934) Mavis in Las Vegas BBC Symphony; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, cond. Collins 1524
Thomas Tallis (c.1505 - 1585) Spem in alium Huelgas Ensemble; Paul Van Nevel, cond. Sony 60992
William Kraft (b. 1923) Timpani Concerto Thomas Akins, timpani; Alabama Symphony; Paul Polivnick, cond. Albany 302
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Swan Lake Ballet Montréal Symphony; Charles Dutoit, cond. London 436 212 Philip Glass (b. 1937) Dracula filmscore excerpt Kronos Quartet Nonesuch 79542
Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) Five Pieces, Op. 16 BBC Symphony; Pierre Boulez, cond. Sony Classical 48463
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.
