Classical Music Playlist, November 22, 2024The culmination of his related 2nd and 3rd symphonies, the entire Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 25, 2024The Symphony #4 by Johannes Brahms premiered on this date, October 25th in 1885. Enjoy its intricate riches when we play it for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 24, 2024Reflecting the idyllic isolation of his island retirement home, and past social isolation from musical life in Sweden, the Symphony No. 5, titled “Solitudo,” by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 23, 2024Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 is called the “Miracle” symphony because no one was hurt at its premiere when a chandelier fell from the ceiling. That did happen, but actually during Haydn’s Symphony No. 102, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 22, 2024Happy 213th birthday to Franz Liszt! His “A Faust Symphony” that paints musical portraits of each main character of Goethe’s epic play is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 21, 2024Generally considered to be his best symphony, the 1928 Symphony No. 2 by Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen 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.
