Archive for Composers Datebook
Chris Brubeck on Composers Datebook
Last Saturday, Chris Brubeck and his piece Danza del Soul, found on our Concord Chamber Music Society release, was featured on American Public Media’s program “Composers Datebook.” Take a listen: Composers Datebook (8/20): Chris Brubeck’s Danza del soul
Composers Datebook – Bach and Ron Nelson
On American Public Media’s program “Composers Datebook”, Ron Nelson’s “Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)” was featured in celebration of Sunday being Bach’s birthday! The recording used during the program was Holidays and Epiphanies featuring the Dallas Wind Symphony. Click Play to listen to Composers Datebook Featuring Ron Nelson’s Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Here is the written transcript from the show: One of the most serious — and daunting — of musical forms is the passacaglia, in…
RR on American Public Media’s “Composers Datebook”
An older Reference Recordings release with the Minnesota Orchestra was featured on American Public Radio’s program “Composers Datebook.” Here is the audio with A Ring of Time by Dominick Argento (b. 1927) from the album Valentino Dances (performed by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue) in the background of the program. Here is the full transcript from the show: At the dawn of the 20th century Teddy Roosevelt was president and America was in…