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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 - June 2018

Spring Into Summer

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

June 1 F Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

June 4 M Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
June 5 T Leonardo Leo: Concerto for Cello, Two Violins and Continuo
June 6 W Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
June 7 T Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in D major
June 8 F Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2

June 11 M Richard Strauss*: Don Juan
June 12 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26; “Les Adieux”
June 13 W Carlos Chavez*: Suite for Double Quartet
June 14 T Léo Delibes: Suite from Sylvia  
June 15 F Edvard Grieg*: Suite from Holberg’s Time 

June 18 M David Popper*: Cello Concerto No. 1
June 19 T Johann Stamitz*: Clarinet Concerto in B flat major
June 20 W Joseph Martin Kraus*: Viola Concerto in E flat major
June 21 T Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach*: Trio Sonata in G major
June 22 F Edward Elgar: Coronation March 

June 25 M Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
June 26 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39
June 27 W Jack Gallagher*: Quiet Reflections
June 28 T Napoléon Coste*: Oboe Sonata
June 29 F Leroy Anderson*: Piano Concerto in C major

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

June 1 F Georg Muffat*: Propitious Constellations

June 4 M Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13
June 5 T Arnold Bax: Cello Sonata
June 6 W Aram Khachaturian*: Violin Concerto in D minor
June 7 T Franz Schubert: String Quartet in G major
June 8 F Carl Nielsen*: Symphony No. 1

June 11 M Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto No. 1
June 12 T Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
June 13 W Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
June 14 T Wilhelm Kienzl: String Quartet No. 2
June 15 F Franz Danzi*: Bassoon Concerto in G minor

June 18 M Ignaz Pleyel*: Symphony in B flat major
June 19 T César Franck: Cello Sonata in A major
June 20 W Jacques Offenbach*: Gaîté Parisienne
June 21 T Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Été
June 22 F Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Symphony No. 1 J

une 25 M Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto in A major
June 26 T Leopold Kozeluch*: Piano Sonata No. 38
June 27 W Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 2
June 28 T Joseph Joachim*: Violin Concerto No. 3
June 29 F Jiri Antonin Benda*: Viola Concerto in F major

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.