Classical Music Playlist, August 22, 2024Claude Debussy’s only String Quartet, composed in 1893, shows him working toward what we would call his “impressionist” style (though he rejected that term). It’s today's Midday Masterpiece as we celebrate Debussy’s birthday today.
Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The 1928 Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The reflective Clarinet Quintet, written by Johannes Brahms in the twilight of his life, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 26, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Featuring violinist Isaac Stern and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet #2 in g-minor is your Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 25, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! Jean Sibelius composed incidental music for a production of the play "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Maeterlinck; a Suite of that music is today’s Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, April 22, 2022Sonnets accompany each movement of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." For National Poetry Month, we'll air all "Four Seasons" (without the text) for our Midday Masterpiece today at 2:00 pm. Click into this playlist for a link to the sonnets.
Classical Music Playlist, April 21, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The "Háry János" Suite of music from the 1926 opera by Zoltán Kodály about a tall-tale braggart is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 20, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! Mozart’s final symphony, No. 41 with five themes weaving repeatedly throughout its finale, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 19, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The Brahms Symphony No. 1 is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 18, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio! “West Coast Pictures” of a tiny Swedish village on the western shore of a Swedish island are the subject of the Symphony #3 by Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg, today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00pm