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, October 18, 2024The Symphony No. 6 by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov has been called his “most Russian” symphony and “Glazunov at his very finest.” It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 17, 2024What the conductor for the London premiere in 1908 called “the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer,” Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 16, 2024With one movement for each month plus a finale, “The Year” for solo piano by Fanny Mendelssohn, performed by Ukraine-born pianist Anna Shelest, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 15, 2024In 1999 American bassist & composer Edgar Meyer wrote a violin concerto specifically for American violinist Hilary Hahn and her particular masterful abilities. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 14, 2024Composed as a demonstration of how American composers can create a uniquely “American” sounding classical music, in 1893 Czech composer Antonín Dvořák composed his Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 11, 2024Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony with the complete (56 minute) Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 10, 2024Composed in Fall 1784 during a period of great success and popularity in his first years in Vienna, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 9, 2024Generally regarded as Schubert's finest chamber work, as well as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions, the String Quintet in C-major by Franz Schubert is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 8, 2024The 1836 Symphony No. 4 by widely respected Prague-born composer Jan Kalliwoda is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 7, 2024Autumn is a great time to get married so maybe find some inspiration for a harvest-themed ceremony in the “Rustic Wedding Symphony” by Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark, today's Midday Masterpiece.
