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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 - July '16

Two Revolutions

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

July 1 F George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in F major
 

July 4 M Barbara Harbach: Freedom Suite
July 5 T Paul Ben-Haim*: Three Songs Without Words
July 6 W Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Sonata 
July 7 T Gustav Mahler*: Songs of a Wayfarer 
July 8 F George Antheil*: Valentine Waltzes 

July 11 M Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria Variata‘allaManiera Italian’ 
July 12 T George Butterworth*: A Shropshire Lad 
July 13 W Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann 
July 14 T Joseph Boulogne: Violin Concerto in A major 
July 15 F Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms 

July 18 M Giovanni BattistaBononcini*: Siedi, Amarillimia
July 19 T Peggy Stuart Coolidge*: Pioneer Dances 
July 20 W Ludwig van Beethoven: Pathétique Sonata 
July 21 T Jules Massenet: ScènesAlsaciennes
July 22 F Manuel de Falla: Four Dances from Three-Cornered Hat 

July 25 M Alfredo Cassella*: Partita for Piano and Orchestra 
July 26 T Richard Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
July 27 W André Georges Louis Onslow*: Wind Quintet
July 28 T ChristophGraupner: Suite in G major
July 29 F Alexander Glazunov*: The Forest

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

July 1 F Josef Suk: A Summer’s Tale

July 4 M MuzioClementi: Great National Symphony
July 5 T Josef Holbrook*: The Song of GwynapNudd
July 6 W Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
July 7 T IgnazPleyel: Symphony in A major
July 8 F Percy Grainger*: The Warriors

July 11 M OttorinoRespighi*: Rossiniani
July 12 T Anton Arensky*: Violin Concerto in A minor
July 13 W Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major
July 14 T Gerald Finzi*: Cello Concerto
July 15 F Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Septet, Op. 74

July 18 M Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G major
July 19 T Julius Benedict: Piano Concerto in E flat major
July 20 W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
July 21 T AntoninDvorák: Cello Concerto in A major
July 22 F Franz Berwald*: Piano Trio No. 3

July 25 M Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
July 26 T John Field*: Piano Concerto No. 4
July 27 W Mauro Giuliani*: Guitar Concerto in A major
July 28 T Enrique Granados*: Spanish Dances
July 29 F Carl Reinecke: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor

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.