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 2018

Jefferson Public Radio | By Don Matthews

Published February 28, 2018 at 5:03 PM PST

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Amy Beach (1867-1944)

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Clara Schumann (1819-1896)

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Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)

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Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

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Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

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Barbara Harbach (b. 1946)

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Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)

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Elisabetta Brusa (b. 1954)

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

Mar 1 T George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat major
Mar 2 F Augusta Holmès: Andromeda

Mar 5 M Arthur Foote*: Suite for Strings
Mar 6 T Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov*: Suite from “Tsar Saltan”
Mar 7 W Germaine Tailleferre: Concerto for Flute & Piano
Mar 8 T Alan Hovhaness*: Symphony No. 1
Mar 9 F Josef Myslivecek*: Cello Concerto in C major

Mar 12 M Thomas Arne*: Piano Concerto in A major
Mar 13 T Cecile Chaminade: Trio in G minor
Mar 14 W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Mar 15 T Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata
Mar 16 F Barbara Harbach: Sinfonietta

Mar 19 M Charles Gounod: Ballet Music from “Faust”
Mar 20 T Frank Bridge: Enter Spring
Mar 21 W Johann Sebastian Bach*: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Mar 22 T Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertino for Piano & Orchestra
Mar 23 F Amy Beach: Piano Trio

Mar 26 M Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Trio in D minor
Mar 27 T Vincent d’Indy*: Fantaisie sur des themes populaires français
Mar 28 W Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in D major
Mar 29 T William Walton*: Suite from “As You Like It”
Mar 30 F Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral

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

Mar 1 T Frédéric Chopin*: Piano Sonata No. 2
Mar 2 F Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor

Mar 5 M Joan Tower: Duets for Orchestra
Mar 6 T Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major
Mar 7 W Maurice Ravel*: Piano Trio in A minor
Mar 8 T Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach*: Cello Concerto in A minor
Mar 9 F Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: “The Year”

Mar 12 M Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
Mar 13 T Elisabetta Brusa: “Favole”
Mar 14 W Georg Philipp Telemann*: “Alster Suite”
Mar 15 T Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
Mar 16 F Louise Farrenc: Nonette for Strings & Winds

Mar 19 M Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Mar 20 T Florence B. Price: Symphony in E minor
Mar 21 W Johann Sebastian Bach*: “A Musical Offering”
Mar 22 T John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 1
Mar 23 F Maya Le Roux: “Ballade of the Magic Valley”

Mar 26 M Henriette Renie: Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp
Mar 27 T Ferde Grofé*: “Hollywood Suite”
Mar 28 W Grace Williams: “Sea Sketches”
Mar 29 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp
Mar 30 F Sophie Menter: “Hungarian Zigeunerweisen”