Classical Music Playlist, July 18, 2024Beethoven’s first two piano concertos are numbered by the order they were published, not composed. His second-composed “Piano Concerto No. 1" - in a live 1995 recording by, then, 12 year old pianist Helen Huang - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 15, 2023Inspired by his Scottish ancestry and the Scottish highlands and Hebrides Islands, London-born English composer Granville Bantock’s “Hebridean Symphony” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 12, 2023The early Piano Quartet No. 1 by Gabriel Faure, that includes a tender but mournful adagio movement that may be a musical response to his broken-off engagement, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 11, 2023Today we're celebrating the birthday of American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978). His landmark Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" from 1930 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 10, 2023From a composer known for attractive melodies and refined taste, the 1907 Piano Quartet in A-minor by French composer Théodore Dubois is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 9, 2023The Butterfly Lovers Concerto is inspired by a folk tale from China. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 8, 2023Sharing a May 7th birthdate seven years apart, Brahms attended a rehearsal for the premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphony (and liked MOST of it). It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2023In the spirit of tomorrow’s coronation of King Charles, today we’re playing regal and royal music of coronations and other royal activities including a suite of Handel’s Water Music for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 4, 2023Beethoven's optimistic 7th Symphony, welcomed by Viennese audiences as a hopeful celebration of the end of the Napoleonic Wars, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 3, 2023Incorporating lines of text from poems of Walt Whitman, the 1999 Symphony No. 2 by American composer Lowell Liebermann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2023The renowned life and prolific compositions of Reynaldo Hahn fell into obscurity after his death in 1947. His 1930 Piano concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.