Composers Datebook

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.

Latest Episode

Bach's Letter (25.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Pomp and the MJQ 24.08.2025
  • Barney Google meets Igor Stravinsky? 23.08.2025
  • A 'Silly Symphony' Debut 22.08.2025
  • 1968 Proms 21.08.2025
  • A famous — and a not-quite-as-famous — overture 20.08.2025
  • Bernstein's air-conditioned urban jungle 19.08.2025
  • Salieri slandered? 18.08.2025
  • Atterberg's '$10,000' Symphony 17.08.2025
  • The king is dead 16.08.2025
  • A Mass for Machaut 15.08.2025
  • Bolcom's 'Five Fold Five' 14.08.2025
  • Martinu in California 13.08.2025
  • 'Twilight Butterfly' by Thomas 12.08.2025
  • Bernstein in Hollywood 11.08.2025
  • Two by Mozart 10.08.2025
  • Berlioz, Beatrice and Benedict 09.08.2025
  • Chaminade in America 08.08.2025
  • Mendelssohn gets wet and wild 07.08.2025
  • An opera debut for Britten and Bernstein 06.08.2025
  • Of mountains and Messiaen 05.08.2025

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