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 significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each.
Episodes
Vaughan Williams at Westminster
about 12 hours ago
2m
Elgar's Fifth
Sep. 18
2m
Sierra's 'La Salsa'
Sep. 17
2m
Shostakovich on Broadway?
Sep. 16
2m
Gisela Hernández
Sep. 15
2m
Tan Dun and Beethoven – in (and out) of China
Sep. 14
2m
Copland counts to 12
Sep. 13
2m
A serenata by Vivaldi
Sep. 12
2m
Dvorak's 'Luzany' Mass
Sep. 11
2m
Cowell's Hymn and Fuguing Tunes
Sep. 10
2m
Finzi's Clarinet Concerto
Sep. 9
2m
Davis? Davies? Or Mavis?
Sep. 8
2m
A 40-voice birthday greeting from Tallis?
Sep. 7
2m
A 'well-Krafted' concerto?
Sep. 6
2m
Prokofiev's String Quartet No. 2
Sep. 5
1m
Tchaikovsky and Glass at the movies
Sep. 4
1m
Beethoven's 'Razumovsky' Quartets
Sep. 3
2m
E.J. Moeran
Sep. 2
2m
Mozart 'dissed' by Dittersdorf?
Sep. 1
2m
Barber's 'scandalous' overture
Aug. 30
2m
Saariaho at the Proms
Aug. 29
2m
Gershwin's operatic flop
Aug. 28
2m
Rameau's 'Pygmalion'
Aug. 27
2m
Martinu's 'Frescoes'
Aug. 26
2m
Bernstein asks a musical question in Moscow
Aug. 25
2m
Claude Goudimel, Huguenot
Aug. 24
2m
Hadley, Thompson, et al. in the Berkshires
Aug. 23
2m
Libby Larsen’s Trio
Aug. 22
2m
Bingham's Secret Garden
Aug. 21
2m
Jacopo Peri and early opera
Aug. 20
2m
Edward Collins escapes to Wisconsin
Aug. 19
2m
Monteverdi gets mugged (and a new job)
Aug. 18
2m