Classical Music Playlist, November 22, 2024The culmination of his related 2nd and 3rd symphonies, the entire Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 30, 2024American conductor David Robertson said of Vassily Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1, “Anyone who likes Tchaikovsky — anyone — is going to adore this symphony on first hearing.” It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 29, 2024Evoking what COULD be biblical scenes in stained glass displays, “Church Windows” by Ottorino Respighi is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 28, 2024In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, August 27, 2024Antonin Dvorak felt a lifelong fondness for his Symphony #3. It was his first symphony performed (Smetana conducted the premiere) and Brahms awarded the young Dvorak a state financial prize for the symphony. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 26, 2024Tchaikovsky said that a recurring theme in each movement of his Symphony No. 5 represents fate. In the symphony's first notes it sounds funereal; in the final movement it emerges triumphant. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2024Written the year after his “Rhapsody in Blue” and with its jazz-era Charleston rhythm and blues nocturne, George Gershwin’s 1925 Piano Concerto blends both classical and jazz. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
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, 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, August 20, 2024Generally admired as the more compositionally mature of his two works in the form, the Piano Trio No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 19, 2024Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” are the composer’s musical interpretations of ten pieces of art on display at an exhibition (of over 400) honoring his artist friend who had recently passed away. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
