Classical Music Playlist, June 18, 2024Johannes Brahms composed his Double Concerto for Violin and Cello specifically for his friend, violinist Joseph Joachim and a mutual cellist friend. A performance with violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo Yo Ma is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2024Igor Stravinsky was born on this date in 1882. The 1945 concert suite of music from his 1910 ballet “The Firebird” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 14, 2024Appealing to aristocracy and amateur musicians alike, Beethoven’s Septet from 1800 remained his most popular composition during his lifetime. (To his lifelong frustration for overshadowing his greater masterpieces.) It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 13, 2024Sometimes compared to Bruckner or Mahler, the 1896 Symphony No. 3 by French composer Albéric Magnard is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 12, 2024The 2022 world premiere recording by the Catalyst Quartet of the String Quartet #2 by Florence Price from 1935 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 11, 2024The Richard Strauss autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben or “A Hero’s Life” is the story of a composer in battle with critics. It’s our Midday Masterpiece for his 160th birthday today.
Classical Music Playlist, June 10, 2024The 1877 Piano Concerto No. 3 by one of the most influential musicians of his time, German composer, conductor, pianist and educator Carl Reinecke, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 7, 2024Written during the horrors of WW1, the title of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable," refers to the irrepressible will toward life in all things including mankind, animals and nature. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 6, 2024Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný performs Antonín Dvořák's only Piano Concerto in its infrequently heard (and technically difficult for the soloist) ORIGINAL version for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 5, 2024Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian’s tuneful and passionate Violin Concerto in D-minor from 1940 is today's Midday Masterpiece.