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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 - December '16

Happy Holidays

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

Dec 1 T Franz Xaver Richter*: Trumpet Concerto
Dec 2 F Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2

Dec 5 M Francesco Geminiani*: Cello Sonata in D minor
Dec 6 T Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Dec 7 W Hermann Goetz*: Waldmärchen
Dec 8 T Jean Sibelius*: Belshazzar’s Feast
Dec 9 F Nicolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 3

Dec 12 M Franz Schubert: Sonata in B major
Dec 13 T George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Dec 14 W Ron Nelson*: Courtly Airs & Dances
Dec 15 T Augusta Holmès*: Andromeda
Dec 16 F Ludwig van Beethoven*: Choral Fantasy

Dec 19 M Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 1
Dec 20 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Dec 21 W Zdenek Fibich*: Ballet Music from Hedy
Dec 22 T Deems Taylor*: Selections from Through the Looking Glass
Dec 23 F Georg Philipp Telemann: Festive Suite

Dec 26 M Johann Sebastian Bach: Let Our Mouths Be Filled With Laughter
Dec 27 T Ernest Chausson: Poème
Dec 28 W George W. Chadwick: String Quartet No. 3
Dec 29 T Frederick Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away
Dec 30 F André Messager*: Divertissement from “Les Deux Pigeons”

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

Dec 1 T Franz Xaver Richter*: Trio Sonata No. 5 in F major
Dec 2 F Johann Svendsen: Symphony No. 2

Dec 5 M Hamilton Harty*: An Irish Symphony 
Dec 6 T Erno von Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dec 7 W Hermann Goetz*: Symphony in F major
Dec 8 T Manuel Ponce*: Sonata Romantica 
Dec 9 F Joaquin Turina*: Sinfonia Sevillana

Dec 12 M Kurt Atterburg*: Symphony No. 2
Dec 13 T Antonin Dvorák: Piano Concerto in G minor
Dec 14 W Florencio Asenjo: The Odyssey
Dec 15 T Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony in B flat major
Dec 16 F Ludwig van Beethoven*: String Quartet No. 12

Dec 19 M Edward MacDowell*: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dec 20 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Dec 21 W Louis Spohr: The Seasons 
Dec 22 T Alan Hovhaness: Christmas Symphony

Dec 23 F Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”

Dec 26 M Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major
Dec 27 T Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 8
Dec 28 W Elias Parish Alvars: Harp Concerto in G minor
Dec 29 T Friedrich Gernsheim: Piano Quintet No. 1
Dec 30 F Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”

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.