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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 - November 2017

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

Nov 1 W Frédéric Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”
Nov 2 T George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor
Nov 3 F Saverio Mercandante: Omaggio a Bellini

Nov 6 M Jan Paderewski*: Fantasie Polonaise
Nov 7 T Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov*: Caucasian Sketches
Nov 8 W Arnold Bax*: November Woods
Nov 9 T Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Nov 10 F Georges Bizet: L’Arlèsienne Suite No. 1

Nov 13 M Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Nov 14 T Johann Nepomuk Hummel*: Introduction, Theme & Variations in F major
Nov 15 W Antonin Dvorák: Czech Suite
Nov 16 T Anton Rubinstein*: Faust
Nov 17 F Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33

Nov 20 M Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
Nov 21 T Francisco Tárrega*: Gran jota
Nov 22 W Wilhelm Friedrich Bach*: Harpsichord Concerto
Nov 23 T Barbara Harbach: Symphony No. 7, “O Pioneers”
Nov 24 F Hector Berlioz: Love Scene from "Roméo et Juliette "

Nov 27 M Franz Krommer*: Concertino for Flute & Oboe
Nov 28 T Eric Coates: Cinderella
Nov 29 W Jean-Baptiste Lully*: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Nov 30 T Carl Loewe*: Grande Sonata in E major

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

Nov 1 W Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
Nov 2 T Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf*: Sinfonia in E flat major
Nov 3 F Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “The Reformation”

Nov 6 M Franz Schreker: Romantic Suite
Nov 7 T Geirr Tveitt: A Hundred Hardanger Tunes: “Wedding Suite”
Nov 8 W August Klughardt: Symphony No. 3
Nov 9 T Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
Nov 10 F Don Gillis: Symphony No. 3; “A Symphony for Free Men”

Nov 13 M George Whitefield Chadwick*: Aphrodite 
Nov 14 T Aaron Copland*: Red Pony Suite
Nov 15 W Luigi Cherubini: String Quartet No. 3
Nov 16 T Paul Hindemith*: Mathis der Maler
Nov 17 F Max Bruch: Symphony No. 2

Nov 20 M Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Nov 21 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Post-Horn Serenade
Nov 22 W Benjamin Britten*: Violin Concerto
Nov 23 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, “Geister Trio”
Nov 24 F Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2

Nov 27 Luis de Freitas Branco: Symphony No. 4
Nov 28 T Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 76
Nov 29 W Gaetano Donizetti*: String Quartet No. 13
Nov 30 T Franz Richter*: Sonata No. 5

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.