Pomp – and MJQ
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Pomp and Circumstance No. 4 London Philharmonic ; Daniel Barenboim, cond. Sony Classical 60789 Milt Jackson (1923-1999) Blues in c Modern Jazz Quartet Atlantic 1652
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Composers Datebook®
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Barney Google meets Igor Stravinsky?
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Scènes de Ballet London Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. RCA/BMG 68865
Edmond Dede in New Orleans
Edmond Dédé (1827-1901) Chicago Hot Springs Music Festival; Richard Rosenberg, cond. Naxos 8.559038
Handel on the road
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 7, no. 3 Simon Preston, o; The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, cond. Archiv 413 468
A famous — and not so famous — overture
Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) Edinburgh Overture City of Birmingham Symphony;Vernon Handley, cond. EMI Classics 69388 Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 1812 Overture Kirov Orchestra/; Valery Gergiev, cond. Phililps 442 011
Bernstein's air-conditioned urban jungle
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Prologue, fr West Side Story orchestra and chorus: Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG 415 255
Salieri Slandered?
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 25 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, cond. Fantasy 900 1791 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) La locandiera Overture London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond. Chandos 9877
Atterberg's "$10,000" Symphony
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Symphony No. 8 in b (Unfinished) Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, cond. DG 423 655 Kurt Atterberg (1887 - 1974) Symphony No. 6 in C (Dollar Symphony) Norrköping Symphony; Jun'ichi Hirokami, cond. Bis 553
The King is Dead
Michael Daugherty (b. 1954) Dead Elvis Charles Ullery, bassoon; London Sinfonietta; David Zinman, cond. Argo 458 145
Timely music by Ligeti and Beethoven
György Ligeti (b. 1923) Poème symphonique Françoise Terrioux, metronomes Sony Classical 62310 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 8 in F, Op 83 Royal Philharmonic; Rene Leibowitz, cond. Chesky 69
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.