Classical Music Playlist, July 16, 2024The passionate and powerful Symphony No. 1 from 1935 by English composer Sir William Walton is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 28, 2024Though he is perhaps more widely known for the guitar compositions he wrote for his friend Andrés Segovia, before that meeting, in 1932 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco completed his Piano Quintet No. 1. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 27, 2024Before and after his role as a Polish statesman after WWI, and a winemaker along California’s central coast, Jan Paderewski was a world renowned concert pianist. Paderewski's 1889 Piano Concerto in A-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2024The “English” Symphony No. 3 by English composer Sir Hubert Parry that influenced the sound of English music that followed is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 23, 2024The Violin Concerto in D by Franz Clement, longtime friend of Beethoven and for whom Beethoven composed HIS only Violin Concerto, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 22, 2024Celebrated for over 200 years for how Mozart brilliantly weaves five different themes through the final movement, Mozart’s final symphony, No. 41, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 21, 2024Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic tale of “Antar” about a warrior who is granted powers of vengeance, power and love - with love ultimately proving his doom - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 20, 2024A free-form composition in which the “dumka” musical form is exploited into both brooding and cheerful territories, the Piano Trio No. 4, “Dumky,” by Antonín Dvořák is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 19, 2024The 1894 Symphony No. 3 by American composer George Chadwick that won first prize in a composition competition judged by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 16, 2024In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, February 15, 2024Steinway Pianos founder Henry Steinway was born on this date in 1797. Arthur Rubinstein was a Steinway Artist who, as a child, studied with a friend of Brahms. Rubinstein plays a Steinway in the Brahms Piano Concerto #1 for today's Midday Masterpiece