Classical Music Playlist, July 17, 2024It was 307 years ago today, July 17, 1717, that Handel’s “Water Music” was first performed as entertainment for the King as he floated down the River Thames and back. All three suites of the COMPLETE “Water Music” are today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 1, 2023Antonín Dvořák’s brooding, epic and sublime Piano Trio No. 3 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 31, 2023Commissioned by the Finnish government for celebrations of his 50th birthday, the Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 30, 2023A thoroughly charming Octet for clarinet, two horns & strings from 1814 by German composer Louis Spohr is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 29, 2023The early Symphony in F-minor by the 20 year old Richard Strauss - whose world premiere in New York City was his first work ever performed in America - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 28, 2023A new recording of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Alice Sara Ott is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 25, 2023We’re celebrating today's birthday of conductor & composer Leonard Bernstein with him conducting the over half-hour first movement of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 24, 2023From the first string quartets he had written in ten years, his Opus 33 collection, the B-minor String Quartet by Haydn is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2023Nicknamed for the timpani that opens the work, the "Drumroll" Symphony No. 103 by Haydn, in a recording on period instruments, is today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, August 22, 2023As we celebrate Claude Debussy’s birthday (born 1862) with his music throughout the day, Debussy’s complete five-movement "Images for Orchestra" is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 21, 2023The Symphony No. 6 by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák that made him internationally famous is today’s Midday Masterpiece.