Hanson's "Merry Mount" at the Met
Howard Hanson (1896-1981) Merry Mount Suite Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor. Delos 3105
John Birge
YourClassical MPR
Composers Datebook®
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Composer's Datebook - Feb. 10, 2023
2:00
Mozart starts keeping track
Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 14, K. 415 Murray Perahia, piano and cond.; English Chamber Orchestra CBS/Sony 415 Freemason Cantata, K. 623 Boston Early Music Festival; Andrew Parrott, cond. Denon 9152
2:00
Virgil Thomson and Wallace Stevens in Hartford
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) Four Saints in Three Acts Orchestra of Our Time; Joel Thome, conductor. Nonesuch 79035
2:00
Borodin's String Quartet No. 2
Alexander Borodin (1833-1877) — String Quartet No. 2 (Cleveland Quartet) Telarc 80178
2:00
Stephen Paulus and the Commissioning Club
Stephen Paulus (1949 - 2014) Dramatic Suite Judith Ranheim, flute; Chouhei Min, violin; Korey Konkol, viola; Mina Fisher, cello; Thelma Hunter, piano innova 539
1:59
Verdi's "Otello" premieres
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Act I excerpt, from Otello Ambrosian Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor. EMI Classics 65296
2:00
Brahms bides his time
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Clarinet Sonata No. 1 Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Richarde Goode, piano RCA 60036
2:00
A Beethoven marathon in Vienna
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 5 Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor. Philips 442 076 Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Chorale Prelude on Silent Night Jeremy Fisell, organ GMCD 7145
2:00
Bach and Hoover "double their pleasure, double their fun"
Katherine Hoover’s Double Concerto was premiered by the Southeastern Kansas Orchestra on today’s date in 1989.
2:00
A ghost story by Henry James and Benjamin Britten
“The Turn of the Screw” has been adapted for both stage and screen, and on today’s date in 1954, an operatic version by the British composer Benjamin Britten received its premiere performance at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
2:00
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.