Composers Datebook

By American Public Media

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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 significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each.

Episode Date
Puccini victorious
Apr 25, 2024
Seasonal music by Haydn
Apr 24, 2024
Morton Gould rewrites history
Apr 22, 2024
Bernstein and the birds
Apr 21, 2024
Rimsky-Korsakov joins the Navy (and sees the world)
Apr 20, 2024
Violin Concerto No. 2 by George Tsontakis
Apr 19, 2024
Bernstein's 'Fancy Free'
Apr 18, 2024
Hugo Wolf and the Wagner-Brahms Wars
Apr 17, 2024
Meyerbeer and Lloyd Webber: "On Ice"
Apr 16, 2024
Bryars and Horner on the Titanic
Apr 15, 2024
Jay Ungar and Roy Harris meet Ken Burns
Apr 14, 2024
Handel recycled by Zwilich (and himself)
Apr 13, 2024
Castelnuovo-Tedesco in New York
Apr 12, 2024
George Walker's 'Visions'
Apr 11, 2024
Antheil at Carnegie Hall
Apr 10, 2024
C.P.E. Bach's 'Magnificat'
Apr 09, 2024
A Bartok premiere (and patron)
Apr 08, 2024
Beethoven's 'Eroica' premiere
Apr 07, 2024
Ravel's 'Duo'
Apr 06, 2024
Lou Harrison conducts an Ives premiere
Apr 05, 2024
Of success and sorrow: Gorecki's Third
Apr 04, 2024
Marvin Hatley goes cuckoo
Apr 03, 2024
Politically correct Bruckner, circa 1937
Apr 02, 2024
Havergal Brian says 'Hail and Farewell'
Apr 01, 2024
W.G. Still's all-star lineup
Mar 31, 2024
Heggie's white whale
Mar 30, 2024
Athletically inclined music by Janacek and Torke
Mar 29, 2024
Erich 'Wunderkind' Korngold
Mar 28, 2024
Vaughan Williams' spin on life in the big city
Mar 27, 2024
Schubertiades
Mar 26, 2024