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, November 26, 2025Mozart’s last major chamber work, his String Quintet #6 in E-flat, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 25, 2025The Los Romeros family of guitarists commissioned the "Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars" from Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo in 1967 and you’ll hear them perform it for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 24, 2025The only symphony by French composer Paul Dukas is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 21, 2025Enduring frustrations of going deaf, unrequited love and strife with patrons, Beethoven was in a dark and stormy personal space when he composed his Piano Sonata No. 23, “Appassionata,” today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 20, 2025Tchaikovsky said that a recurring theme in each movement of his Symphony No. 5 represents fate. In the symphony's first notes it sounds funereal; in the final movement it emerges triumphant. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 19, 2025The final orchestral composition, and the only symphony, by French composer Édouard Lalo is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 18, 2025Vincent d’Indy composed his “Symphony on a French Mountain Air” from 1886 around a folk song he heard in the mountains of Southwestern France. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 17, 2025Perhaps intending them as a unified set, Mozart completed his final three symphonies within two months. The middle of those, the tuneful Symphony No. 40 in G-minor, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 14, 2025Trees located at four historic locations throughout Rome inspired the musical atmospheres in "The Pines of Rome" by Ottorino Respighi, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 13, 2025Danish composer Carl Nielsen played among the second violins for the premiere of his own Symphony No. 1. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
