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Composers Datebook®

Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge

Composer's Datebook - March 18, 2022

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Mobberley's Piano Concerto

James Mobberley (b. 1954) — Piano Concerto (Richard Cass, piano; Czech National Symphony; Paul Freeman, cond.) Albany 335

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Loeffler and Anderson in Boston

Charles Martin Loeffler (1861 - 1935) — Five Irish Fantasies (Neil Rosenshein, tenor; Indianapolis Symphony; John Nelson, cond.) New World 332 Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975) — Irish Suite (Decca studio orchestra; Leroy Anderson, cond.) MCA 9815

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) — Naomi and Ruth (St.Martin's Academy and Chorus; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Naxos 8.559404

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Previn's Violin Concerto

André Previn (b. 1930) — Violin Concerto (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Boston Symphony; André Previn, cond.) DG 474500

2:00
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Rochberg in Chicago

George Rochberg (b. 1918) — Symphony No. 5 (Saarbrucken Radio Symphony; Christopher Lyndon-Gee, cond.) Naxos 8.559115

2:00
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Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) — Fresco (Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.) Sony 89810

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Haydn encored

Franz Josef Haydn (1732 - 1808) — Symphony No. 92 (Oxford) (Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, cond.) Nimbus 5269

2:00
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Paine in Boston

John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906) — Symphony No. 2 (New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, cond.) New World 350

2:00
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Pachelbel and his Canon

George Rochberg (b. 1918) — Variations on the Pachelbel Canon (Concord String Quartet) RCA/BMG 60712

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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.