Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2024Written the year after his “Rhapsody in Blue” and with its jazz-era Charleston rhythm and blues nocturne, George Gershwin’s 1925 Piano Concerto blends both classical and jazz. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 3, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. A Suite of the music from the 1919 Spanish ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat" by Manuel de Falla is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 2, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. 19th century French composer Louise Farrenc challenged the status quo and forged a career on her own terms. Her Third Symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, September 1, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet is so named for its opening in the dark until the light shines and all the instruments find the way. It's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 31, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Jason Vieaux performs a guitar transcription of JS Bach's Lute Suite #3 (which was his own rearrangement of his Cello Suite #5) for today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 30, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Evoking 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.
Classical Music Playlist, August 27, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. A Latin-American masterwork for guitar and orchestra, the "Concierto del Sur" from 1941 by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 26, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Ancient theories of four basic personality types inspired the movements of the Symphony #2, "Four Temperaments," by Carl Nielsen, today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 25, 2021Classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. It's Leonard Bernstein's birthday and throughout the day we're celebrating his achievements as conductor, composer and even as pianist when he performs Mozart at 2pm today.
Classical Music Playlist, August 24, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00pm is the original jazz band orchestration of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The first symphony ever composed by an American, John Knowles Paine, is your Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.