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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

February 27, 2013

9:00 AM
Church Sonata in C Major, K. 329
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Church Sonatas
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 421297
Orchestra : Amsterdam Mozart Players
Instrument : Peter Hurford, Organ
TrackNumber : 17
Upc : 028942129726
Label : London
9:05 AM
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Artist :
Album : Schumann:Symphonie Nr.3
Composer : ROBERT SCHUMANN
Catalog : 411104
Conductor : Bernard Haitink, Conductor
Orchestra : Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 2894111042
Label : Philips
9:18 AM
The Prodigal Son (Suite from the Ballet)
Artist :
Album : Alfven:Symphony No. 2/ The Prodigal Son
Composer : HUGO ALFVEN
Catalog : 8.555072
Conductor : Niklas Willen, Conductor
Orchestra : National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Upc : 747313057221
Label : Naxos
9:38 AM
Symphony No. 2 in D: 3rd & 4th Movement
Artist :
Album : Sibelius:Symphony No.2/Finlandia
Composer : JEAN SIBELIUS
Catalog : 80095
Conductor : Yoel Levi, Conductor
Orchestra : Cleveland Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Label : Telarc
9:58 AM
King Arthur Suite, Act 5: Round They Shores
Artist :
Album : Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell and Handel
Composer : GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alison Balsom, Natural Trumpet
TrackNumber : 6
Label :
10:04 AM
Piano Concerto in A Minor: Adagio
Artist :
Album : Adagio II A 2 1/2 Hour Collection of Orchestra Classics
Composer : EDVARD GRIEG
Catalog : 7869
Conductor : Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Orchestra : Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Jorge Bolet, Piano
Label : Celestial Harmonies
10:11 AM
Triumphal March from Aida
Artist :
Album : Classic Marches
Composer : GIUSEPPE VERDI
Catalog : 7716
Conductor : Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Orchestra : St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 7863577162
Label : RCA
10:19 AM
Overture No. 6 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
10:32 AM
Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664 (Op. 120)
Artist :
Album : A Schubert Recital
Composer : FRANZ SCHUBERT
Catalog : 147
Instrument : Peter Miyamoto, Piano
Upc : 649288350027
Label : Blue Griffin Recordings
10:54 AM
Symphony No. 1 in G Major: 4th Movement (Vivace)
Artist :
Album : Symphonies 1 & 7
Composer : CHRISTOPH ERNST FRIEDRICH WEYSE
Catalog : 399
Orchestra : Concerto Copenhagen
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 709644016365
Label : Classico
11:04 AM
Cyclops Polka
Artist :
Album : Josef Strauss: Editon, Vol. 24
Composer : JOSEF STRAUSS
Catalog : 8.223626
Conductor : Christian Pollack, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 3009936262
Label : Naxos
11:07 AM
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: 2nd Movement (Andante cantabile)
Artist :
Album : Beethoven:Piano Trios, Op.1
Composer : LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Catalog : 23170
Orchestra : Gryphon Trio
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 7420431702
Label : Analekta
11:17 AM
Danzas Fantasticas
Artist :
Album : Rodrigo:Concierto De Aranjuez/Albeniz:Iberia, Etc
Composer : JOAQUIN TURINA
Catalog : 49405
Conductor : Enrique Batiz, Conductor
Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra
Upc : 7777494052
Label : Angel
11:35 AM
Pines of Rome
Artist :
Album : Respighi:Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome/Metamorphoseon
Composer : OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Catalog : 80505
Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Conductor
Orchestra : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 8940805052
Label : Telarc
11:57 AM
Mars: Chant de l’alouette
Artist :
Album :
Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Catalog : 419409
Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Van Cliburn, piano
TrackNumber : 13
Label :
12:04 PM
Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Artist :
Album : Chopin:24 Preludes, Op.28, Etc.
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 421363
Instrument : Jorge Bolet, Piano
TrackNumber : 25
Upc : 2894213632
Label : London
12:10 PM
Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52
Artist :
Album : Chopin: Ballades and Fantasies
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 107
Instrument : Peter Miyamoto, Piano
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 649288092828
Label : Blue Griffin Recordings
12:24 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: Maestoso
Artist :
Album : Chopin
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 88691971292
Conductor : Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Orchestra : Orchestre de Paris
Instrument : Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
TrackNumber : 7
Label : Sony
12:38 PM
Nocturnes, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3
Artist :
Album : Nocturnes, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3.
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 416 440-2
Instrument : Claudio Arrau, Piano
Upc : 028941644022
Label : Phillips
12:57 PM
Valse Brilliante, op. 34 No. 3 in F 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
1:04 PM
The Devil’s Trill
Artist :
Album : Violons d'enfer/ Infernal Violins
Composer : GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Catalog : 28718
Orchestra : Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
Label : Analekta
1:17 PM
Serenade
Artist :
Album : Wm. Grant Still: The American Scene
Composer : WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Catalog : 85596
Conductor : Richard Auldon Clark, Conductor
Orchestra : Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
TrackNumber : 15
Upc : 2372202902
Label : Newport Classics
1:26 PM
Wind Quintet in B-Flat Major
Artist :
Album : Blasermusik der Klassik
Composer : FRANZ DANZI
Catalog : 50-611
Orchestra : Munich Residence Quintet
Label : Claves
1:40 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1:1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Rachmaninov:The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos
Composer : SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Catalog : 8.505177D
Conductor : Antoni Wit, Conductor
Orchestra : Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Bernd Glemser, Piano
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Naxos
1:54 PM
Goldberg Variations: Aria
Artist :
Album : The Most Soothing Lullabies in the Universe!
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 17352
Instrument : Constantin Lifschitz, Piano
Upc : 795041735225
Label : Denon
2:04 PM
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Artist :
Album : Classsic Kennedy
Composer : JOHANNES BRAHMS
Catalog : 724356890
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Nigel Kennedy, Violin
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2435568902
Label : EMI
2:07 PM
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Artist :
Album : Dvorak: Overtures
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 8453
Conductor : Vernon Handley, Conductor
Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Label : Chandos
2:18 PM
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Artist :
Album : Marche Slav And Other Russian Favorites
Composer : ALEXANDER BORODIN
Catalog : 80072
Conductor : Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Orchestra : St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 8940800722
Label : Telarc
2:26 PM
Guitar Concerto No.1 in A Major
Artist :
Album : John Williams:Schubert/Giuliani
Composer : MAURO GIULIANI
Catalog : 63385
Orchestra : Australian Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : John Williams, Guitar
Upc : 7464633852
Label : Sony
2:57 PM
Reminiscence Galop
Artist :
Album : Johann Stauss 1: Edition Vol. 2
Composer : JOHANN STRAUSS, SR.
Catalog : 8.225252
Conductor : Christian Pollack, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina
TrackNumber : 12
Upc : 3694352522
Label : Marco Polo
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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