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, March 18, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: American composer Valerie Coleman and Mexican-American conductor Alondra de la Parra. And at 2pm, “Transfigured Night” by Arnold Schoenberg.
Classical Music Playlist, March 17, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (born March 17, 1665 in Paris) and American pianist Simone Dinnerstein (b. 1972). And at 2pm, the Brahms Piano Quintet.
Classical Music Playlist, March 16, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: American composers Mary Kouyoumdjian & Jessie Montgomery, and pianist Yuja Wang. And today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm is Mozart's Symphony #39.
Classical Music Playlist, March 15, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: British-American violist and composer Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) and British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason (b. 1996).
Classical Music Playlist, March 14, 2022For Women's History Month, today we highlight French sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger and Canadian violinist & conductor Jeanne Lamon (1949-2021). Also, violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata" for the Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, March 12, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, March 11, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: American composer Caroline Shaw and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter who is a featured soloist in Part I of Mahler's Symphony #8 at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, March 10, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: German composer and pianist Clara Schumann (1819-1896) and Argentine-Swiss pianist Martha Argerich (b. 1941).
Classical Music Playlist, March 9, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: American composer Libby Larsen (b. 1950) and American conductor Marin Alsop (b. 1956).
Classical Music Playlist, March 8, 2022Listen throughout the day for today's featured women in classical music for Women's History Month: Venezuelan-born pianist and composer Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) and Japanese-British pianist Mitsuko Uchida (b. 1948).