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, December 24, 2025"Karolju" [“kah-ROLL-you”] from 1990 by American composer Christopher Rouse, his suite of original Christmas carols for orchestra and choir written to sound like carols from different countries, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 23, 2025The first three parts of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio — the birth of Christ, the angel appearing to shepherds in the field, and the shepherds going to find Mary & Joseph and the baby Jesus — are today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 22, 2025We’ve got a very sweet holiday treat for you today: the ENTIRE ballet of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky. Join Clara on her adventure to the Kingdom of Sweets for today’s Midday Masterpiece starting at 2pm to about 3:25pm.
Classical Music Playlist, December 19, 2025Part I of Handel’s Messiah (plus the Hallelujah Chorus that ends Part II) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 18, 2025"Christmas Tree" is Franz Liszt's suite of 12 short pieces for solo piano based on Christmas carols such as O Holy Night!, In dulci jubilo, Adeste fideles, an Old Provençal Christmas Song, and more. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 17, 2025A new setting of the “Magnificat” by American composer Taylor Scott Davis from the 2023 album “A Choral Christmas” by the British vocal ensemble Voces8 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 16, 2025In recognition of Beethoven’s (presumed) birthday on this date in 1770, his complete Symphony No. 9 will fill the entire 2pm hour and beyond for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 15, 2025Featuring soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Mozart’s sacred choral work Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers for a Confessor) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 12, 2025Haydn’s “Farewell” symphony that ends with each musician, in turn, leaving the stage is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 11, 2025Taken from an 80-minute score for a stage production and with its tuneful dances drawn from different cultures, the “Aladdin Suite” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen is today's Midday Masterpiece.
