Columbus Day music
Victor Herbert (1859-1924) Columbus Suite Slovak Radio Symphony; Keith Brion, cond. Naxos 8.559027 James DeMars (b. 1952) Premonitions of Christopher Columbus Tos Ensemble with R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute Canyon 7014
John Birge
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Composers Datebook®
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Composer's Datebook - Oct. 12, 2022
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Concertos by Nielsen and Adams
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 Kjell-Inge Stevennson, clarinet; Danish Radio Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, cond. EMI 69758 John Adams (b. 1947) ‘Gnarly Buttons’ Michael Collins, clarinet; London Sinfonietta; John Adams, cond. Nonesuch 79453
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Berio's "Sinfonia" in New York
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) Sinfonia New Swingle Singers; French National Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, cond. Erato 88151
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A birthday Beatle
Lennon and McCartney (arr. Toru Takemitsu) Here, There and Everywhere John Williams, guitar Sony 66704
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Sharon Isbin and John Corigliano
John Corigliano (b. 1938) Troubadours Sharon Isbin, guitar; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, cond. Virgin 55083
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Music and politics with Rimsky-Korsakov and John Adams
On today’s date in 1909, “The Golden Cockerel,” the last opera of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, had its premiere in Moscow.
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Brahms and Rzewski for amateurs
The first performance of the “Liebeslieder” for piano four-hands by Johannes Brahms took place on today’s date in 1869.
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Timely Argento and Takemitsu
It was on this day in 1972 that “A Ring of Time” by American composer Dominick Argento was premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis.
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How to win friends and influence Shostakovich
On today’s date in 1959, Mstislav Rostropovich gave the premiere performance of a cello concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Ceremonial Beethoven and Schuman
If you had arrived early for the gala reopening celebration of Vienna’s Josephstadt Theater on today’s date in 1822, you might have heard the theater orchestra frantically rehearing a new overture by Beethoven.
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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.