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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 12, 2012

9:00 AM
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium: Phaedrus: Pausanias (Lento - Allegro)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 9
Label : Warner Classics
9:13 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: It ain’t necessarily so
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Warner Classics
9:16 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o’ nuttin’
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 2
Label : Warner Classics
9:24 AM
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium: Aristophanes (Allegretto)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 10
Label : Warner Classics
9:29 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: Summertime
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 4
Label : Warner Classics
9:38 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: Bess you is my woman now
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Warner Classics
9:40 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: Andantino con molto calore
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 7
Label : Warner Classics
9:43 AM
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess: Cadenza and Finale
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE GERSHWIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 8
Label : Warner Classics
9:52 AM
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium: Agathon (Adagio)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Catalog : 256465765-7
Conductor : John Axelrod, Conductor
Orchestra : National Orchestra of the Loire Region of France
Instrument : Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin
TrackNumber : 12
Label : Warner Classics
10:00 AM
Sonata for Piano and Violon cello No. 1 in E minor: Allegro
Artist :
Album :
Composer : BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:12 AM
Drei Fantasiestucke op. 73: Rasch un mit Feuer (Fast and with fire)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : SCHUMANN, ROBERT
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 3
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:15 AM
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor: Serenade
Artist :
Album :
Composer : DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 8
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:31 AM
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor: Allegro
Artist :
Album :
Composer : SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 11
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:33 AM
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor: Final
Artist :
Album :
Composer : DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 9
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:43 AM
Sonata for Piano and Violon cello No. 1 in E minor: Allegro
Artist :
Album :
Composer : BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 6
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
10:55 AM
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in D minor: Allegro
Artist :
Album :
Composer : SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
Catalog : B008YMHORI
Instrument : Helene Grimaud, Piano and Sol Gabetta, violoncello
TrackNumber : 13
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
11:06 AM
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: 1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Anne Akiko Meyers: Air
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 7785
Conductor : Steven Mercurio, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 099923778523
Label : eOne
11:19 AM
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; Air
Artist :
Album : Anne Akiko Meyers: Air
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 7785
Conductor : Steven Mercurio, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 099923778523
Label : eOne
11:30 AM
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Artist :
Album : Anne Akiko Meyers: Air
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 7785
Conductor : Steven Mercurio, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
TrackNumber : 12
Upc : 099923778523
Label : eOne
11:41 AM
Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, & Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043: 2nd Movement
Artist :
Album : Anne Akiko Meyers: Air
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 7785
Conductor : Steven Mercurio, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
TrackNumber : 10
Upc : 099923778523
Label : eOne
11:53 AM
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: 2nd Movement
Artist :
Album : Anne Akiko Meyers: Air
Composer : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Catalog : 7785
Conductor : Steven Mercurio, Conductor
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 099923778523
Label : eOne
12:12 PM
String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589: 1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Emerson String Quartet Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 88697935982
Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 886979359826
Label : Sony Classical
12:24 PM
String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589: 2nd Movement
Artist :
Album : Emerson String Quartet Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 88697935982
Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet
TrackNumber : 6
Upc : 886979359826
Label : Sony Classical
12:36 PM
String Quartet in D Major, K. 575: 1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Emerson String Quartet Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 88697935982
Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet
TrackNumber : 1
Upc : 886979359826
Label : Sony Classical
12:48 PM
String Quartet in D Major, K. 575: 4th Movement
Artist :
Album : Emerson String Quartet Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 88697935982
Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 886979359826
Label : Sony Classical
1:06 PM
The Fairy Queen - Suite of Musicks and Dances: Symphony
Artist :
Album :
Composer : HENRY PURCELL
Catalog : B009PRTMQW
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alison Balsom, Natural trumpet
TrackNumber : 11
Label : EMI Classics
1:19 PM
Water Piece in D Major
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Catalog : B009PRTMQW
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alsion Balsom, Natural trumpet
Label : EMI Classics
1:33 PM
King Arthur Suite, Act 1: Overture
Artist :
Album :
Composer : HENRY PURCELL
Catalog : B009PRTMQW
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alison Balsom, Natural trumpet
TrackNumber : 2
Label : EMI Classics
1:36 PM
King Arthur Suite, Act 1: Come If You Dare
Artist :
Album :
Composer : HENRY PURCELL
Catalog : B009PRTMQW
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alison Balsom, Natural trumpet
TrackNumber : 3
Label : EMI Classics
1:46 PM
Oboe Concerto No.1 in Bb major (Transposed into C major)
Artist :
Album :
Composer : GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Catalog : B009PRTMQW
Conductor : Trevor Pinnock, Conductor
Orchestra : English Concert
Instrument : Alsion Balsom, Natural trumpet
Label : EMI Classics
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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