Classical Music Playlist, July 19, 2024Released today and already receiving positive reviews, a new 66-minute recording of Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 25, 2022Composed in 1816 at age 19, Franz Schubert himself gave the title “Tragic” to his 4th symphony owing to it being in a minor key and some of it having a “tragic” stormy feel. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, October 24, 2022Austrian composer Hans Rott died just before turning 26 but was praised by his teacher Anton Bruckner and was a major influence on fellow student Gustav Mahler. Rott's nearly hour-long Symphony in E-major is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, October 21, 2022Much as Franz Joseph Haydn pioneered the string quartet in the 1700s, Anton Reicha fathered the wind quintet in the 1800s. Reicha’s innovative and charming Wind Quintet No. 2 is your Midday Masterpiece, right here on CapRadio at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, October 20, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, October 19, 2022Today, CapRadio is your ticket to London’s hottest concert of 1794, with rock star Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 "The Clock" as your Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, October 18, 2022Gustav Holst's entire "The Planets" is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm!
Classical Music Playlist, October 17, 2022Beethoven's "Archduke" Piano Trio is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2 p.m. today.
Classical Music Playlist, October 14, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, October 13, 2022The Chineke! Orchestra was founded in 2015 to provide opportunities to Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians. Chinkeke! performs today's "Midday Masterpiece" at 2 p.m.: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto in G minor.
Classical Music Playlist, October 12, 2022Evoking moods, locations and activity in London, the 2nd Symphony of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, "A London Symphony," is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.