Rochberg in Chicago
George Rochberg (b. 1918) Symphony No. 5 Saarbrucken Radio Symphony; Christopher Lyndon-Gee, cond. Naxos 8.559115
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Magnus Lindberg
Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) Fresco Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. Sony 89810
Haydn encored
Franz Josef Haydn (1732 - 1808) Symphony No. 92 (Oxford) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, cond. Nimbus 5269
Paine in Boston
John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906) Symphony No. 2 New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond. New World 350
Pachelbel and his Canon
George Rochberg (b. 1918) Variations on the Pachelbel Canon Concord String Quartet RCA/BMG 60712
Enescu's Greatest Hit
Georges Enescu (1881 - 1955) Romanian Rhapsody No 1 Dallas Symphony; Eduardo Mata, cond. RCA/BMG 63586
Brahms in Vienna
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Symphony No 4 in e Vienna Philharmonic; Carlos Kleiber, cond. DG 457 706
"The Handmaid's Tale" opera by Ruders
Poul Ruders (b. 1949) The Handmaid's Tale Royal Danish Orchestra; Michael Schonwandt, cond. DaCapo 9.224165-66
Shostakovich and his "Leningrad" Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad) Kirov Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic; Valery Gergiev, cond. Philips 376-02
Strong's "Sintram" Symphony
George Templeton Strong (1856–1948) Symphony No. 2 (Sintram) Moscow Symphony; Adriano, cond. Naxos 8.559018
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.