Synopsis
Music Played in Today's Program
Roy Whelden (b. 1950) Prelude and Divisions on She's So Heavy Roy Whelden, viola da gamba New Albion 59
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Gamba Quartet American Baroque New Albion 59
On This Day
Births
1763 - French composer Étienne-Nicola Méhul, in Givet, Ardennes;
Deaths
1974 - French composer Darius Milhaud, age 81, in Geneva;
Premieres
1911 - Elgar: "Coronation March," at coronation of King George V and Queen Mary;
1926 - Walton: "Portsmouth Point" Overture, in Zurich, at Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music;
1938 - Krenek: opera "Karl V," in Prague at the New German Theater.
Others
1871 - Wagner: "Kaiser March" at a Theodore Thomas Orchestra concert at Central Park Garden in New York City.
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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.