Classical Music Playlist, June 10, 2026A staple of chamber music and a personal favorite of his own compositions, Edvard Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 3 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 7, 2026His crowning symphonic achievement, the Symphony No. 4 by Johannes Brahms, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 6, 2026We’ll celebrate German composer Max Bruch’s 1838 birthday today with his ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1 from 1866 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 5, 2026Haydn’s Symphony No. 85 quickly picked up the nickname “The Queen” which at the time meant Marie Antoinette. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 2, 2026Filled with Russian motifs and more masterful than would be expected of a 20 year old student, the Symphony #2 by Alexander Glazunov is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, January 1, 2026Full of mystery, reverence and awe, Anton Bruckner’s massive (62-minute!) Symphony No. 9 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 31, 2025Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony with the complete (56 minute) Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 30, 2025Reflecting the idyllic isolation of his island retirement home, and past social isolation from musical life in Sweden, the Symphony No. 5, titled “Solitudo,” by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 29, 2025After a nearly 60 year existence only in a version with extensive unauthorized changes, the original Max Bruch Concerto for Two Pianos is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 26, 2025Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13, whose revised final movement is the last music he ever composed - and one of his “Late” String Quartets that are considered among the greatest musical works ever created - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 25, 2025Today’s Midday Masterpiece is “A Ceremony of Carols” by English composer Benjamin Britten from 1942: a cantata for treble voices and harp based on medieval texts telling the story of the birth of Christ.
