JPR Classics

Featured Works

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 2019

Jefferson Public Radio | By Don Matthews

Published February 27, 2019 at 3:01 PM PST

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Marin Alsop (Born 1956)

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Elisabeth Claude Jacquet De La Guerre (1665-1729)

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JoAnn Falletta (Born 1954)

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Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

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Jeanne Lamon (Born 1949)

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Amy Beach (1867-1944)

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Monica Hugget (Born 1953)

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Jane Glover (Born 1949)

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Jennifer Higdon (Born 1962)

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

Mar 1 F Frédéric Chopin*: Fantasy on Polish Airs

Mar 4 M Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from “Swan Lake”
Mar 5 T Arthur Foote*: Piano Trio No. 2
Mar 6 W Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Mar 7 T Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 2
Mar 8 F Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach*: Oboe Concerto in B flat major

Mar 11 M Henry Cowell*: Variations on Thirds
Mar 12 T Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mar 13 W Richard Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from”Tannhäuser”
Mar 14 T Georg Philipp Telemann*: Concerto in A major from Musique de Table
Mar 15 F Iet Stants: String Quartet No. 2

Mar 18 M Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mar 19 T Max Reger*: Variations and Fugue On a Theme by Beethoven
Mar 20 W Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5; “Spring”
Mar 21 T Johann Sebastian Bach*: French Suite No. 5
Mar 22 F Amy Beach: Quartet for Strings

Mar 25 M: Béla Bartók*: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mar 26 T Francesca LeBrun: Violin Sonata in E flat major
Mar 27 W Vincent d’Indy*: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Mar 28 T Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio
Mar 29 F William Walton*: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

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

Mar 1 F Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Mar 4 M Sergei Rachmaninov: The Bells
Mar 5 T Heitor Villa-Lobos*: Symphony No. 1, “The Unexpected”
Mar 6 W Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Clarinet Quartet
Mar 7 T Maurice Ravel*: Piano Concerto in G major
Mar 8 F Ottorino Respighi: Church Windows

Mar 11 M Enrique Granados: Suite on Galician Songs
Mar 12 T Johann Wilms: Symphony No. 7
Mar 13 W Hugo Wolf: String Quartet in D minor
Mar 14 T Franz Schubert: Grand Duo Sonata in C major
Mar 15 F Joseph Boulogne: Violin Concerto in D major

Mar 18 M Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov*: Symphony No. 3
Mar 19 T John Field: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mar 20 W Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 3, “In the Forest”
Mar 21 T Johann Sebastian Bach*: Concerto in A minor for Flute, Violin & Clavier
Mar 22 F Georg Philipp Telemann*: Suite in A minor

Mar 25 M Louis Glass: Symphony No. 1
Mar 26 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, “Geister Trio”
Mar 27 W Ferde Grofé*: Grand Canyon Suite
Mar 28 T Ernst von Gemmingen: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mar 29 F Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36, “Linz”