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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 - March 2017

Amy Beach - America's First Successful Woman Composer

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

Mar 1 W George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat major
Mar 2 T Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Mar 3 F Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody

Mar 6 M Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Mar 7 T Mily Balakirev: Tamara
Mar 8 W Lucie Vellère: String Quartet No. 3
Mar 9 T Samuel Barber*: Violin Concerto
Mar 10 F Pablo de Sarasate*: Concert Fantasy on Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette

Mar 13 M Hugo Wolf*: Intermezzo
Mar 14 T Francesca LeBrun: Violin Sonata in E flat major
Mar 15 W Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espangol
Mar 16 T Jules Massenet: Ballet Music from Thaïs
Mar 17 F Amy Beach: Suite for Two Pianos on Irish Melodies

Mar 20 M Sergei Rachmaninoff*: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Mar 21 T Johann Sebastian Bach*: Trio Sonata from the Musical Offering
Mar 22 W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31; “Paris”
Mar 23 T Ralph Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Mar 24 F Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

Mar 27 M Vincent d’Indy*: Poem for Orchestra
Mar 28 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Excerpts from The Creatures of Prometheus
Mar 29 W William Walton*: Suite from Henry V
Mar 30 T Claude Debussy: Images, 1st Set
Mar 31 F Clara Schumann: Piano Trio

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

Mar 1 W Frédéric Chopin*: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mar 2 T Bedrich Smetana*: Vysehrad
Mar 3 F Louis Spohr: String Quintet No. 2

Mar 6 M Julius Benedict: Piano Concerto in C minor
Mar 7 T Maurice Ravel*: String Quartet
Mar 8 W Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach*: Viola da Gamba Sonata in C major
Mar 9 T Josef Myslivecek*: Concertino No. 1
Mar 10 F Friedrich Kuhlau: Piano Quartet No. 2

Mar 13 M Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Mar 14 T Georg Philipp Telemann*: Suite in A minor
Mar 15 W Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No. 3
Mar 16 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor
Mar 17 F Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov*: Symphony No. 1

Mar 20 M Alexander Grechaninov: Symphony No. 2
Mar 21 T Johann Sebastian Bach*: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
Mar 22 W Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor
Mar 23 T Johann Matthias Sperger*: Symphony in F major
Mar 24 F Bela Bartok*: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Mar 27 M Ferde Grofé*: Grand Canyon Suite
Mar 28 T Josef Suk: Asrael
Mar 29 W Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 4
Mar 30 T Johannes Brahms: Sextet No. 1
Mar 31 F Franz Joseph Haydn*: Symphony No. 82, “The Bear”

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.