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, February 9, 2023Legendary 20th century pianist Van Cliburn played Edward MacDowell’s 1885 Piano Concerto No. 2 for his professional debut at age 18, and you’ll hear him play it for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 8, 2023Igor Stravinsky wrote his Symphony No. 1 in E-flat as a private student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It was first performed in 1908 by the same orchestra that (after a name change) recorded it in 1995. That recording is today's Midday Masterpiece.Igor
Classical Music Playlist, February 7, 2023A 2002 Grammy-winning performance of the 1945 Oboe Concerto in D by Richard Strauss, inspired by a meeting with an American GI in the US Army Band, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 6, 2023The 1910 revision of Sir Hubert Parry’s Symphony No. 4 had one performance in 1911 then was never performed again until it was recorded in 1992. That recording is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 3, 2023Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic are nominated for “Best Orchestral Performance” of the Dvorak “New World Symphony.” That recording is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 2, 2023Written with opportunities for the soloist to express lyricism and poetic technique, the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 1, 2023A 2021 Philadelphia Orchestra recording of the Florence Price Symphony No. 3 - commissioned by the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Music Project during the Great Depression - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 31, 2023Today is Franz Schubert’s birthday and among his music we’ll play today includes his final instrumental composition, his String Quintet in C-major. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece performed by the Miró Quartet who will appear at Sac State in April.
Classical Music Playlist, January 30, 2023The only symphony, and final orchestral composition, by French composer Édouard Lalo is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 28, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!