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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

February 12, 2013

9:00 AM
Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone
Artist :
Album :
Composer : JOHN TAVERNER
Conductor : Stephen Darlington, director
Orchestra : Christ Church Cathedral Choir
TrackNumber : 18
Label :
9:04 AM
Overture No. 4 in D Major, Op. 18
Artist :
Album : J.C.Bach: Six Grand Overtures, Op. 18
Composer : JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Catalog : 5403
Conductor : William Boughton, Conductor
Orchestra : English Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 0836035470326
Label : Nimbus
9:16 AM
Sonata No. 6 in D Major for Strings
Artist :
Album : Rossini:6 Sonatas for strings
Composer : GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Catalog : 75467
Conductor : Claudio Scimone, Conductor
Orchestra : I Solisti Veneti
Upc : 8908854672
Label : Erato
9:32 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42
Artist :
Album : MacDowell:Orchestral Suites
Composer : EDWARD MACDOWELL
Catalog : 8.559075
Conductor : Takuo Yuasa, Conductor
Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra
Upc : 3694390752
Label : Naxos
9:54 AM
Wine, Women and Song, Op. 333
Artist :
Album : Waltzes By Johann & Josef Strauss
Composer : JOHANN STRAUSS, JR.
Catalog : 49096
Conductor : Willi Boskovsky, Conductor
Orchestra : Strauss Orchestra of Vienna
TrackNumber : 6
Label : EMI
10:04 AM
Scenes from Childhood: Traumerei
Artist :
Album : Imago 3-Traumerei
Composer : ROBERT SCHUMANN
Catalog : 419408
Instrument : Daniel Barenboim, Piano
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 2894194082
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:07 AM
Kentucky Spring
Artist :
Album : Roy Harris:The Louisville Orchestra
Composer : ROY HARRIS
Catalog : 0005
Conductor : Robert S. Whitney, Conductor
Orchestra : Louisville Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 0945700005
Label : First Edition
10:20 AM
Symphonic Songs for Band
Artist :
Album : British & American Band Classics
Composer : ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Catalog : 432009
Conductor : Frederick Fennell, Conductor
Orchestra : Eastman Wind Ensemble
Upc : 2894320092
Label : Mercury
10:35 AM
Duo No. 1 in G Major, K. 423
Artist :
Album : Mozart - Leclair : Duos
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 60735
Instrument : Itzhak Perlman, Violin & Pinchas Zukerman, Viola
Upc : 090266073528
Label : RCA
10:53 AM
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major Op. 90, D 899
Artist :
Album : Something Almost Being Said: Music of Bach and Schubert
Composer : FRANZ SCHUBERT
Catalog : 869798943-2
Instrument : Simone Dinnerstein, piano
TrackNumber : 9
Label : Sony Classical
11:04 AM
Concerto Polonois
Artist :
Album : Telemann:Double & Triple Concertos
Composer : GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Catalog : 411949
Conductor : Christopher Hogwood, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music
Upc : 2894119492
Label : L'oiseau-Lyre
11:13 AM
Der Vogelhandler (Birdseller Overture)
Artist :
Album : Magical Operetta, Vol. 2
Composer : CARL ZELLER
Catalog : 15046
Conductor : Janos Sandor, Conductor
Orchestra : Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 1811150462
Label : LaserLight
11:24 AM
Toccata in D Minor, BWV 913
Artist :
Album : Bach on a Steinway
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 30001
Instrument : Jeffrey Biegel, Piano
Upc : 034062300013
Label : Steinway & Sons
11:39 AM
Sonata for Pianoforte & Violin: 1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Carl Czerny: Erika Raum & Anton Kuerti
Composer : CARL CZERNY
Catalog : 1150
Instrument : Erika Raum, Violin & Anton Kuerti, Piano
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 5958211502
Label : CBC
11:55 AM
La Calinda from Koanga
Artist :
Album : Violin Concerto Opera Intermezzi
Composer : FREDERICK DELIUS
Catalog : 5144
Conductor : Georg Tintner, Conductor
Orchestra : Symphony Nova Scotia
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 7502051442
Label : Eloquence/CBC
12:04 PM
Two Spanish Dances
Artist :
Album : Rodrigo:Complete Orchestral Works- 6
Composer : JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Catalog : 8.555962
Conductor : Max Bragado Darman, Conductor
Orchestra : Castile & Leon Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 4731359622
Label : Naxos
12:14 PM
The Veterans 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 : 2
Upc : 3009936242
Label : Marco Polo
12:25 PM
Blanik, Symphonic Poem No. 6 from Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
Artist :
Album : Smetana: Ma Vlast (Mein Vaterland)
Composer : BEDRICH SMETANA
Catalog : 429183
Conductor : Rafael Kubelik, Conductor
Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 028942918320
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
12:40 PM
Capriccio Espagnol Op.34
Artist :
Album : Russian Nights
Composer : NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Catalog : 80657
Conductor : Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Upc : 08940806572
Label : Telarc
12:57 PM
Song Without Words, Op. 62, No. 1
Artist :
Album : Mendelssohn:Piano Works
Composer : FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Catalog : 73535
Instrument : Nikita Magaloff, Piano
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Denon
1:04 PM
Romance
Artist :
Album : Triada Guitar Trio
Composer : TRADITIONAL
Catalog : TRI001
Orchestra : Triada, Guitar Trio
TrackNumber : 19
Upc : 837101064262
Label : Triada
1:08 PM
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 Eroica: 3rd Movement (Scherzo)
Artist :
Album : Beethoven Symphonies 3 & 8
Composer : LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Catalog : 1001
Conductor : Hans Vonk, Conductor
Orchestra : St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 665325100127
Label : Arch Media
1:15 PM
Concerto No. 11 in D Major
Artist :
Album : Vivaldi:Il Cimento dell'Armonia (vol.2)
Composer : ANTONIO VIVALDI
Catalog : 1520
Orchestra : I Solisti Italiani
Upc : 8175715202
Label : Denon
1:30 PM
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Artist :
Album : The Haydn Project
Composer : FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Catalog : 289471327
Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet
Upc : 028947132721
Label : Duetsche Grammophon
1:54 PM
Danse
Artist :
Album : Pictures at an Exhibition
Composer : CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Catalog : 79
Conductor : Eije Oue, Conductor
Orchestra : Minnesota Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 030911107925
Label : Reference Recordings
2:04 PM
Andante Festivo
Artist :
Album : Sibelius:Symphony No. 5, Etc.
Composer : JEAN SIBELIUS
Catalog : 222
Conductor : Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 318590002223
Label : BIS
2:10 PM
Symphony No. 1 in D Major: 3rd Movement
Artist :
Album : Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Composer : GUSTAV MAHLER
Catalog : 400033
Conductor : Claudio Abbado, Conductor
Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 259140003328
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
2:22 PM
Adagio con Variazioni
Artist :
Album : The Swan
Composer : OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Catalog : 57052
Conductor : Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra
Instrument : Han-Na Chang, Cello
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 724355705228
Label : EMI
2:36 PM
Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Villa-Lobos/Castelnuovo-Tedesco/Rodrigo
Composer : HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Catalog : 416357
Conductor : Neville Marriner, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Instrument : Pepe Romero, Guitar
Upc : 2894163572
Label : Philips
2:56 PM
La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto
Artist :
Album : Masters of the Voice - Tenor
Composer : GIUSEPPE VERDI
Catalog : 0002287
Conductor : Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Orchestra : Bologna Community Theater Orchestra
Instrument : Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor & Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bass
Upc : 028947617532
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
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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