Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
W.A. Mozart (1756 - 1791): Marriage of Figaro Wind Suite Amadeus Ensemble; Julius Rudel, cond. MusicMasters 67118 George Gershwin (1899 - 1937): Catfish Row Suite, fr Porgy and Bess Chicago Symphony; James Levine, cond. DG 445 768
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Pelléas et Mélisande Cleveland Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, cond. Cleveland 9375
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) The River Suite Detroit Symphony; Neeme Järvi, cond. Chandos 9154
David Diamond (1915-2005 ) Symphony No. 5 Juilliard Orchestra; Christopher Keene, cond. New World 80396
George Frederic Handel (1685 - 1759) Music for the Royal Fireworks Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, cond Sony 63073
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, cond. DG 4839505 Jose Serebrier (b. 1938) Partita (Symphony No. 2) London Philharmonic; José Serebrier, cond. Reference 90
Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Nessun dorma, fr Turandot Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. EMI 49552
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Ländler, fr The Seasons Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. Philips 438715
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) May, fr The Seasons, Op. 37b Lang Lang, piano Sony 11758 Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945) The May Fly, fr Calendar Collection Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano Leonarda 334
Morton Gould (1913 - 1996) Fall River Legend New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Sedares, cond. Koch 7181
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.
