Classical Music Playlist, July 16, 2024The passionate and powerful Symphony No. 1 from 1935 by English composer Sir William Walton is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 3, 2024The 1857 Violin Concerto No. 2 by legendary violinist, composer and teacher Joseph Joachim is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 2, 2024The product of 22 year old Franz Schubert’s happy summer spent in “inconceivably lovely” countryside with friends, his “Trout” Quintet, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 1, 2024Musically hike up an Alpine mountain and encounter all kinds of scenes along the way in "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 29, 2023Today on the 130th anniversary of its 29 December 1893 premiere performance in Paris, the only String Quartet by Claude Debussy is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 28, 2023Written in 1944, the Symphony No. 5 by Sergei Prokoviev was a huge international success for him. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 27, 2023Johannes Brahms wrote a string quintet then changed it into a sonata for two pianos, both of which his friends disliked. His friends loved the third evolution as a Piano Quintet, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 26, 2023Inspired by a trip to sunny Italy in 1907, Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar composed his "Serenade." It's considered one of his greatest orchestral works, and it's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 25, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, December 22, 2023Part I of Handel’s Messiah (plus the Hallelujah Chorus that ends Part II) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 21, 2023From the new album “A Choral Christmas” by the vocal ensemble Voces8, a new setting of the Magnificat by American composer Taylor Scott Davis is today's Midday Masterpiece.