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Trevor Harris, Pat Akers

A full midday of the world's greatest music in definitive performances, with hosts Trevor Harris and Pat Akers.

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Playlist

January 11, 2013

9:00 AM
Suite No. 1 in G major, BMV 1007: Prelude
Artist :
Album : Bach: An Imaginary Dance
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : EOM-CD-2127
Instrument : Charles Curtis, cello
TrackNumber : 13
Label : Entertainment One
9:04 AM
The Eccentrics Waltz
Artist :
Album : Josef Strauss: Edition, Vol. 22
Composer : JOSEF STRAUSS
Catalog : 8.223624
Conductor : Karl Albert Geyer, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 3009936242
Label : Marco Polo
9:13 AM
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major
Artist :
Album : Grieg: Die Violinsonaten
Composer : EDVARD GRIEG
Catalog : 047831
Instrument : Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Violin & Bella Davidovich, Piano
Label : Orfeo
9:33 AM
Symphony No. 7 in E Major: 2nd Movement (Adagio)
Artist :
Album : Bruckner:Symphony No.7
Composer : ANTON BRUCKNER
Catalog : 289466574
Conductor : Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Orchestra : Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 2894665742
Label : Decca
9:57 AM
Keyboard Sonata in C Major (K. 159, L. 104)
Artist :
Album : Perpetual Motion
Composer : DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Catalog : 89610
Instrument : Bela Fleck, Banjo with Chris Thile, Mandolin
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 696998961029
Label : Sony
10:04 AM
Ave Maria (Schubert), S 558/12
Artist :
Album : Liszt, My Piano Hero
Composer : FRANZ LISZT
Catalog : 88697891412
Instrument : Lang Lang, Piano
TrackNumber : 9
Upc : 886978914125
Label : Sony Classical
10:11 AM
Romantic Symphony: 3rd Movement (Scherzo)
Artist :
Album : Garofalo:Romantic Symphony/Violin Concerto
Composer : CARLO GIORGIO GAROFALO
Catalog : 8.225183
Conductor : Joel Spiegelman, Conductor
Orchestra : New Moscow Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 3694351832
Label : Marco Polo
10:19 AM
Invitation to the Dance
Artist :
Album : Lecocq:Mam'zelle Angot, Etc.
Composer : CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Catalog : 411898
Conductor : Richard Bonynge, Conductor
Orchestra : National Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 2894118982
Label : Decca
10:31 AM
Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 6
Artist :
Album : Strauss: Don Quixote/ Romanze in F/Cello Sonata
Composer : RICHARD STRAUSS
Catalog : 7432175398
Instrument : Steven Isserlis, Cello and Stephen Hough, Piano
Upc : 743217539825
Label : RCA
10:57 AM
The Gadfly: Waltz
Artist :
Album : Shostakovich: Waltzes
Composer : DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Catalog : 3257
Conductor : Constantine Orbelian, Conductor
Orchestra : Moscow Chamber Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 013491325729
Label : Delos
11:04 AM
Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7
Artist :
Album : Abel: Six Symphonies
Composer : CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Catalog : 8648
Conductor : Adrian Shepherd, Conductor
Orchestra : Cantilena
Upc : 014682864824
Label : Chandos
11:13 AM
Petite Suite for Orchestra: Children’s Games
Artist :
Album : Bizet: Carmen-Suite/L'Arlesienne-Suiten U.A.
Composer : GEORGES BIZET
Catalog : 431778
Conductor : Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor
Orchestra : Bastille Orchestra
Upc : 2894317782
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
11:26 AM
Quartet No. 3 in F Major for Winds
Artist :
Album : Rossini: Sonatas for Wind Quartet
Composer : GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Catalog : 8.554098
Orchestra : Michael Thompson Wind Quartet
Upc : 3694340982
Label : Naxos
11:40 AM
Flute Concerto in C Major
Artist :
Album : Jean-Pierre Rampal:Flute Concertos
Composer : (KING) FREDERICH II
Catalog : 420719
Conductor : Jacques Roussel, Conductor
Orchestra : Musica Antiqua of France
Instrument : Jean-Pierre Rampal, Flute
Upc : 2894207192
Label : Philips
11:55 AM
El Pelele
Artist :
Album : Spanish Fireworks
Composer : ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Catalog : 417795
Instrument : Alicia de Larrocha, Piano
TrackNumber : 16
Label : London
12:04 PM
Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1: 3rd Movement
Artist :
Album : A Brahms/Schumann Soiree
Composer : JOHANNES BRAHMS
Catalog : 3025
Instrument : David Shifrin, Clarinet & Carol Rosenberger, Piano
TrackNumber : 9
Label : Delos
12:09 PM
Quartet No. 3 in D Major: 4th Movement
Artist :
Album : Mendolssohn String Quartets Vol.2
Composer : FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Catalog : 907287
Orchestra : Eroica Quartet
TrackNumber : 4
Label : Harmonia Mundi
12:17 PM
Good Friday Spell from Parsifal
Artist :
Album : Wagner: Orchestral Music from Tristan Parsifal, etc.
Composer : RICHARD WAGNER
Catalog : 447764
Conductor : James Levine, Conductor
Orchestra : MET Opera Orchestra
TrackNumber : 7
Upc : 2894377642
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
12:28 PM
Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 420242
Conductor : Frans Bruggen, Conductor
Orchestra : Orchestra of the 18th Century
Instrument : Eric Hoeprich, Basset Clarinet
Upc : 2894202422
Label : Philips
12:57 PM
Le Petit Negre
Artist :
Album : Debussy:Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2
Composer : CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Catalog : 5161
Instrument : Martin Jones, Piano
TrackNumber : 20
Label : Nimbus
1:04 PM
Por el Sur
Artist :
Album : Nostalgias Argentinas
Composer : Remo Pignoni
Catalog : Steinway & Sons
Instrument : Mirian Conti, piano
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Steinway & Sons
1:07 PM
Rondo in G Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 94
Artist :
Album : Dvorak - Cello Concerto
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 42206
Conductor : Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic
Instrument : Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 7464422062
Label : CBS
1:16 PM
O Magnum Mysterium
Artist :
Album : Contemporaries: NU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Composer : MORTEN LAURIDSEN
Catalog : 414
Conductor : Mallory Thompson, Conductor
Orchestra : Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 9940241492
Label : Summit
1:23 PM
Symphony In F-sharp Minor: Farewell
Artist :
Album : SYMPHONY IN F-SHARP MINOR, FAREWELL.
Composer : FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra : The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Label : Philips
1:51 PM
Samson & Delilah: Bacchanale
Artist :
Album : Orchestral Spectaculars
Composer : CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Catalog : 80115
Conductor : Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
TrackNumber : 5
Label : Telarc
Arts and Culture
5:30 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Classical pianist turned jazz virtuoso Don Shirley dead at 86

Credit Cadence Records
The jazz and classical pianist Don Shirley seen on the cover of his Cadence LP "Pianist Extraordinary"

When the jazz pianist Don Shirley died on April 6, his passing was not widely reported.

A New York Times obituary noted that the Jamaican born virtuoso pianist was trained in the classical repertoire. Later, the impresario Sol Hurok advised Shirley “to pursue a career in popular music and jazz.” Hurok warned Shirley that “American audiences were not willing to accept a ‘colored’ pianist on the concert stage.”

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Arts and Culture
2:20 pm
Mon May 13, 2013

Rachel Barton Pine's Violin Lullabies finds new niche for classical violin

Credit Cedille Records
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs 25 'cradle songs' with pianist Matthew Hagle on their new Cedille Records release Violin Lullabies.

After her daughter was born, the classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine started looking into the range of Berceuse or lullabies written for violin.


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Arts and Culture
2:49 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

A whole new Rite of Spring seen in animated video

Credit Wikimedia Commons
Igor Stravinsky composed Rite of Spring 100 years ago this year.

Classical music fans who like a little visual to go with their orchestra may enjoy this video featuring an animated graphical score of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Part 1: Adoration of the Earth.

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Arts and Culture
5:41 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Columbia performance series presents classical music of the Show-Me State

Odyssey Artistic Director Ayako Tsurata

  Missouri culture might be better known for glittering Branson shows, down home fiddle music and hip-hop from our state’s urban centers, but a local performance organization aims to add classical music to the list of artistic creations born in the Show-Me State.

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Arts and Culture
2:45 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Classical and folk blend in new album, Night

Credit www.simonedinnerstein.com
Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt collaborated on their newest album Night

Making music from the classical repertoire is standard fare for Simone Dinnerstein.

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Arts and Culture
11:35 am
Mon March 25, 2013

Period instruments take center stage for Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder

Credit Buchbinder.net

If a classical musician wishes to replicate a sound from a specific period then the musician needs a period instrument. KBIA's Trevor Harris recently interviewed Vienna-based pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.

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