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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 - March '16

Johann Sebastian Bach and Sons

March Featured Works - First Concert
(*Indicates March birthday)

March 1  T  George Frideric Handel:  Concerto Grosso “Alexander’s Feast
March 2  W  Bedrich Smetana*:  Richard III
March 3  T  Federico Moreno Torroba*:  Concierto en Flamenco
March 4  F  Antonio Vivaldi*:  Concerto in D major

March 7  M  Johannes Brahms:  Scherzo in E flat minor
March 8  T  Alan Hovhaness*:  Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
March 9  W  Modest Mussorgsky*:  Night on Bald Mountain
March 10  T  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Piano Concerto No. 21
March 11  F  Ottorino Respighi:  The Fountains of Rome

March 14  M  Giuseppe Verdi:  Ballet Music from Macbeth
March 15  T  César Franck:  Les Djinns
March 16  W Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  Romeo and Juliet
March 17  T  John Field:  Piano Sonata in C minor
March 18  F  Arnold Schoenberg:  Verklärte Nacht

March 21 M  Johann Sebastian Bach*:  Orchestral Suite No. 4
March 22 T  Ferruccio Busoni:  Suite for Clarinet and Piano
March 23 W  Ludwig van Beethoven:  String Quartet in F major
March 24  T  John Antes*:  String Trio in D minor
March 25  F  Béla Bartók*:  Divertimento

March 28  M  Johann Christian Bach:  Sextet in C major
March 29  T  William Walton*:  Suite from As You Like It
March 30 W Gabriel Fauré:  Cello Sonata in D minor
March 31 T  Franz Joseph Haydn*:  String Quartet in G major

March Featured Works - Siskiyou Music Hall
(*Indicates March birthday)

Mar 1  T     Frederic Chopin*: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mar 2  W    Richard Strauss:  Eine Alpensinfonie    
Mar 3  T     Joachim Nikolas Eggert:  Symphony No. 4  
Mar 4  F     Arthur Foote*:  Piano Trio No. 1

Mar 7  M    Maurice Ravel*:  Piano Trio in A minor        
Mar 8  T     Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach*:  Flute Concerto in G major
Mar 9  W    Louis Spohr:  Symphony No. 5
Mar 10 T    Franz Schubert:  Sonata No. 20 in A major
Mar 11 F    Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Mar 14 M   Georg Philipp Telemann*: Tafelmusik Part II: Suite in D major
Mar 15 T     Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major
Mar 16 W    Lars-Erik Larsson:  Symphony No. 1
Mar 17 T     Ludwig van Beethoven:  Violin Sonata, “Printemps”
Mar 18 F     Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov*:  Symphony No. 2, “Antar”

Mar 21 M    Johann Sebastian Bach*: “Goldberg Variations”
Mar 22 T     Antonin Dvorák:  “Cypresses”
Mar 23 W   Johann Sperger*: Symphony in B flat major
Mar 24 T     Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 4    
Mar 25 F     Friedrich Kuhlau: Piano Quartet No. 1

Mar 28 M   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme”
Mar 29 T    Eugene Zador: “Dance Symphony”    
Mar 30 W   Johann Nepomuk Hummel:  Bassoon Concerto in F major
Mar 31 T    Franz Joseph Haydn*: Symphony No. 67

 

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.