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Each weekday on JPR's Classics & News Service, we shine the spotlight on a pair of pieces we've chosen as "Featured Works." Tune in at 9am during First Concert and 2pm during Siskiyou Music to hear a bit of background on the pieces and composers, as well as commentary on important dates in classical music history.

Featured Works - January '16

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner - Jan 5th, 1880 - Nov 13th, 1951

January Featured Works - First Concert
(*Indicates January birthday)

Jan 1 F New Year’s from Vienna

Jan 4 M Suk*: Tale of a Winter’s Evening
Jan 5 T Medtner*: Skazki (Tales), Op. 42
Jan 6 W Herz*: Piano Concerto No. 1
Jan 7 T Hurlstone*: Four Characteristic Pieces
Jan 8 F Weinberger*: Polka & Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper

Jan 11 M Sinding*: Violin Concerto No. 1
Jan 12 T Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 23
Jan 13 W Bartók: Kossuth
Jan 14 T Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Jan 15 F Siegmeister*: Western Suite

Jan 18 M Chabrier*: Suite Pastorale
Jan 19 T Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3
Jan 20 W GuillaumeLekeu*: Adagio for Strings
Jan 21 T Gershwin: Catfish Row
Jan 22 F Bach: Cello Suite No. 2

Jan 25 M Frederick II*: Flute Concerto
Jan 26 T Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Jan 27 W Mozart*: Divertimento in D major
Jan 28 T Tavener*: The Bridal Chamber
Jan 29 F van Bree*: Overture in B minor

January Featured Works - Siskiyou Music Hall
(*Indicates January birthday)

Jan 1 F Holiday Specials

Jan 4 M Spohr: Symphony No. 4
Jan 5 T X. Scharwenka*: Piano Concerto No. 1
Jan 6 W Bruch*: Symphony No. 2
Jan 7 T Poulenc*: Concert Champetre
Jan 8 F Paine*: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

Jan 11 M Reinecke: Piano Trio in A major
Jan 12 T Wolf-Ferrari*: Divertimento
Jan 13 W Graupner*: Overture in D minor
Jan 14 T Haydn: Symphony No. 31, “Hornsignal
Jan 15 F Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2

Jan 18 M Draeseke: SymphoniaTragica
Jan 19 T Field: Piano Concerto No. 2
Jan 20 W Piston*: Symphony No. 4
Jan 21 T Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
Jan 22 F Brüll: Piano Concerto No. 2

Jan 25 M Lutoslawski*: Concerto for Orchestra
Jan 26 T Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 2
Jan 27 W Mozart*: Concertone for Two Violins in C major
Jan 28 T Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 1
Jan 29 F Delius*: Florida Suite

As FM Network Program Director and Music Director, Eric oversees many aspects of JPR's broadcast day. He still hosts the occasional Open Air or classical music shift, and is the driving force behind JPR Live Sessions - our popular series of live in-studio music performances and conversations.