Classical Music Playlist, August 21, 2024For 30 years being very busy composing and conducting for the National Theater, Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen finally wrote his First Symphony in 1923 as he approached retirement. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 20, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! Innovator Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto #4 with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” as he noted in the score. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! Antonín Dvořák found it very easy going, with “melodies coming to me in droves,” while writing his Piano Quartet #2. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 18, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! Claude Debussy’s “Images for Orchestra” - with its three-movement sub-suite in the middle called “Ibera” that evokes Spain - is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 17, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 45-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 16, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The great violinist Jascha Heifetz is the soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e-minor for today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 14, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, May 13, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Nicknamed for the timpani that opens the work, the "Drumroll" Symphony #103 by Haydn is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 12, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Gabriel Fauré was born on this date in 1845. His beautiful "Requiem" is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 11, 2022Today we're celebrating the birthday of American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978). Hear his landmark Symphony #1 "Afro-American" from 1930 as today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, May 10, 2022A classical composition from 1940 soon became so admired, other musicians recorded it in other genres like jazz, rock and ska. The original "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.