Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2026“The Spider’s Feast” by French composer Albert Roussel is a pantomime-ballet that depicts insects in a garden, with a spider in its web as the centerpiece. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 16, 2026With the flavor of an epic Russian opera, Alexander Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 15, 2026The Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet that composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wrote for his friend, guitarist Andrés Segovia, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 12, 2026Written at the invitation of the Philharmonic Society of London after his wildly successful tour of England in 1884, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák returned the next year with his Symphony No. 7. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 11, 2026Late Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia is the man referred to in the title of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Fantasy for a Gentleman” for guitar and orchestra from 1954, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 10, 2026A staple of chamber music and a personal favorite of his own compositions, Edvard Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 3 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 9, 2026Ancient theories of four basic personality types inspired the four movements of the Symphony No. 2 titled "The Four Temperaments” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. For his birthday today, this symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 8, 2026Happy Birthday Robert Schumann! He was born June 8th in 1810. His Symphony No. 1 “Spring” blooms forth this afternoon for your Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 5, 2026Written in 1921 from revived musical ideas discarded over the previous ten years and one of the 20th century’s most popular Concertos, the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 4, 2026A symphony’s worth of musical ideas are condensed into the single movement Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius, today's Midday Masterpiece.
