Lee's "ART" music
Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945) — ART: arias and interludes (Hawthorne String Quartet) Koch 7452
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945) — ART: arias and interludes (Hawthorne String Quartet) Koch 7452
Michael Daugherty (b. 1954) — Hell's Angels (Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, cond.) Delos 3291
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) — Symphony No. 8 (Concergebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, cond.) London 466 653
Ron Nelson (b. 1929) — Passacaglia (Dallas Wind Symphony;Ron Nelson, cond.) Reference Recordings RR-76
Stephen Paulus (1949 - 2014) — Through All Things (Minnesota Boychoir; Todd Price, p.Mark S. Johnson, cond.) ACF score and recording (ISBN 0983388709)
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) — Faust Ballet Music (St. Martin's Academy; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Philips 462 125
James Mobberley (b. 1954) — Piano Concerto (Richard Cass, piano; Czech National Symphony; Paul Freeman, cond.) Albany 335
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
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968) — Naomi and Ruth (St.Martin's Academy and Chorus; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Naxos 8.559404
Ned Rorem (b. 1923) — After Reading Shakespeare (Sharon Robinson, cello) Naxos 8.559316
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.