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Each weekday on JPR's Classics & News Service, we shine the spotlight on a pair of pieces we've chosen as "Featured Works." Tune in at 9am during First Concert and 2pm during Siskiyou Music to hear a bit of background on the pieces and composers, as well as commentary on important dates in classical music history.

Featured Works - December 2017

Warm Wishes This Holiday Season

Featured Works for December – First Concert
(*Indicates December birthday)

Dec 1 F Agathe Backer-Grøndahl*: Suite for Piano

Dec 4 M Antonín Dvorák: The Hero’s Song
Dec 5 T Víteslav Novák*: Eternal Longing
Dec 6 W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38; “Prague”
Dec 7 T Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Handel
Dec 8 F Franz Xaver Dussek*: Sinfonia in B flat major

Dec 11 M Frederick Delius: In a Summer Garden
Dec 12 T Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in B minor
Dec 13 W Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1
Dec 14 T Samuel Adler: To Celebrate a Miracle
Dec 15 F Ludwig van Beethoven*: Sonata No. 30

Dec 18 M Augusta Holmès*: Ireland
Dec 19 T Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
Dec 20 W Henry Hadley*: Salome
Dec 21 T Carl Friedrich Abel*: Symphony in E flat major
Dec 22 F Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony

Dec 25 M Holiday Specials
Dec 26 T Mikhail Glinka: Serenade on Themes from “Anna Bolena”
Dec 27 W Franz Liszt: Après une Lecture du Dante
Dec 28 T Julius Rietz*: Fantaisie for ‘Cello & Orchestra
Dec 29 F Claude Debussy: String Quartet

Featured Works for December – Siskiyou Music Hall
(*Indicates December birthday)

Dec 1 F Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Septet No. 1

Dec 4 M Sir Hamilton Harty*: An Irish Symphony
Dec 5 T Mihaly Mosonyi: Piano Trio in B flat major
Dec 6 W Louis Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dec 7 T Hermann Goetz*: Piano Quintet in C minor
Dec 8 F Jean Sibelius*: Symphony No. 5

Dec 11 M Hector Berlioz*: Harold in Italy
Dec 12 T Kurt Atterberg*: Symphony No. 8
Dec 13 W Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A major
Dec 14 T Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor
Dec 15 F Ludwig van Beethoven*:  "Eroica" Symphony

Dec 18 M Edward MacDowell*: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dec 19 T Georg Philipp Telemann: Tafelmusik Part III; Suite in D major
Dec 20 W William Henry Fry: Santa Claus Symphony
Dec 21 T Zdenek Fibich*: Symphony No. 2
Dec 22 F Giovanni Bottesini*: Double Bass Concerto No. 1

Dec 25 M Holiday Specials
Dec 26 T Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1
Dec 27 W Joseph Martin Kraus: Symphony in C 
Dec 28 T Alexander Borodin: Selections from “Prince Igor”
Dec 29 F Francis Poulenc: Babar, the Elephant

Don Matthews received a B.A. in Music from Eastern Michigan University and a Masters in Vocal Performance from USC. He performed as a member of the San Francisco Opera chorus for three seasons.  He moved to Boston to study and became involved in radio, working at both WBUR and WGBH, where he was a producer for Robert J. Lurtsema.