"Medea" by Charpentier (and Druckman)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1635 – 1704) Médée Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, cond. Harmonia Mundi 90.1139/41 Jacob Druckman (1928 – 1996) Prism New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond. New World 335
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Composers Datebook®
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Dvořák plays favorites?
Antonin Dvořák (1841 – 1904) Sonatina in G, Op. 100 Ivan Zenaty, violin; Antonin Kubalek, piano Dorian 90171
Burleigh and Copland
Harry T. Burleigh (1866 – 1949) A Jubilee Joseph Smith, piano Premier 1041 Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990) Four Piano Blues Michel Legrand, piano Erato 96386
Bernstein's "Candide"
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) Candide soloists; London Symphony; Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG 429 734
Corigliano for Strings
John Corigliano (b. 1938) String Quartet Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80415
John Duffy's "Utah" Symphony
John Duffy Symphony No. 1 (Utah) Milwaukee Symphony; Zdenek Macal, cond. Koss 1022
Rocky III?
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Piano Concerto No. 3 Van Cliburn, piano; Symphony of the Air; Kirill Kondrashin, cond. Philips 456 748
Brahms debuts in New York City
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8 (1854 version) Odeon Trio Capriccio 10 633
Thomson's "Louisiana Story"
Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989) Louisiana Story Suite New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, cond. Hyperion 66576
F.X. and H.K. Gruber
F.X. Gruber (1787 -1863) Silent Night Ware-Patterson Duo Sugo 9106 H.K. Gruber (b. 1943) Frankenstein H.K. Gruber, vocal; Salzburg Camerata Academica; Franz Welser-Most, cond. EMI Classics 56441
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.