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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 - October '16

Autumn on the River

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

Oct 3 M Franz Schubert: Rondo in A major
Oct 4 T Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Oct 5 W Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for Two Flutes
Oct 6 T Karol Szymanovski*: Violin Concerto No. 2
Oct 7 F Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan

Oct 10 M Giuseppe Verdi*: Ballet Music from Act III of Il Trovatore
Oct 11 T R. Nathaniel Dett*: Cinnamon Grove
Oct 12 W Ralph Vaughan Williams*: The Wasps – Aristophanic Suite
Oct 13 T Alexander Gretchaninov*: Early Morning
Oct 14 F Alexander Zemlinsky*: Ein Lichtstrahl

Oct 17 M Christoph Willibald von Gluck: Selections from Don Juan
Oct 18 T Baldassare Galuppi*: Harpsichord Concerto
Oct 19 W Richard Wagner*: Overture to Tannhäuser

Oct 20 – 26 Fall Membership Drive

Oct 27 T Niccolò Paganini*: Sonata in F major for Violin and Guitar
Oct 28 F Richard Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio

Oct 31 M Alexander Borodin*: Symphony No. 3

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

Oct 3 M Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Posthorn Serenade 
Oct 4 T Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Oct 5 W Ignaz Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 3
Oct 6 T Antonin Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 2
Oct 7 F Bernard Molique*: String Quartet No. 2

Oct 10 M Giuseppe Verdi*: Luisa Miller arr. String Quartet
Oct 11 T Nikolay Myaskovsky: Violin Concerto in D minor
Oct 12 W Ralph Vaughan Williams*: A Pastoral Symphony 
Oct 13 T Johannes Brahms: Trio in E flat major
Oct 14 F Ferdinand Ries: Piano Quartet in E flat major

Oct 17 M Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Oct 18 T Pierre Rode: Violin Concerto No. 1
Oct 19 W Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 3

Oct 20 – 26 Fall Membership Drive

Oct 27 T Niccolo Paganini*: Violin Concerto No. 3
Oct 28 F Howard Hanson*: Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”

Oct 31 M Halloween Special

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.