Classical Music Playlist, July 18, 2024Beethoven’s first two piano concertos are numbered by the order they were published, not composed. His second-composed “Piano Concerto No. 1" - in a live 1995 recording by, then, 12 year old pianist Helen Huang - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2023The first of six string quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn, his String quartet No. 14 "Spring," is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2023Leonard Slatkin conducts the easily-listenable “Romantic” Symphony No. 2 from 1930 by American composer Howard Hanson for today's Midday Masterpiece. Slatkin will also be here in town to conduct the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera tomorrow night!
Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2023Today we’re celebrating Sergei Prokofiev’s birthday with samples of his music throughout the day, including his Symphony No. 5 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 26, 2023Stressed by World War I, health and financial problems and the recent loss of friends, composer Edward Elgar sought peace by moving to the English countryside where in 1919 he composed his Piano Quintet in A-minor. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, April 25, 2023The Symphony No. 3 by Swedish composer Franz Berwald was never performed until 37 years after his death when musical tastes finally caught up with his forward-thinking ideas and he became posthumously celebrated. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2023The Piano Concerto #5 by Camille Saint-Saens - often called the “Egyptian” Concerto because he wrote it while vacationing in Cairo and Luxor - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 21, 2023Performed on a darker-toned and lower-pitched clarinet of Mozart’s time, his Clarinet Concerto in A is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 20, 2023The Miró Quartet perform Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 for today's Midday Masterpiece. They will also perform music of Mozart, Brahms and more TONIGHT in person at 7 at Sacramento State. Click into this playlist for a link to information.
Classical Music Playlist, April 19, 2023Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor describes the Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in b-minor as “an incredibly emotive and powerful journey.” He performs it for today’s Midday Masterpiece.