Tailor-made music by Walter Piston
Walter Piston (1894-1976) Symphony No. 6 Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond. Delos 3074
John Birge
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Composers Datebook®
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Composers Datebook for November 25, 2007
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Rags by two Scotts (Joplin and Kirby)
Scott Kirby Dance of the Antilles Scott Kirby, piano Viridiana 2001
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Colorful music by Scriabin and Torke
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Etude in F#, Op. 42, no. 4 Piers Lane, piano Hyperion 66607 Michael Torke (b. 1961) Bright Blue Music Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman, cond.
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Ravel's Perfect 10?
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Bolero New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, cond. Sony 45482
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Rehearsing Monteverdi and Reich
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Orfeo Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, cond. Erato 88032 Steve Reich (b. 1936) Tehillim Schoenberg Ensemble; Percussion group The Hague; Reinbert De Leeuw, Cond. Nonesuch 79295
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Mahler's First in Budapest and New York
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 1 in D Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, cond. Virgin 61258
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Buda and Pest feted in music by Bartok and Kodaly
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Dance Suite Philharmonia Hungarica; Antal Dorati, cond. Mercury 432 017 Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 Lajos Kozma, tenor; Brighton Festival Chorus; London Symphony; István Kertész, cond. London 443 488
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'Toon-ful music by Carl Stalling
Carl Stalling (1888-1974) Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals and To Itch his Own Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra Warner Bros. 26027
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Tchaikovsky's doubts and Stravinsky's toothache
Peter Tchaikovsky (1833-1893) Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, cond. Sony 66276 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, cond. Sony 64109
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Gluck sings the blues
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787) Act 2 aria, from Armide Rockwell Blake, tenor; Monte Carlo Philharmonic; Patrick Fournillier, cond. EMI 55058 Christoph Willibald von Gluck Don Juan Ballet Music Rhine Chamber Orchestra of Cologne; Jan Corazolla, cond. Christophorus 74507
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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.