A Diamond premiere
David Diamond (1915-2005) Symphony No. 2 Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond. Delos 3093
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
David Diamond (1915-2005) Symphony No. 2 Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond. Delos 3093
Victor Herbert (1859-1924) Columbus Suite Slovak Radio Symphony; Keith Brion, cond. Naxos 8.559027 James DeMars (b. 1952) Premonitions of Christopher Columbus Tos Ensemble with R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute Canyon 7014
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 Kjell-Inge Stevennson, clarinet; Danish Radio Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, cond. EMI 69758 John Adams (b. 1947) Gnarly Buttons Michael Collins, clarinet; London Sinfonietta; John Adams, cond. Nonesuch 79453
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Triumphal March, fr Aida New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. Sony 45734 Paul Creston (1906-1985) Symphony No. 1 National Symphony of Ukraine; Theodore Kuchar, cond. Naxos 8.559034
Lennon and McCartney (arr. Toru Takemitsu) Here, There and Everywhere John Williams, guitar Sony 66704
John Corigliano (b. 1938) Troubadours Sharon Isbin, guitar; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, cond. Virgin 55083
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) The Golden Cockerel Suite Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, cond. DG 447 084 John Adams (b. 1947) The Chairman Dances San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, cond. Nonesuch 79453
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Liebeslieder Waltz No. 18, Op..52a Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Köhn, piano Naxos 553140 Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) The Days Fly By Ursula Oppens, piano companion CD to Boosey and Hawkes"The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book" ASIN: B003AG8IUK
Dominick Argento (b. 1927) A Ring of Time Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, cond. Reference 91 Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) From Me Flows What You Call Time Pacific Symphony; Carl St. Clair, cond. Sony 63044
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) Symphony No. 1 in c Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, cond. DG 423 120 Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Appalachian Spring Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, cond. Reference 93
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.