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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 26 | — | #196 |
| Oct 25 | #191 | #167 |
| Oct 21 | #200 | #178 |
| Oct 19 | #196 | #173 |
| Oct 18 | #193 | #170 |
| Oct 15 | #176 | #153 |
| Oct 14 | — | #196 |
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'Eating Greens' with Mackey
October 27, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 1994, Dennis Russell Davies conducted the Chicago Symphony in the premiere performance of a 23-minute orchestral work by American composer Steven Mackey. The new piece was titled Eating Greens, after a painting…
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Robert Ward panned and prized
October 26, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis For composers of new operas, all too often, after the heady champagne of opening night comes the strong black coffee of “the morning after” — sipped anxiously while reading the first reviews. Imagine yourself as American composer…
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Corigliano's 'Poem in October'
October 25, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 1970, a new chamber work by American composer John Corigliano received its premiere performance at a concert given by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the group that had commissioned it. The new…
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Cindy McTee's Symphony No. 1
October 24, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 2002, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Leonard Slatkin conducted the National Symphony in the premiere of a new symphony by American composer Cindy McTee. She subtitled her Symphony No. 1, Ballet for…
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Schneider's 'Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories'
October 23, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 2008, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, soprano Dawn Upshaw and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra gave the first performance of a new song cycle, Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories. Its composer, Maria…
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Adams at the opera
October 22, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis Royalty was often flattered by the composers of the Baroque age. Handel wrote glorious ceremonial music for British monarchs, and Bach was not above working up an obsequiously complimentary cantata or two for some German prince…
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Marga Richter's 'Fragments'
October 21, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis American composer Marga Richter was born on today’s date in 1926, in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. She began piano lessons by 4, started composing at 12 and had her first work performed when she was in high school in Robbinsdale…
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Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic
October 20, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 1950, Karel Ančerl was named the artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic, a position he would hold for the next 18 years. He had first conducted the orchestra in 1930, when, upon graduation from the Prague…
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Honegger plays rough
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Premiere of Brahms' 'Schicksalslied'
October 18, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis On today’s date in 1871, Hermann Levi conducted the premiere of a new choral work by Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, or Song of Destiny. It’s a setting of a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, contrasting in its first part the blissful…
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Boulez and Jarre
October 17, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis Today’s date in 1946 marks an important moment in Parisian theatrical history with the debut performance of a legendary acting company created by husband-and-wife actors Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud. Their opening…
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A domestic postscript from Richard Strauss
October 16, 2026 · 2 minSynopsis Of all the works of Richard Strauss, the one that premiered in Dresden on today’s date in 1925 ranks amount the least-known. For starters, it has an odd title, Parergon to the Symphonia Domestica. “Parergon” means “an ornamental…
About the show
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.