Classical Music Playlist, June 28, 2024A reaction to persecution of Jews in the 1930s and influenced by Jewish musical folklore, the 1935 Cello Concerto by Ukraine-born composer Thomas de Hartmann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 27, 2024Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’s First symphony from the late 1890s may be his statement against Russian efforts to absorb Finland into its Empire, happening at the time. The Sibelius Symphony No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 26, 2024Adapted from another composer’s “Notturno” for flute, viola and guitar, Franz Schubert’s charming Quartet for Guitar, Flute, Viola & Cello is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 25, 2024The 1922 Piano Concerto in B-minor by Irish composer and conductor Sir Hamilton Harty is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 24, 2024Prague loved Mozart’s new opera “The Marriage of Figaro” so he went there to see their production of it. While there, he premiered his new Symphony No. 38 and so it picked up the nickname the “Prague” Symphony. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 21, 2024For the most part, French composers wrote ballet and opera until the late 1800s when some began to compose symphonies. In 1890, Ernest Chausson wrote his only symphony. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 20, 2024To celebrate the arrival of summer today, instead of one long piece at 2pm for our Midday Masterpiece, from 2 to 4 pm we’re playing various “Summer” themed pieces by different composers. We start at 2pm with “Summer” from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons."
Classical Music Playlist, June 19, 2024The 1937 “Symphony #2: Song of a New Race” by William Grant Still is his final in a trilogy of works that collectively depict the African American experience from arrival IN America through black influence ON America. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 18, 2024Johannes Brahms composed his Double Concerto for Violin and Cello specifically for his friend, violinist Joseph Joachim and a mutual cellist friend. A performance with violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo Yo Ma is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2024Igor Stravinsky was born on this date in 1882. The 1945 concert suite of music from his 1910 ballet “The Firebird” is today's Midday Masterpiece.