Classical Music Playlist, November 25, 2024Inspired by the paradox of beautiful sunsets the composer witnessed over WW I killing fields in northern France, the Symphony #3, the “Pastoral,” by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is today's Midday Masterpiece.
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, November 21, 2024After decades of suffering performance in a heavily edited version to which he strongly objected, Tchaikovsky’s original version of his Piano Concerto No. 2 is winning appreciation in recent exposure. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 20, 2024Just as Felix Mendelssohn composed his "Scottish" Symphony #3 after exploring Scotland, after wandering through Italy he wrote his “Italian” Symphony #4 which includes tuneful traditional Italian dances. The "Italian" is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 19, 2024Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13, whose revised final movement is the last music he ever composed - and one of his “Late” String Quartets that are considered among the greatest musical works ever created - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 18, 2024A staple of the concert repertoire for about 50 years after its premiere, the 1820 Symphony No. 2 by German composer Louis Spohr is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 15, 2024With its charming original melodies in the style of authentic Czech folk music and often cited as among the best in the form alongside the Piano Quintets of Brahms and Schumann, the Piano Quintet No. 2 by Antonin Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 14, 2024The product of a commission that buoyed the spirit of composer Béla Bartók when he was facing what would be his final illness, his final orchestral composition, his “Concerto for Orchestra,” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 13, 2024Though he studied law and worked as a civil servant for 40 years, music was his passion. So he mostly taught himself music and became huge in Danish musical life. The Symphony No. 1 by JPE Hartmann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 12, 2024Full of Czech folk elements and love of his homeland and its people, the Violin Concerto in A-minor by Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
