Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) Clarinet Sonata Gary Gray, clarinet; Clifford Benson, piano Centaur 2165 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) America, fr West Side Story Suite Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos CBS/Sony 48381
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) Prelude (A Hymn to Nature), fr The Invisible City of Kitezh Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, cond. Chandos 8327
Meredith Willson (1902-1984) Symphony No. 1 (A Symphony of San Francisco) Moscow Symphony; William T. Stromberg, cond. Naxos 559006 Wendy Mae Chambers (b. 1953) A Mass for Mass Trombones trombone ensemble; David Gilbert, conductor Centaur 2263
Thomas Canning (b. 1911) Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan Houston Symphony: Leopold Stokowski, cond. Everest 9004
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) Italian Serenade I Solisti Italiani Denon 9150
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) Les Patineurs (The Skaters) Ballet Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy CBS/Sony 46341 Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) Starlight Express Suite Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, cond. Telarc 80405
Gavin Bryars (b. 1943) The Sinking of the Titanic Gavin Bryars and ensemble Point Music 446 249 James Horner (b. 1953) Titanic sountrack studio orchesra; James Horner, cond. Sony Classcial 63213
Jay Ungar (b. 1946) Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar, fiddle; Newman-Oltman Guitar Duo MusicMasters 67145 Roy Harris (1898-1979) Symphony No. 6 (Gettysburg) Pacific Symphony; Keith Clark, cond. Varese -Sarabande 47245
George Frederic Handel (1685 - 1759) Sinfoni, fr Messiah Boston Baroque Orchestra; Martin Pearlman, cond. Telarc 80348 Ellen Taafe Zwilich (b. 1939) Concerto Grosso 1985 New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond. New World 372
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Violin Concerto No. 2 (The Prophets) Jascha Heifetz, violin; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, cond. RCA BMG 7872
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.
