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, January 28, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, January 26, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, January 25, 2022In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, January 24, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio. Written in America the year after he premiered his "New World Symphony," the Cello Concerto in B-minor by Antonín Dvořák is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm with soloist Jacqueline Du Pre.
Classical Music Playlist, January 21, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. The Symphony #3 of 19th century American composer, violinist and educator George Frederick Bristow is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, January 20, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Happy Birthday (1855) to French composer Ernest Chausson! His only symphony (1891) is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, January 19, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Inspired by the early 17th century novel by Cervantes, the 1897 tone poem "Don Quixote" by Richard Strauss is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, January 18, 2022Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Mozart's tuneful and sunny Clarinet Quintet from a most difficult year for him is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, January 17, 2022Quoting spirituals so the listener would know that it was "unmistakably not the work of a white man," the 1934 “Negro Folk Symphony” by William Dawson, Director of Music at the Tuskegee Institute from 1931–1955, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2 pm.