Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 Martha Argerich, piano; Berlin Radio Symphony; Riccardo Chailly, cond. Philips 446 673 Howard Hanson (1896-1981) Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (Romantic) RCA Symphony; Charles Gerhardt, cond. Chesky 112
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Also Sprach Zarathustra Chicago Symphony; Fritz Reiner, conductor. RCA/BMG 60833 György Ligeti (1923-2006) Atmospheres Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; John Mauceri, conductor. Philips 446 403
John Corigliano (b.1938) selections from The Red Violin Joshua Bell, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. Sony 63010
Walter Piston (1894-1976) Symphony No. 6 Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond. Delos 3074
Peter Tchaikovsky: Hamlet-Fantasy Overture – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, cond.
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Etude in F#, Op. 42, no. 4 Piers Lane, piano Hyperion 66607 Michael Torke (b. 1961) Bright Blue Music Baltimore Symphony; David Zinman, conductor.
Roger Sessions (1896-1985) Sonata No. 3 "Kennedy Sonata" William Grant Naboré DRC 3002
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Orfeo Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. Erato 88032 Steve Reich (b. 1936) Tehillim Schoenberg Ensemble; Percussion group The Hague; Reinbert De Leeuw, Conductor. Nonesuch 79295
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 1 in D Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor. Virgin 61258
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Dance Suite Philharmonia Hungarica; Antal Dorati, cond. Mercury 432 017 Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 Lajos Kozma, tenor; Brighton Festival Chorus; London Symphony; István Kertész, cond. London 443 488
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.
