Scarlatti (and Persichetti) Sonatas
Synopsis On today’s date in 1757, Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti died in Madrid. He was 71, and for the last 38 years of his life was e...
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Composers Datebook
Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes sign...
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20 of 126 episodesA Verdi premiere in London
Synopsis On today’s date in 1847, Giuseppe Verdi conducted the premiere performance of his newest opera, I Masnadieri or The Robbers , at He...
Hindemith's St. Francis ballet
Synopsis In London on today’s date in 1938, the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo presented Nobilissima Visione , a work by German composer Paul H...
Morton Feldman salutes his piano teacher
Synopsis Today a tip of the hat to a much-beleaguered and frequently unacknowledged species: the piano teacher. Do you, for example, remembe...
The 'Leningrad Symphony' on NBC
Synopsis During WWII, German troops encircled Leningrad for 900 days, a siege that caused immense suffering for that city’s residents. One o...
Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Synopsis Today we pay tribute to Pauline Viardot-Garcia, born in Paris on today’s date in 1821. Her father was Manuel Garcia, the tenor for...
Salzburg and Messner
Synopsis On today’s date in 1877, the Vienna Philharmonic performed for the first time in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, during a three...
Violinist, conductor and composer Eugene Ysaye
Synopsis Today we note the birthday of a remarkable composer, conductor and virtuoso violinist: Eugéne Ysaÿe, who was born in Liége, Belgium...
Villa-Lobos premieres
Synopsis For decades, Russian-born American composer, conductor and witty musical lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky compiled the reference wor...
Ingram Marshall's 'Dark Waters'
Synopsis A famous commercial for magnetic recording tape once asked the question: “Is it live — or Memorex” — suggesting it was hard to tell...
Mendelssohn sees double
Synopsis On today’s date in 1829, German composer Felix Mendelssohn was in London, participating in a gala concert to raise funds for the vi...
Bolcom's 'Sonata Stramba'
Synopsis The Violin Sonata No. 3 by American composer William Bolcom had its premiere on today’s date in 1993 at the Aspen Music Festival in...
MacDowell goes modern
Synopsis These days, when modern music is on the program, a sizeable chunk of the concert hall audience might start nervously looking for th...
Elgar lights up?
Synopsis On today’s date in 1919, British composer Edward Elgar finished a work he labeled jokingly as his Opus 1001 — a 50-second Smoking C...
Diamond and Thompson
Synopsis Today we note the birth and death anniversaries of two American composers of the 20th century. On today’s date in 1915, American co...
Louis Ballard
Synopsis Today’s date in 1931 marks the birthday of the first notable Native American composer of concert music. His name was Louis Ballard,...
Handel celebrates peace
Synopsis Unless you’re just mad about 18th century history, it’s unlikely you know off the top of your head who the winners and losers were...
Louis Armstrong and American music
Synopsis On today’s date in 1971, jazz great Louis Armstrong died in New York City at 69. He was born in New Orleans, and for years, all the...
Piazzolla passes
Synopsis On today’s date in 1992, lovers of the tango had good reason to be sad. Argentinean composer and bandoneón virtuoso Astor Piazzolla...
The 1812 Overture
Synopsis Weather permitting, there’s a good chance you’ll be attending an outdoor symphonic concert tonight that will close with Tchaikovsky...