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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

December 24, 2012

11:04 AM
Battalia Imperiale
Artist :
Album : Salsa Baroque
Composer : DOMENICO ZIPOLI
Catalog : 29957
Conductor : Matthias Maute, Conductor
Orchestra : Ensemble Caprice
Upc : 774204995720
Label : Analekta
11:08 AM
Symphony in C Major, Wq 182/3
Artist :
Album : C.P.E. Bach - Hamburg Symphonies/ Concerti
Composer : CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Catalog : 77187
Conductor : Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor
Orchestra : Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Upc : 054727718754
Label : Harmonia Mundi
11:21 AM
Piano Quartet in G Minor:1st Movement
Artist :
Album : Schumann:Quartetto Op.47/Brahms:Quartetto Op.25
Composer : JOHANNES BRAHMS
Catalog : 3
Orchestra : Beethoven Quartet of Rome
TrackNumber : 5
Upc : 008173030031
Label : Il Canale
11:36 AM
Flute Concerto in A Major
Artist :
Album : Hofmann: Flute Concertos Vol. 1
Composer : LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Catalog : 8.554747
Conductor : Bela Drahos, Conductor
Orchestra : Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Instrument : Kazunori Seo, Flute
Upc : 636943474723
Label : Naxos
11:56 AM
Ave Maria.
Artist :
Album : AVE MARIA.
Composer : CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 5661352932
Label : Sacred Heart Church
12:04 PM
La Finta Giardiniera Overture (The Pretended Garden Girl)
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Overtures
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 8.550185
Conductor : Barry Wordsworth, Conductor
Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana
TrackNumber : 9
Upc : 730099518529
Label : Naxos
12:07 PM
Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D
Artist :
Album : Mozart: Piano Concerto 26
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 39224
Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra
Instrument : Murray Perahia, Piano
TrackNumber : 4
Upc : 7464392242
Label : CBS
12:19 PM
Quartet in F for Oboe and Strings
Artist :
Album : John Mack, Oboe
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 323
Orchestra : John Mack, Oboe; Daniel Majeske, Violin; Abraham Skernick, Viola & Stephen Geber, Cello
Label : Crystal
12:35 PM
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
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
12:54 PM
Allegro From Exsultate, Jubilate
Artist :
Album : The Ultimate Christmas Album OAT
Composer : WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Catalog : 87771
Conductor : Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor
Orchestra : Mostly Mozaet Festival Orchestra
Upc : 9699877712
Label : Sony
1:04 PM
Traume (Dreams)
Artist :
Album : Seasons...dreams...
Composer : RICHARD WAGNER
Catalog : 7780
Instrument : Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin & Emmanuel Ceysson, Harp
TrackNumber : 2
Upc : 099923778028
Label : eOne
1:09 PM
Dramatic Overture, Op. 60
Artist :
Album : Masterworks - Philharmonia a Vent
Composer : NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY
Catalog : 1010
Conductor : John Boyd, Conductor
Orchestra : Philharmonia a Vent
TrackNumber : 1
Label : Elf
1:22 PM
Sadko, Op. 5
Artist :
Album : Rimsky-Korsakov:Capriccio Espagnole
Composer : NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Catalog : 411446
Conductor : David Zinman, Conductor
Orchestra : Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
TrackNumber : 3
Upc : 2894114462
Label : Philips
1:34 PM
The Wood Dove, Op. 110
Artist :
Album : Dvorak:9 Symphonien
Composer : ANTONIN DVORAK
Catalog : 423120
Conductor : Rafael Kubelik, Conductor
Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Label : Deutsche Grammophon
1:54 PM
Sleep Holy Infant
Artist :
Album : Noel
Composer : DAVE BRUBECK
Catalog : 28730
Orchestra : Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
TrackNumber : 17
Upc : 774204873028
Label : Analekta
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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