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 4, 2024One of the greatest works of all chamber music, Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 3, 2024Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony No. 3, dedicated to the memory of (any) heroic person, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 2, 2024Filled with what the composer said is “the complex, glowing, agitated soul that I feel vibrating through the Bible,” and performed by Jascha Heifetz protégée Zina Schiff, the Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 1, 2024Not just a "one-hit wonder" with The Sorcerer's Apprentice, we celebrate Paul Dukas's birthday today with his Symphony in C from 1896 as our Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 30, 2024The delightfully Norwegian Symphony No. 1 of Johan Svendsen from 1866 is our Midday Masterpiece, here at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 27, 2024Contemporary pianists have described Alexander Scriabin’s only Piano Concerto as "like a dream" (Kiril Gerstein) and "unbelievably, insanely beautiful” (Nikolai Demidenko). It's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 26, 2024Franz Krommer became one of the most successful and influential composers of the early 1800s, eventually rising to official court composer for the Austrian emperors. His Symphony No. 2 is our Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 25, 2024“Like the most perfect postcard,” a glorious series of landscapes and wildlife and colors, Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 is our Midday Masterpiece today at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 24, 2024The Cello Concerto No. 2 by Victor Herbert (that inspired Antonín Dvořák to compose his Cello Concerto) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 23, 2024Celebrate the arrival of Fall with “Autumn” from Haydn’s secular cantata “The Seasons” for today's Midday Masterpiece.
