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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

September 19, 2012

9:00 AM
Pavane
Artist :
Album : I Salonisti Transatlantic
Composer : GABRIEL FAURE
Catalog : 425210
Orchestra : I Salonisti
TrackNumber : 8
Upc : 2894252102
Label : London
9:07 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
9:16 AM
Romance in F Minor for Violin
Artist :
Album : Dvorak:Violin Concerto/Romance
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 47168
Conductor : Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrument : Itzhak Perlman, Violin
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 7777471682
Label : EMI
9:31 AM
Cello Concerto in D Major, Op.101
Artist :
Album : Haydn:Favorite Concertos
Composer : FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Catalog : 39310
Conductor : Jose-Luis Garcia, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Upc : 7464393102
Label : CBS
9:56 AM
Etude for Piano, Op. 8, No. 11
Artist :
Album : Skriabin & Prokofiev
Composer : ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Catalog : 5176
Instrument : Marta Deyanova, Piano
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 083603517625
Label : Nimbus
10:04 AM
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A Minor
Artist :
Album : Brahms: The Hungarian Dances
Composer : JOHANNES BRAHMS
Catalog : 411426
Conductor : Kurt Masur, Conductor
Orchestra : Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
TrackNumber : 8
Upc : 2894114262
Label : Philips
10:08 AM
Concerto Grosso No. 3, Op. 6
Artist :
Album : Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-4
Composer : GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Catalog : 10021
Conductor : Max Pommer, Conductor
Orchestra : New Bach Collegium Musicum of Leipzig
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 006408100218
Label : Capriccio
10:21 AM
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817
Artist :
Album : Enrique Graf Plays Bach
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 2125
Instrument : Enrique Graf, Piano
Upc : 044747212524
Label : Centaur
10:39 AM
Concertino for Violin and Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Viennese Violin-The Romantic Music of Lehar, Kreisler & Strauss
Composer : FRANZ LEHAR
Catalog : 80402
Conductor : Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Instrument : Robert McDuffie, Violin
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 8940804022
Label : Telarc
10:53 AM
Symphony No. 5; Waltz
Artist :
Album : Tchaikovsky: The Symphony No. 5.
Composer : PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Catalog : 3015
Conductor : Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Orchestra : Philadelphia Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Label : Delos
11:04 AM
Welcome With Honour
Artist :
Album : Norwegian Classical Favourites - 2
Composer : GEIRR TVEITT
Catalog : 8.557018
Conductor : Bjarte Engeset, Conductor
Orchestra : Iceland Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 747313201822
Label : Naxos
11:09 AM
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
Artist :
Album : Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Scenes from the Ballet
Composer : SERGE PROKOFIEV
Catalog : 82876-5942
Conductor : Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Orchestra : San Francisco Symphony
TrackNumber : 11
Upc : 828795942423
Label : BMG
11:15 AM
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Artist :
Album : Offenbach:Overtures & Ballets
Composer : JACQUES OFFENBACH
Catalog : 422057
Conductor : Antonio De Almeida, Conductor
Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra
Upc : 2894220572
Label : Philips
11:34 AM
Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat, G. 482
Artist :
Album : Trilogy: Cello Concertos- Boccherini/Myslevecek/Viotti
Composer : LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Catalog : 61228
Conductor : Claudio Scimone, Conductor
Orchestra : I Solisti Veneti
Instrument : Ofra Harnoy, Cello
Upc : 090266122820
Label : RCA
11:55 AM
Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat
Artist :
Album : The World's Favorite Piano Music - Cliburn
Composer : FRANZ LISZT
Catalog : 09026-609732
Instrument : Van Cliburn, Piano
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 090266097326
Label : BMG
12:04 PM
Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Artist :
Album : Chopin:Polonaises
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 413795
Instrument : Maurizio Pollini, Piano
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894137952
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
12:13 PM
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
Artist :
Album : Chopin:4 Scherzi/Polonaise/Fantaisie
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 412610
Instrument : Claudio Arrau, Piano
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 2894126102
Label : Philips
12:25 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor: 3rd Movement
Artist :
Album : Chopin: Piano Concertos
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 425 859-2
Conductor : Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Orchestra : Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Jorge Bolet, Piano
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 2894258592
Label : London
12:37 PM
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Artist :
Album : Chopin:Ballades/Impromptus
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 411427
Instrument : Bella Davidovich, Piano
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894114272
Label : Philips
12:50 PM
Barcarolle, Op. 60
Artist :
Album : Artur Rubinstein:The Chopin Collection Major
Composer : FREDERIC CHOPIN
Catalog : 5617
Instrument : Arthur Rubinstein, Piano
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 7863556172
Label : RCA
1:04 PM
Bruder Halt Galop
Artist :
Album : Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna
Composer : JOSEPH LANNER
Catalog : 57974
Orchestra : Vienna Ensemble
TrackNumber : 11
Upc : 7464579742
Label : Sony
1:06 PM
Die Fledermaus Overture
Artist :
Album : Offenbach/Strauss/Suppe
Composer : JOHANN STRAUSS, JR.
Catalog : 411450
Conductor : Neville Marriner, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Philips
1:16 PM
Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Clarinet and Oboe Concertos
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 414339
Conductor : Chritopher Hogwood, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music
Upc : 2894143392
Label : Decca
1:35 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40
Artist :
Album : Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, etc.
Composer : FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Catalog : 28946860
Conductor : Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor
Orchestra : Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Instrument : Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Upc : 2894686002
Label : Decca
1:57 PM
Divertimento for Strings: 5th Movement
Artist :
Album : Sea Sketches
Composer : GARETH WALTERS
Catalog : 5227
Conductor : Roy Goodman, Conductor
Orchestra : Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 5958252272
Label : CBC
2:04 PM
Bank Holiday
Artist :
Album : Ketelbey:London Promenade Orchestra
Composer : ALBERT W. KETELBEY
Catalog : 400011
Conductor : Alexander Faris, Conductor
Orchestra : London Promenade Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894000112
Label : Philips
2:07 PM
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Artist :
Album : 100 Best Classics: 6 Compact Discs
Composer : RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Catalog : 70853
Conductor : John Barbirolli, Conductor
Orchestra : Sinfonia Of London
Upc : 094637085325
Label : EMI
2:13 PM
Konzertstuck in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Artist :
Album : Schumann:Piano Concerto, Op.54
Composer : CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Catalog : 412251
Conductor : Claudio Abbado, Conductor
Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Alfred Brendel, Piano
Upc : 2894122512
Label : Philips
2:31 PM
Quintet in F Major
Artist :
Album : Rombert:Flute Quintets
Composer : ANDREAS JAKOB ROMBERG
Catalog : 8.554765
Orchestra : Vladislav Brunner, Flute; Viktor Simcisko, Violin; Milan Telecky & Jan Cut, Viola; Juraj Alexander,
Upc : 3694347652
Label : Naxos
2:55 PM
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: 3rd Movement (Scherzo)
Artist :
Album : Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 & 2
Composer : LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Catalog : 10001
Conductor : Herbert Kegel, Conductor
Orchestra : Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 7
Upc : 006408100010
Label : Capriccio
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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