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Composers Datebook®

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

Composers Datebook for September 2, 2008

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Ureli Corelli Hill

Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in c New York Philharmonic;

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Mozart "dissed" by Dittersdorf?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) String Quartet in G, K.387 Emerson String Quartet DG 439 861 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 - 1799) String Quartet No. 4 in C Gewandhaus Quartet Berlin Classics 9261

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Johann Strauss, "right" and "left"

Johann Strauss Sr. (1804 – 1849) Radetzky March Johann Strauss Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, cond. Black Box 1059

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Barber's "scandalous" Overture

Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) School for Scandal Overture Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman, cond. Argo 436 288

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Saariaho at the Proms

J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) arr. Henry Wood Toccata and Fugue in D minor BBC Symphony; Andrew Davis, cond. Teldec 97868 Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) Graal Theatre Gidon Kremer, violin; BBC Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. Sony Classical 60817

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Gershwin's operatic flop

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) Blue Monday Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, cond. Telarc 80434

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Rameau's "Pygmalion"

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764) Pygmalion La Petite Bande; Gustav Leonhardt, cond. BMG/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77143

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Rawsthorne's version of "Cats"

Alan Rawsthorne (1905 – 1971) excerpt, fr Practical Cats Robert Donat, speaker; Philharmonia Orchestra; Alan Rawsthorne, cond. EMI Classsics 66935

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Claude Goudimel, Huguenot

Claude Goudimel (1510 – 1572) Comfort, comfort Ye my people Cathedral Singers; Richard Proulx, cond. GIA 290

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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.