Classical Music Playlist, May 3, 2024Using the Hebrew name for King Solomon, “Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra,” by Swiss-born composer Ernest Bloch, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City on this date, May 3rd, in 1917. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2024Beethoven premiered his Symphony No. 7 as a benefit for wounded soldiers fighting against Napoleon. With altruism and philanthropy in the air on this Big Day of Giving, Beethoven’s Symphony #7 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2024Though it was not his first symphony composed in the US, the Symphony No. 2, titled "In The Spring," from 1879 by American composer John Knowles Paine was the first full symphony ever PUBLISHED in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 30, 2024Mozart’s 1787 String Quintet No. 3 (with a second viola) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2024Inspired by tales of the Arabian Nights, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 45-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 26, 2024Begun as music for a new ballet that was abandoned and reworked as a symphonic suite, the “Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber" by Paul Hindemith is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 25, 2024As one of Sweden’s greatest pianists, Wilhelm Stenhammar performed his own Piano Concerto No. 1 for about 15 years with great success. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2024With passages reflecting the pastoral Bohemian countryside and Czech folk dances, Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2024The “Naïve” Symphony No. 4 from 1845 by Swedish composer Franz Berwald is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 22, 2024Written in his time-tested manner which, by the time he wrote it, was out of fashion among younger composers infatuated with Wagner, the Piano Trio No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns, that has been called among the greatest, is today's Midday Masterpiece.