Classical Music Playlist, June 9, 2026Ancient theories of four basic personality types inspired the four movements of the Symphony No. 2 titled "The Four Temperaments” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. For his birthday today, this symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 8, 2026Happy Birthday Robert Schumann! He was born June 8th in 1810. His Symphony No. 1 “Spring” blooms forth this afternoon for your Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 5, 2026Written in 1921 from revived musical ideas discarded over the previous ten years and one of the 20th century’s most popular Concertos, the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 4, 2026A symphony’s worth of musical ideas are condensed into the single movement Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 3, 2026From a composer known for attractive melodies and refined taste, the 1907 Piano Quartet in A-minor by French composer Théodore Dubois is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, June 2, 2026One lazy afternoon, Edward Elgar improvised a new melody on the piano then, on his wife’s urging, turned it into one of his most famous compositions. Elgar’s "Enigma Variations" are today's Midday Masterpiece for Elgar’s 1857 birthday today.
Classical Music Playlist, June 1, 2026Richard Strauss depicts his own married life of a father, wife and child in his “Sinfonia Domestica” for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 29, 2026Beethoven always liked his own 8th Symphony, calling it better than his 7th, despite the 7th being more popular at the time. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 28, 2026With Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as the soloist, the iconic Piano Concerto in A-minor that Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote at age 25 in 1868 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 27, 2026Spoiler alert about Mozart’s dark and melancholic String Quintet No. 4 in g-minor: it concludes with a happy ending in a sunny G-major! It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
