Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) Soldiers March , from Die Käthrin Austrian State Radio Orchestra; Gottfried Kassowitz, cond. Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood film music National Philharmonic; Charles Gerhardt, cond. BMG 0912
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) Psalm 148 Angelina Reaux, mezzo-soprano; Barry Snyder, piano Naxos 8.559407 Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) Hashkiveinu soloists; BBC Singers; Avner Itai, cond. Naxos 8.559407
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934 - 2016) An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise George MacIlwham, bag-pipes; Royal Philharmonic; Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, cond. Collins 1444
John Tavener (1944 - 2013) Wake up . . . and die Yo Yo Ma, vcl; Baltimore Symphony cellists; David Zinman, cond. Sony 62821
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 2 New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, cond. Sony 61835
Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989) The Mother of Us All Santa Fe Opera; Raymond Leppard, cond. New World 288
Libby Larsen (b. 1950) Symphony No. 3 (Lyric) London Symphony; Joel Revzen, cond. Koch 7370
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Violin Sonata Midori, violin; Robert McDonald, piano Sony 89699
Antonin Dvořák (1841 - 1904) The American Flag , Op. 102 soloists; choirs; Berlin Radio Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. CBS/Sony 60297
Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965) Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harp Musicians Accord Mode 72
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.
