Harbison's Three City Blocks
John Harbison (b. 1938) Three City Blocks United States Marine Band; John Harbison, cond. USMC 14
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Composers Datebook®
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Arne rules!
Thomas Arne (1710-1778) Rule Britannia! BBC Symphony and Choruses; Andrew Davis, cond. Teldec 97868
Sousa leaves the Marine Band
John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) Manhattan Beach Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, cond. Reference 94
Jon Leifs of Iceland
Jón Leifs (1899 -1968) Hekla Helsinki Philharmonic; Leif Segerstam, cond. Ondine 894
Gene Gutche
Gene Gutchë (1907 - 2001) Symphony No. 5, Op. 34 Cincinnati Symphony; Max Rudolf, cond. CRI 825
The legacy of J.S. Bach
J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750) Capriccio, S. 992 Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67306
Bernard Herrmann gets a pink slip
Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975) Torn Curtain Opening Title Music Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. Sony 62700
Seeing things at Wagner's Parsifal
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Act I excerpt, fr Parsifal Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; James Levine, cond. DG 437 501
Opera Glass?
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Violin Solo, fr Einstein on the Beach Gregroy Fulkerson, violin New World 80313
Arnaud's after-the-fact Olympic tune
Leo Arnaud (1904 - 1991) Olympic Theme Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Frederick Fennell, cond. Telarc 80099 Meredith Willson (1902-1984) arr. Arnaud The Unsinkable Molly Brown Overture MGM studio orchestra CBS 45442
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.