© 2024 | Jefferson Public Radio
Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6301 | 800.782.6191
Listen | Discover | Engage a service of Southern Oregon University
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
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 - January 2018

Curl Up With JPR's Classics & News Service

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

Jan 1 M New Year’s Day Live from Vienna
Jan 2 T Mily Balakirev*: Russia
Jan 3 W Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite in C major
Jan 4 T Giovanni Battista Pergolesi*: Violin Concerto
Jan 5 F Henri Herz*: Piano Concerto No. 7

Jan 8 M Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E flat major
Jan 9 T Claude Debussy: Estampes
Jan 10 W Giuseppe Verdi: Ballet Music from Don Carlo
Jan 11 T Christian Sinding*: Violin Concerto No. 1
Jan 12 F Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G major

Jan 15 M Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from “Sleeping Beauty”
Jan 16 T Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in C major
Jan 17 W Johann Gottfried Müthel: Concerto in B flat major
Jan 18 T César Cui*: Cinq Petites Duos
Jan 19 F Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1

Jan 22 M Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Jan 23 T Carlos Chavez: Sinfonia India
Jan 24 W Norman Dello Joio*: Variations, Chaconne & Finale
Jan 25 T Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Jan 26 F Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart*: Piano Concerto No. 15

Jan 29 M Frederick Delius*: Paris: The Song of a Great City
Jan 30 T Johann Joachim Quantz*: Flute Concerto No. 256
Jan 31 W Franz Schubert*: String Quartet in E flat major

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

Jan 1 M Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Jan 2 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Jan 3 W Christoph Weyse: Symphony No. 1
Jan 4 T Josef Suk*: A Summer’s Tale
Jan 5 F Nikolai Medtner*: Piano Concerto No. 1

Jan 8 M Sigismund Thalberg*: Fantasia on “Semiramide”
Jan 9 T John Field: Piano Concerto No. 2
Jan 10 W Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
Jan 11 T Reinhold Gliere*: Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Murometz”
Jan 12 F Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in D major

Jan 15 M Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances
Jan 16 T Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Jan 17 W Alexander Taneyev*: Symphony No. 4
Jan 18 T Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2
Jan 19 F Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Symphony No. 6

Jan 22 M Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Jan 23 T Muzio Clementi*: Symphony No. 4
Jan 24 W Christoph Graupner: Overture in F major
Jan 25 T Eduard Franck: Piano Trio in E minor
Jan 26 F Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart*: Symphony No. 38, “Prague”

Jan 29 M Havergal Brian*: Symphony No. 29
Jan 30 T Richard Wagner: Symphony in C
Jan 31 W François Devienne*: Flute Concerto No. 12

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.