Classical Music Playlist, July 19, 2024Released today and already receiving positive reviews, a new 66-minute recording of Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 16, 2022Composed in 1854 in excitement for a hopeful political move that would have granted Bohemia some autonomy within the Austrian Empire (that never happened), the “Festive” Symphony by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2 pm
Classical Music Playlist, August 15, 2022With passages reminiscent of German composers he admired, and Spanish rhythms that appealed to his own Spanish ancestry, Édouard Lalo’s virtuosic Cello Concerto in d-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 12, 2022Enthusiastically received by both critics and audiences, the premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 was one of his greatest triumphs. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 11, 2022The earlier of two previously-written Piano Concertos that Mozart performed during the 1790 coronation celebrations for Emperor Leopold II, the Piano Concerto No. 19 from 1784, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 10, 2022Popular in its day and music that Alexander Glazunov described as “subjective impressions of myself,” his Symphony No. 4, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 9, 2022Sergei Rachmaninoff's final composition, his somewhat autobiographical "Symphonic Dances," is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 8, 2022The second of six string quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in d-minor (K. 421), is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 6, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, August 5, 2022Niels Gade was the most prominent Danish composer of his day. His only Violin Concerto, from 1880, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, August 4, 2022Giving it his gift of melody and complete understanding of the newest modifications for the instrument, Carl Maria Von Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 has remained a masterwork for over two centuries. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.