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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 - June 2017

Classical Music This Summer With JPR

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

June 1 T Mikhail Glinka*: Variations in E major
June 2 F Johannes Matthias Sperger: Symphony in B flat major

June 5 M Igor Stravinsky*: Danses Concertantes
June 6 T Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4
June 7 W Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes”
June 8 T Erwin Schulhoff*: Moonstruck
June 9 F Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: Violin Concerto No. 5

June 12 M Alexandre Tansman*: Cavatina
June 13 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major
June 14 W Ottorino Respighi: Fontane di Roma
June 15 T Franz Danzi*: Piano Concerto
June 16 F Charles Gounod*: Symphony No. 1

June 19 M Alfredo Catalani*: Sinfonia Romantica “Il Mattino”
June 20 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 17; “Tempest”
June 21 W Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No. 5
June 22 T Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony in D minor
June 23 F Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quintet No. 3

June 26 M Richard Wagner: Selections from Die Walküre
June 27 T Antonio Rosetti: Symphony in F major
June 28 W Joseph Joachim*: Hebrew Melodies
June 29 T Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances
June 30 F Claude Debussy: Petite Suite

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

June 1 T Federigo Fiorillo*: Violin Concerto No. 1
June 2 F Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto in A minor

June 5 M Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5
June 6 T Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
June 7 W Louis Theodore Gouvy: Symphony No. 2
June 8 T Robert Schumann*: Piano Concerto in A minor
June 9 F Carl Nielsen*: Clarinet Concerto

June 12 M Richard Strauss*: Aus Italien
June 13 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
June 14 W Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet in G major
June 15 T Edvard Grieg*: Symphonic Dances
June 16 F Igor Stravinsky*: Pulcinella

June 19 M Ignaz Pleyel*: Symphony in C minor
June 20 T Joseph Martin Kraus*: Violin Concerto in C major
June 21 W Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach*: Trio Sonata in G major
June 22 T Carl Czerny: String Quartet in D minor
June 23 F Haydn Wood: Piano Concerto in D minor

June 26 M Leopold Kozeluch*: Piano Concerto No. 5
June 27 T Adolf Lindblad: Symphony No. 2
June 28 W Mieczyslaw Vainberg: Violin Concerto in G minor
June 29 T Ottorino Respighi: Church Windows
June 30 F Jiri Antonin Benda*: Viola Concerto in F major

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.