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, May 7, 2021In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio! Today at 2:00pm: Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony #3.
Classical Music Playlist, May 6, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. At 2:00pm today, the Concerto Grosso #10 by Francesco Geminiani that he expanded from a violin sonata by his late teacher Arcangelo Corelli.
Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. At 2:00pm today, hear Viktoria Mullova as the soloist in the THIRTEEN year old Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in d-minor.
Classical Music Playlist, May 4, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. At 2:00 pm you'll hear Mozart’s final symphony, his Symphony #41 (given the nickname “Jupiter” by someone other than Mozart).
Classical Music Playlist, May 3, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music from CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. At 2:00pm today hear Tchaikovsky's masterpiece Violin Concerto, written with the assistance and advice of his former student Iosif Kotek.
Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2021In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, April 30, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music on CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. Tune in today at 2:00pm for the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 with soloist Hélène Grimaud. Click into this playlist for a story about that work.
Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2021Inspiring and relaxing classical music on CapRadio on your radio, smart speaker or our mobile app. At 2:00pm today, listen for Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4; and from about 6:30pm, orchestral music of Duke Ellington for his birthday!
Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2021In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio! At 2:00pm, enjoy the Symphony #39 by Mozart, one of his final three symphonies all composed in rapid succession.
Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2021In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio! Enjoy a Suite of music from Tchaikovsky's 1877 beloved ballet "Swan Lake" at 2:00pm today.