Classical Music Playlist, August 30, 2024American conductor David Robertson said of Vassily Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1, “Anyone who likes Tchaikovsky — anyone — is going to adore this symphony on first hearing.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 5, 2024To celebrate today’s 100th anniversary of cellist János Starker’s birth, we’ll feature him in performances through the entire 2pm hour beginning with Robert Schumann’s only Cello Concerto fortoday's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 4, 2024Though it was composed to celebrate Russia’s defeat of Napoleon, the sheer thunder of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” makes it popular music for the 4th of July so we’re featuring it as today's Midday Masterpiece!
Classical Music Playlist, July 3, 2024Among the many beloved compositions he wrote in America, the “American String Quartet” by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 2, 2024Haydn's "Hornsignal" symphony No. 31, written to show off his employer's newly-restored full horn section and performed on period instruments, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 1, 2024Composed after a personal tragedy and full of grief but also happy memories, Czech composer Bedřich Smetana’s only Piano Trio with the Neave Trio from their upcoming new album is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 28, 2024A reaction to persecution of Jews in the 1930s and influenced by Jewish musical folklore, the 1935 Cello Concerto by Ukraine-born composer Thomas de Hartmann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 27, 2024Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s First symphony from the late 1890s may be his statement against Russian efforts to absorb Finland into its Empire, happening at the time. The Sibelius Symphony No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 26, 2024Adapted from another composer’s “Notturno” for flute, viola and guitar, Franz Schubert’s charming Quartet for Guitar, Flute, Viola & Cello is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 25, 2024The 1922 Piano Concerto in B-minor by Irish composer and conductor Sir Hamilton Harty is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 24, 2024Prague loved Mozart’s new opera “The Marriage of Figaro” so he went there to see their production of it. While there, he premiered his new Symphony No. 38 and so it picked up the nickname the “Prague” Symphony. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.