Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2026“The Spider’s Feast” by French composer Albert Roussel is a pantomime-ballet that depicts insects in a garden, with a spider in its web as the centerpiece. It’s 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.
Classical Music Playlist, November 12, 2025Inspired by the landscape and folksongs of Ukraine where he composed the work, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 11, 2025For Veterans Day, and including his 1942 “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Aaron Copland’s stirring and heroic Symphony No. 3 that he wrote to reflect the euphoric mood of the country at the end of WW2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 10, 2025Sergei Rachmaninoff's final composition, his somewhat autobiographical "Symphonic Dances" that looks back on his older works, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 7, 2025Featuring the unusual beginning of an extended piano solo, the popular Piano Concerto No. 2 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 6, 2025It was on this date 200 years ago, November 6th of 1825, that Beethoven premiered his String Quartet No. 15, whose 3rd movement he described as a “Holy Song of Thanksgiving.” It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
