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.
3789 - Britten's 'Peter Grimes'
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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.
Episodes
3789-
Britten's 'Peter Grimes'
Listened
Sun, 07 Jun 2026
3788-
Handel's dueling divas
Listened
Sat, 06 Jun 2026
3787-
A birthday surprise for Pinkham
Listened
Fri, 05 Jun 2026
3786-
Chadwick and Salonen go Greek
Listened
Thu, 04 Jun 2026
3785-
Finger finishes fourth
Listened
Wed, 03 Jun 2026
3784-
Currier's 'Time Machines'
Listened
Tue, 02 Jun 2026
3783-
Well-travelled Zwilich
Listened
Mon, 01 Jun 2026
3782-
Melinda Wagner's Pulitzer premiere
Listened
Sun, 31 May 2026
3781-
Bach arrives (literally)
Listened
Sat, 30 May 2026
3780-
Stravinsky's 'Riot' of Spring?
Listened
Fri, 29 May 2026
3779-
The Hindemith case
Listened
Thu, 28 May 2026
3778-
David Wilde's 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'
Listened
Wed, 27 May 2026
3777-
John Rutter at Carnegie Hall
Listened
Tue, 26 May 2026
3776-
A belated Webern premiere
Listened
Mon, 25 May 2026
3775-
Beethoven's 'Bridgetower Sonata?
Listened
Sun, 24 May 2026
3774-
Brahms the perfectionist
Listened
Sat, 23 May 2026
3773-
A new patron for Richard Strauss
Listened
Fri, 22 May 2026
3772-
The Panufniks
Listened
Thu, 21 May 2026
3771-
A Becker premiere in Saint Paul
Listened
Wed, 20 May 2026
3770-
Ursula Mamlok
Listened
Tue, 19 May 2026
3769-
Heggie Writes a Choral Opera
Listened
Mon, 18 May 2026
3768-
Debussy and the persistence of Elisa Hall
Listened
Sun, 17 May 2026
3767-
Mozart made to order
Listened
Sat, 16 May 2026
3766-
Verdi's Requiem
Listened
Fri, 15 May 2026
3765-
Emilie Mayer
Listened
Thu, 14 May 2026
3764-
A less-than-magnificent reception for Bach's 'Magnificat'