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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 - November '16

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Music

Featured Works for November – First Concert
(*Indicates November birthday)

Nov 1 T Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from Mlada
Nov 2 W John Foulds*: Music-Pictures Group III
Nov 3 T George Frideric Handel: Suite in A major
Nov 4 F Hector Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from “Les Troyens”

Nov 7 M William Alwyn*: Concerto Grosso No. 2
Nov 8 T Friedrich Witt*: Quartet in F major
Nov 9 W Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major, “The Hunt”
Nov 10 T François Couperin*: Troisième Concert
Nov 11 F George Butterworth: Suite for Strings

Nov 14 M Aaron Copland*: Rodeo
Nov 15 T Eugen d’Albert: Prologue to Tiefland
Nov 16 W Alfred Hill*: The Lost Hunter
Nov 17 T Ernst von Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica
Nov 18 F Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda

Nov 21 M Antonin Dvorák: The Noonday Witch
Nov 22 T Joaquin Rodrigo*: Concierto de Aranjuez
Nov 23 W Manuel de Falla*: Pièces espagnoles
Nov 24 T Elie Siegmeister: Western Suite
Nov 25 F Johannes Brahms: ‘Paganini’ Variations

Nov 28 M Anton Rubinstein*: Don Quixote
Nov 29 T Gaetano Donizetti*: String Quartet No. 13 in A major
Nov 30 W Christoph Förster*: Horn Concerto in E flat major

Featured Works for November – Siskiyou Music Hall
(*Indicates November birthday)

Nov 1 T Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor
Nov 2 W Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf*: Sinfonia in E flat major
Nov 3 T Georges Onslow: Symphony No. 4
Nov 4 F Virgil Thomson*: The River

Nov 7 M William Alwyn*: Symphony No. 2
Nov 8 T Friedrich Kalkbrenner*: Piano Concerto No. 4
Nov 9 W Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation
Nov 10 T Jean-Marie LeClair: Deuxieme Recreation de Musique
Nov 11 F Alexander Borodin*: String Quartet No. 2

Nov 14 M Leopold Mozart*: Sinfonia in G major
Nov 15 T Johann Nepomuk Hummel*: Trumpet Concerto in E major
Nov 16 W Jozef Wieniaski: Sonata for Violin & Piano in D minor
Nov 17 T Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Haffner Serenade
Nov 18 F Carl Maria von Weber*: Symphony No. 1

Nov 21 M Franz Benda*: Violin Concerto in E flat major
Nov 22 T Wilhelm Friedemann Bach*: Concerto for Harp & Strings in E minor
Nov 23 W Anton Rubinstein: Symphony No. 3 in A major
Nov 24 T Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, “The New World”
Nov 25 F Ludwig von Beethoven: Sonata No. 23, “Appassionata”

Nov 28 M Ferdinand Ries*: Symphony No. 6
Nov 29 T Sergei Tanayev*: Symphony No. 4
Nov 30 W Charles Alkan*: Concert Sonata in E major

Don Matthews received a B.A. in Music from Eastern Michigan University and a Masters in Vocal Performance from USC. He performed as a member of the San Francisco Opera chorus for three seasons.  He moved to Boston to study and became involved in radio, working at both WBUR and WGBH, where he was a producer for Robert J. Lurtsema.