Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
On today's date in 1993, the first gala preview screening of a new film, "The Age of Innocence," based on the novel by Edith Wharton, took place at the Ziegfield Theater in Manhattan, as a benefit for the New York Historical Society.
On today’s date in 1939, Nadia Reisenberg embarked on a series of concert performances encompassing of all 27 of the Mozart Piano Concertos.
On today’s date in 1950, Decca recording engineers committed to disc seven short works by the American composer Leroy Anderson, with Anderson himself conducting top-notch New York freelance musicians.
On today’s date in 1838, Hector Berlioz’s opera “Benvenuto Cellini” premiered at the Paris Opéra.
Today is the birthday of the American composer and teacher Edward Burlingame Hill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872.
On today’s date in 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., was inaugurated with a gala performance of a new work by Leonard Bernstein.
On this date in 1950, Herbert Howells led the premiere of a new work he titled “Hymnus Paradisi.”
Composer Henry Kimball Hadley died on today’s date in 1937.
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was born in Henniker, New Hampshire, on today’s date in 1867.
On today’s date in 1892, Darius Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence.
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.
