Classical Music Playlist, July 17, 2024It was 307 years ago today, July 17, 1717, that Handel’s “Water Music” was first performed as entertainment for the King as he floated down the River Thames and back. All three suites of the COMPLETE “Water Music” are today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 23, 2023A recent recording of the Piano Concerto in A-minor by late 19th century international sensation and Mexican national musical hero Ricardo Castro is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 22, 2023Influenced by his studies in Europe, the 1912 late Romantic era Piano Concerto #1, titled “Romántico,” by Mexican composer Manuel Poncé is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 21, 2023Following the deaths of his wife and mentor and father-in-law Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer Josef Suk composed his healing symphonic poem “A Summer’s Tale.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 20, 2023A new recording from pianist Benjamin Grosvenor of the passionate piano suite by Robert Schumann titled “Kreisleriana” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 19, 2023“Simon Bore the Cross,” the 1965 cantata by Margaret Bonds with text by Langston Hughes, places a North African man as a central character in the Crucifixion story. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 16, 2023Berkeley-born composer and conductor Teddy Abrams is Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra whom he conducts, with pianist Yuja Wang, in a new recording of his own 2021 Piano Concerto for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 15, 2023A new recording from the Philadelphia Orchestra of the Rachmaninoff Symphony #3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 14, 2023A new release of Felix Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata #2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 13, 2023A new release of the Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Philadelphia Orchestra and violinist Randall Goosby is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 12, 2023Florence Price won multiple awards in different categories in a 1932 music composition competition. She won top honors in two categories: for her Symphony in E-minor and Piano Sonata also in E-minor. That Sonata is today’s Midday Masterpiece.