Ravel and Zaimont
Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937) La Valse Boston Symphony; Charles Munch, cond. RCA 6522 Judith Lang Zaimont (b. 1945) Symphony No. 1 Czech Radio Symphony; Leos Svarovsky, conductor. Arabesque 6742
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Composers Datebook®
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Composer's Datebook - Dec. 12, 2022
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Bizet and Menotti on TV in the 1950s
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Carmen Suite No. 1 Orchestre National de France; Seiji Ozawa, cond. EMI 63898 Giancarlo Menotti (b. 1911) March, from Amahl and the Night Visitors New Zealand Symphony; Andrew Schenck, conductor. Koch 7005
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Morton Gould
Morton Gould (1913-1996) Spirituals for Strings London Philharmonic;Kenneth Klein, conductor. EMI 49462
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A Sequel by Berlioz
Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869) Fantasy on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', from Lelio London Symphony; Pierre Boulez, conductor. Sony 64103
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Beethoven and Kernis in a somber mood
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 7 Vienna Philharmonic; Carlos Kleiber, conductor. DG 447 400 Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960) Meditation (in memory of John Lennon) Eberli Ensemble Phoenix 142
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The Philharmonic does Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 5 Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. DG Archiv 439 900
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Brubeck's Birthday
Dave Brubeck (1920 - 2012) Blue Rondo a la Turk The Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia 40585 Dave Brubeck La Fiesta del Posada Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor. Columbia Legacy 64669
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Janáček's "Glagolitic"
Leos Janácek (1854-1928) Glagolitic Mass Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, cond. DG 429182
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Tchaikovsky and North endure unkind cuts
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Violin Concerto, Op. 35 Itzhak Perlman, violin; London Symphony; Alfred Wallenstein, cond. Chesky 12 Alex North (1910-1991) Unused "Opening Theme," for 2001: A Space Odyssey National Philharmonic; Jerry Goldsmith, cond. Varese Sarabande 66225
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Jazz Age music by Gershwin and Harbison
John Harbison (b.1938) Remembering Gatsby Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman, cond. Argo 444 454 George Gershwin (1898-1937) Piano Concerto in F Peter Jablonski, piano; Royal Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond. London 430 542
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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.