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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

November 01, 2012

9:00 AM
Church Sonata in C Major, K. 263
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Church Sonatas
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 421297
Orchestra : Amsterdam Mozart Players
Instrument : Peter Hurford, Organ
TrackNumber : 15
Upc : 2894212972
Label : London
9:06 AM
Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7
Artist :
Album : Abel: Six Symphonies
Composer : CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Catalog : 8648
Conductor : Adrian Shepherd, Conductor
Orchestra : Cantilena
Upc : 014682864824
Label : Chandos
9:16 AM
Bolero
Artist :
Album : French & Russian Orchestral Favourites
Composer : MAURICE RAVEL
Catalog : 61901
Conductor : Dmitri Kitayenko, Conductor
Orchestra : Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Upc : 2435619012
Label : Virgin Classics
9:34 AM
Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
Artist :
Album : Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 8.570714
Conductor : Marin Alsop, Conductor
Orchestra : Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 747313071470
Label : Naxos
9:58 AM
Three Fanfares for 2 Brass choirs & Timpani: II
Artist :
Album : After Baroque: Music for the Natural Trumpet
Composer : LAURENTIUS JUSTINIANUS OTT
Catalog : 33001
Orchestra : Seattle Trumpet Consort
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 805553300122
Label : Origin Classical
10:04 AM
The White Blackbird, Op.161
Artist :
Album : Romantic Flute Concertos
Composer : EUGENE DAMARE
Catalog : 8.555977
Conductor : Andre Vandernoot, Conductor
Orchestra : Belgian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra
Instrument : Marc Grauwels, Piccolo
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 4731359772
Label : Naxos
10:09 AM
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Major
Artist :
Album : Enesco:Rhapsodies Roumaines
Composer : GEORGES ENESCO
Catalog : 75179
Conductor : Lawrence Foster, Conductor
Orchestra : Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 8908851972
Label : Erato
10:21 AM
Concerto Grosso in G Minor, No. 5
Artist :
Album : Geminiani: 6 Concerti Grossi
Composer : FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Catalog : 47656
Orchestra : La Petite Bande
Label : EMI
10:31 AM
Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4
Artist :
Album : J. Haydn, A. Kraft: Cello Concertos
Composer : ANTON KRAFT
Catalog : 7757-2-RC
Conductor : Jean Lamon, Conductor
Orchestra : Tafelmusik
Instrument : Anner Bylsma, Cello
Upc : 054727775727
Label : Harmonia Mundi
10:52 AM
Two Arabesques
Artist :
Album : Debussy:Complete Piano Works, Vol.1
Composer : CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Catalog : 5160
Instrument : Martin Jones, Piano
Label : Nimbus
11:04 AM
Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384; 3rd Movement
Artist :
Album : Angele Dubeau: Virtuose
Composer : FRANZ SCHUBERT
Catalog : 28729
Instrument : Angele Dubeau, Violin & Anton Kuerti, Piano
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 774204872922
Label : Analekta
11:09 AM
Grand Trio in E Major:1st Movement
Artist :
Album : E.T.A. Hoffmann Chamber Works
Composer : E.T.A. HOFFMANN
Catalog : 999309
Orchestra : Ravensburg Beethoven Trio
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 6120393092
Label : CPO
11:21 AM
Sinfonia in F Major
Artist :
Album : J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 10025
Conductor : Max Pommer, Conductor
Orchestra : New Bach Collegium Musicum of Leipzig
Upc : 006408100256
Label : Capriccio
11:36 AM
Symphony In D le Matin.
Artist :
Album : SYMPHONY IN D LE MATIN.
Composer : FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Orchestra : Sir Neville Marriner Conducts The Academy Of St. Martin In The F
Label : Philips
11:55 AM
Quartet No. 4 in E Minor: 2nd Movement
Artist :
Album : Mendolssohn String Quartets Vol.2
Composer : FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Catalog : 907287
Orchestra : Eroica Quartet
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Harmonia Mundi
12:04 PM
Lakme: Flower Duet (Dome Epais)
Artist :
Album : 100 Best Classics: 6 Compact Discs
Composer : LEO DELIBES
Catalog : 70853
Conductor : Alain Lombard, Conductor
Orchestra : National Theatre Orchestra of Light Opera
Instrument : Mady Mesple, Soprano & Danielle Millet, Mezzo-Soprano
Upc : 094637085325
Label : EMI
12:08 PM
Concerto in F
Artist :
Album : Vivaldi: Concertos, Op. 10/Sammartini: Concerto in F
Composer : GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI
Catalog : 09026685432
Conductor : Vladimir Spivakov, Conductor
Orchestra : The Moscow Virtuosi
Instrument : Michala Petri, Recorder
Upc : 090266854370
Label : RCA
12:22 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
12:36 PM
Rakastava, Op. 14, The Lover
Artist :
Album : Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Tapiola
Composer : JEAN SIBELIUS
Catalog : 312
Conductor : Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 7318590003121
Label : BIS
12:52 PM
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D Flat Major, S 244/6
Artist :
Album : Liszt, My Piano Hero
Composer : FRANZ LISZT
Catalog : 88697891412
Instrument : Lang Lang, Piano
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 886978914125
Label : Sony Classical
1:04 PM
Interlude (Lament) from Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)
Artist :
Album : Ecce Cor Meum
Composer : PAUL MCCARTNEY
Catalog : 70424
Conductor : Gavin Greenaway, Conductor
Orchestra : Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & London Voices
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 094637042427
Label : EMI Classics
1:09 PM
Sonata No. 5 in E-flat Major
Artist :
Album : Rossini:6 Sonatas for strings
Composer : GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Catalog : 75467
Conductor : Claudio Scimone, Conductor
Orchestra : I Solisti Veneti
Upc : 8908854672
Label : Erato
1:21 PM
Damnation of Faust: Dance of the Will-o-the -Wisps
Artist :
Album : Panorama: Colours of the Orchestra
Composer : HECTOR BERLIOZ
Catalog : 289469238
Conductor : Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic
Upc : 028946923825
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
1:28 PM
Le Cid (Ballet Music)
Artist :
Album : Massenet: Le cid (Ballet) Etc/ Offenbach: Overtures
Composer : JULES MASSENET
Catalog : 7630242
Conductor : Louis Fremaux, Conductor
Orchestra : City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Upc : 0077776302423
Label : Angel/EMI
1:49 PM
Piano Sonata No. 3: 2nd Movement
Artist :
Album : The Most Soothing Lullabies in the Universe!
Composer : JOHANNES BRAHMS
Catalog : 17352
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano
Upc : 795041735225
Label : Denon
2:04 PM
H.M.S Pinafore Overture
Artist :
Album : Sullivan:Overtures
Composer : ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Catalog : 5066
Conductor : Alexander Faris, Conductor
Orchestra : Scottish Chamber Orchestra
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 8360350662
Label : Nimbus
2:09 PM
Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 10, RV433, La Tempesta di Mare
Artist :
Album : Vivaldi & Mercandante Flute Concertos
Composer : ANTONIO VIVALDI
Catalog : 421438
Conductor : Jean-Pierre Rampal, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Andrea Griminelli, Flute
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 2894214382
Label : London
2:16 PM
Oboe Concerto in G Minor, Op. 9, No. 8
Artist :
Album : Albinoni/Cimarosa/Marcello/Sammartini/Lotti
Composer : TOMASO ALBINONI
Catalog : 420189
Orchestra : I Musici
Instrument : Heinz Holliger, Oboe
Upc : 2894201892
Label : Philips
2:28 PM
Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
Artist :
Album : Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16-32
Composer : LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Catalog : 413766
Instrument : Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Upc : 2894137662
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
2:51 PM
Love Greetings Waltz
Artist :
Album : Josef Strauss: Editon, Vol. 24
Composer : JOSEF STRAUSS
Catalog : 8.223626
Conductor : Christian Pollack, Conductor
Orchestra : Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 3009936262
Label : Naxos
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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