New "Variations on a Theme by Purcell"
Colin Matthews (b. 1946) Bright Cecilia Variation BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda, cond. BBC Music Vol. 11, no. 3
John Birge
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Composers Datebook®
Reminding you that all music was once new ® • with host John Birge
Composers Datebook for September 14, 2018
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Bernstein takes a chance
Leonard Bernstein (1900 –1990) Concerto for Orchestra (Jubilee Games) Israel Philharmonic; ard Bernstein, cond. DG 429 231
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Couperin the Great
Francois Couperin (1688-1733) "Les Baricades misterieuses," from "2nd Livre de Clavecin" Kenneth Gilbert, hc Harmonia Mundi 190354/56
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Marco Uccellini
Marco Uccellini (1603 – 1680) Aria IX and Corrente XX Romanesca Harmonia Mundi 90.7196
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Finzi's Clarinet Concerto
Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956) Clarinet Concerto Alan Hacker, cl; English String Orch/Wm/ Boughton Nimbus 5101
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Tan Dun's "Water Passion"
Tan Dun (b. 1957) Water Passion Stephen Bryant, bass; Mark O'Connor, violin; ensemble; Tan Dun, cond. Sony 89927
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David Stock's Quartet No. 3
David Stock (1939 - 2015) – String Quartet No. 3 Cuarteto Latinoamericano innova 563
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Wayne Barlow
Wayne Barlow (1912 – 1996) The Winter's Past Humbert Lucarelli, oboe; Brooklyn Philharmonic; Michael Barrett, cond. Koch 7187
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Glass's "Satyagraha"
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Satyagraha New York City Opera; Christopher Keene, cond. Sony 39672
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Mackey's "Lost and Found"
Steven Mackey (b. 1956) Lost and Found New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. BMG 63826
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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.