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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

October 29, 2012

9:00 AM
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude)
Artist :
Album : 100 Best Classics: 6 Compact Discs
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 70853
Conductor : Neville Marriner, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Instrument : Celia Nicklin , Oboe
Upc : 094637085325
Label : EMI
9:06 AM
Impromptu No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 142, D. 935
Artist :
Album : A Schubert Recital
Composer : FRANZ SCHUBERT
Catalog : 147
Instrument : Peter Miyamoto, Piano
TrackNumber : 7
Upc : 649288350027
Label : Blue Griffin Recordings
9:15 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
9:36 AM
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Artist :
Album : Tchaikovsky:Romeo & Juliet/Francesca Da Rimini
Composer : PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Catalog : 414159
Conductor : Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Orchestra : Cleveland Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 2894141592
Label : London
9:56 AM
String Quartet in C-Sharp Major, Op. 131: 2nd Movement- Allegro molto vivace
Artist :
Album : Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Composer : LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Catalog : CSQBC012
Orchestra : Cypress String Quartet
Upc : 666449766121
Label : Cypress Performing Arts A
10:04 AM
Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
Artist :
Album : Classic Marches
Composer : HECTOR BERLIOZ
Catalog : 7716
Conductor : Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Orchestra : St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 7863577162
Label : RCA
10:10 AM
Symphony in G Major, 182/1
Artist :
Album : Cpe.Bach: Sechs Sinfonien Fur Streicher
Composer : CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Catalog : 10106
Conductor : Hartmut Haenchen, Conductor
Orchestra : C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Upc : 006408101062
Label : Capriccio
10:23 AM
Concertante for Flute and Oboe in G
Artist :
Album : Salieri/Cimarosa/Stamitz:Double Concertos
Composer : DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Catalog : 416359
Conductor : Kenneth Sillito, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Instrument : Aurele Nicolet, Flute & Heinz Holliger, Oboe
Upc : 2894163592
Label : Philips
10:41 AM
Concerto in the Hungarian Style Sophie-Menter Concerto
Artist :
Album : Franz Liszt:The Concerti
Composer : FRANZ LISZT
Catalog : 5202
Conductor : Hans Graf, Conductor
Orchestra : Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrument : Janina Fialkowska, Piano
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 5958252022
Label : CBC
10:57 AM
La Huella (The Path)
Artist :
Album : Within Earshot
Composer : JULIAN AGUIRRE
Catalog : 384
Orchestra : Boston Brass
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 099402384924
Label : Summit Records
11:04 AM
Baba-Yaga
Artist :
Album : French & Russian Orchestral Favourites
Composer : ANATOL LIADOV
Catalog : 61901
Conductor : Dmitri Kitayenko, Conductor
Orchestra : Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Upc : 2435619012
Label : Virgin Classics
11:08 AM
Dream Children, Op. 43
Artist :
Album : Elgar: The Wand of Youth (Suites No. 1 & 2)
Composer : EDWARD ELGAR
Catalog : 8.557166
Conductor : James Judd, Conductor
Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 4731321661
Label : Naxos
11:18 AM
Symphony No. 2: Finale
Artist :
Album : Grechaninov:Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Composer : ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Catalog : 8.555410
Conductor : Johannes Wildner, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 8
Upc : 4731354102
Label : Naxos
11:29 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
11:55 AM
Symphonic Metamorphosis: Allegro
Artist :
Album : American Maestros
Composer : PAUL HINDEMITH
Catalog : 80606
Conductor : Robert Shaw, Conductor
Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 8940806062
Label : Telarc
12:04 PM
March in C, K.214
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Marches and Dances
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 15886
Conductor : Hans Graf, Conductor
Orchestra : Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 018111588621
Label : LaserLight
12:09 PM
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
12:14 PM
Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 15, 24, 28 & 29
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 60715
Conductor : Vladimir Spivakov, Conductor
Orchestra : Moscow Virtuosi
Upc : 9026607152
Label : RCA
12:34 PM
A Musical Joke, K. 522.
Artist :
Album : Mozart:Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Ein Musikalischer
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 412269
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Upc : 2894122692
Label : Philips
12:56 PM
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361: 7th Movement (Rondo)
Artist :
Album : Mozart:Strauss:Milhaud
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 289434399
Conductor : Frederick Fennell, Conductor
Orchestra : Eastman Wind Ensemble
TrackNumber : 7
Upc : 2894343992
Label : Mercury
1:04 PM
La Plus Que Lente.
Artist :
Album : Annie's Song And Other Galway Favorites
Composer : CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Catalog : 13061
Conductor : Charles Gerhardt, Conductor
Orchestra : National Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrument : James Galway, Flute
TrackNumber : 8
Upc : 7863530612
Label : RCA
1:10 PM
Polonaise for Orchestra, Op. 16
Artist :
Album : Polonaise For Orchestra, Op. 16.
Composer : SERGEI LIAPUNOV
Catalog : 129
Conductor : Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor
Orchestra : USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 015524001292
Label : Melodiya
1:18 PM
Sonatine For Oboe & Guitar
Artist :
Album : Classic Discoveries for Oboe
Composer : KARL PILSS
Catalog : 1050
Instrument : Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, Oboe & James Ferla, Guitar
Upc : 8188110502
Label : Boston
1:34 PM
Bohemian Caprice
Artist :
Album : Rachmaninov:The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos
Composer : SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Catalog : 8.505177A
Conductor : Alexander Anissimov, Conductor
Orchestra : National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Naxos
1:54 PM
Serenata Espanola
Artist :
Album : Reflections of Spain for Guitar
Composer : JOSEPH MALATS
Catalog : 80576
Instrument : David Russell, Guitar
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 8940805762
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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