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Classical Music

Mondays 9:00am-2:00pm, Tuesday-Thursday 9:00am-3:00pm, Friday 9:00am-2:00pm
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 30, 2013

9:00 AM
Prelude, K404a (1782)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : OX2008
Instrument : Jonathon Crow, violin; Douglas McNabney, viola; and Matt Haimovitz, cello
TrackNumber : 5
Label : Oxingale
9:05 AM
Symphony in E-Flat Major, Wq. 179
Artist :
Album : Cpe Bach:Berlin Symphonies
Composer : CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Catalog : 10103
Conductor : Hartmut Haenchen, Conductor
Orchestra : C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Upc : 006408101031
Label : Capriccio
9:17 AM
Fantastic Overture
Artist :
Album : Schrecker: Concert and Operatic Overtures
Composer : FRANZ SCHREKER
Catalog : 8.555246
Conductor : Edgar Seipenbusch, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 4731352462
Label : Naxos
9:29 AM
Symfonie Singuliere (Symphony No. 3) in C Major
Artist :
Album : Symphony No. 3 In C Major.
Composer : FRANZ BERWALD
Catalog : 415502
Conductor : Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 2894155022
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
9:57 AM
Slavonic Dance No. 5 in B-flat Minor
Artist :
Album : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Dorati
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 411735
Conductor : Antal Dorati, Conductor
Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Upc : 2894117352
Label : London
10:04 AM
Variations and Fugue for Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Music for Orchestra
Composer : LEE ACTOR
Catalog : MMC2140
Conductor : Kirk Trevor, conductor
Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 6
Label : MMC Recordings
10:14 AM
Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Bassoon & Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Hummel - Weber: Bassoon Concertos
Composer : CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Catalog : 432081
Conductor : Neville Marriner, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Instrument : Klaus Thunemann, Bassoon
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894320812
Label : Philips
10:25 AM
Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Artist :
Album : Wagner:Die Walkure/Siegfried/Das Rheingold
Composer : RICHARD WAGNER
Catalog : 7819
Conductor : Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Orchestra : Philadelphia Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 786357192
Label : RCA
10:35 AM
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 3
Artist :
Album : Dvorak/Tchaikovsky
Composer : PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Catalog : 88224
Conductor : Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Mstislav Rostropovitch, Cello
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 269658822427
Label : Erato
10:54 AM
African Crib Carol
Artist :
Album : Unexpected Songs
Composer : F. ROY BENNETT
Catalog : 3594882
Instrument : Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello & John Lenehan, Piano
TrackNumber : 16
Upc : 094635948820
Label : EMI
11:04 AM
Divertimento for Flute & Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Nielsen/Reinecke/Busoni:Flute Concertos
Composer : FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Catalog : 412728
Conductor : Kurt Masur, Conductor
Orchestra : Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Instrument : Aurele Nicolet, Flute
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894127282
Label : Philips
11:14 AM
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 7, No. 2
Artist :
Album : Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi
Composer : FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Catalog : 47656
Orchestra : La Petite Bande
Label : EMI
11:25 AM
Cello Sonata No. 4 in B-flat, Op.14
Artist :
Album : Vivaldi:Six Cello Sonatas
Composer : ANTONIO VIVALDI
Catalog : 421060
Instrument : Christophe Coin, Cello & Christopher Hogwood, Harpsichord
Label : L'oiseau-Lyre
11:40 AM
Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins
Artist :
Album : J.S.Bach:Concertos for 1, 2 & 3 Violins
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 12723
Orchestra : Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest
Instrument : Janos Rolla and Kalman Kostyal, Violins
Label : Hungaroton
11:56 AM
Malaguena from Andalucia Suite
Artist :
Album : The 5 Browns No Boundaries
Composer : ERNESTO LECUONA
Catalog : 8287678719
Orchestra : The 5 Browns
Instrument : Gregory & Ryan Brown, Pianos
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 828767871929
Label : RCA
12:04 PM
Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29
Artist :
Album : Chopin:Ballades/Impromptus
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 411427
Instrument : Bella Davidovich, Piano
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 2894114272
Label : Philips
12:09 PM
Waltz in C-sharp minor op.64/2
Artist :
Album : Chopin
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 88691971292
Conductor : Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Orchestra : Orchestre de Paris
Instrument : Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Sony
12:13 PM
Valse Brilliante, op. 34 No. 1 in A flat major
Artist :
Album : Chopin: Piano Concertos, Nos. 1 & 2
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 3984-21089-2
Conductor : Armin Jordan, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of Monte Carlo
Instrument : Maria-Joao Pires, Piano
Label : Erato
12:20 PM
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Artist :
Album : Chopin
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 50999
Instrument : Ingrid Filter, piano
Label : EMI
12:53 PM
Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53
Artist :
Album : Chopin:Polonaises
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 413795
Instrument : Maurizio Pollini, Piano
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 2894137952
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
1:04 PM
The Ridiculous Prince Jodelet
Artist :
Album : Ouverturen: Music for the Hamburg Opera
Composer : REINHARD KEISER
Catalog : 901852
Orchestra : Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
TrackNumber : 18
Upc : 9488176692
Label : Harmonia Mundi
1:09 PM
Sonata In E Major, K.403
Artist :
Album : Scarlatti:Keyboard Sonatas
Composer : DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Catalog : 421422
Instrument : Andras Schiff, Piano
TrackNumber : 4
Label : London
1:15 PM
Symphony No. 4 in F Major
Artist :
Album : Abel: Six Symphonies
Composer : CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Catalog : 8648
Conductor : Adrian Shepherd, Conductor
Orchestra : Cantilena
Upc : 014682864824
Label : Chandos
1:25 PM
Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat Major
Artist :
Album : Haydn:Symphony Nos. 101 & 103
Composer : FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Catalog : 422240
Conductor : Frans Bruggen, Conductor
Orchestra : Orchestra of the 18th Century
Label : Philips
1:57 PM
Persischer Marsch op. 289 (Persian March)
Artist :
Album : New Year's Concert
Composer : JOHANN STRAUSS II
Catalog : 8691913772
Conductor : Mariss Jansons, conductor
Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic
Label : Sony Classical
2:04 PM
Down a Country Lane
Artist :
Album : Home for the Harvest; Music for Thanksgiving
Composer : AARON COPLAND
Catalog : 1058
Conductor : Frank Battisti, Conductor
Orchestra : New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 034061105824
Label : Troy
2:08 PM
Symphony No.50 ’Mount saint Helens’, Op.360 (1982): Andante
Artist :
Album : Alan Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 50
Composer : ALAN HOVHANESS
Catalog : 8.559717
Conductor : Gerard Schwartz, conductor
Orchestra : Seattle Symphony
TrackNumber : 5
Label : Naxos
2:19 PM
Lamia, Symphonic Poem, Op. 29
Artist :
Album : Carpenter: Skyscrapers/ Buck/ Paine
Composer : EDWARD MACDOWELL
Catalog : 49263
Conductor : Kenneth Klein, Conductor
Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 7777492632
Label : Angel
2:33 PM
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Artist :
Album : Rainbow Body
Composer : SAMUEL BARBER
Catalog : 80596
Conductor : Robert Spano, Conductor
Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 8940805962
Label : Telarc
2:54 PM
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Artist :
Album : Elgar/Vaughn Williams; Williams
Composer : RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Catalog : RR-129
Conductor : Michael Stern, conductor
Orchestra : Kansas City Symphony
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Reference Recordings
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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