Classical Music Playlist, November 29, 2024A suite of music from the 1841 ballet “Giselle” by Adolph Adam — that tells the tale of peasant girl Giselle’s ghost who saves the man she loved in life from a terrible fate — is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 1, 2024Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) composed about twenty symphonies but published only two. From pieces of scores around the world, scholars have been able to reconstruct four. The 4th of these (WoO 35 in D) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 31, 2024A young man has nightmarish dreams including watching his own hanging; then, witches and ghouls arrive for his funeral, among other scenes. It’s all in the "Symphonie fantastique" by Hector Berlioz, today’s Halloween Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 30, 2024Today is the 80th anniversary of Aaron Copland’s ballet “Appalachian Spring.” It premiered on October 30th in 1944. The Suite in its original scoring for just 13 instruments is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 29, 2024Ernst von Dohnányi was considered the first of the great Hungarian composers. A Sextet for the creative grouping of clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello from 1935 was his final chamber composition, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 28, 2024American composer John Knowles Paine developed the first University music curriculum in the United States and his Symphony No. 1 from 1875 was the first symphony ever composed by an American. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 25, 2024The Symphony #4 by Johannes Brahms premiered on this date, October 25th in 1885. Enjoy its intricate riches when we play it for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 24, 2024Reflecting the idyllic isolation of his island retirement home, and past social isolation from musical life in Sweden, the Symphony No. 5, titled “Solitudo,” by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 23, 2024Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 is called the “Miracle” symphony because no one was hurt at its premiere when a chandelier fell from the ceiling. That did happen, but actually during Haydn’s Symphony No. 102, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 22, 2024Happy 213th birthday to Franz Liszt! His “A Faust Symphony” that paints musical portraits of each main character of Goethe’s epic play is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 21, 2024Generally considered to be his best symphony, the 1928 Symphony No. 2 by Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
