Classical Music Playlist, June 18, 2026Composed in Fall 1784 during a period of great success and popularity in his first years in Vienna, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 14, 2025Derived from his draft of an abandoned early symphony, the Piano Concerto No. 4 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 13, 2025Sac State professor of guitar Richard Savino is the soloist in the Guitar Concerto No. 1 by THE early 19th century guitar virtuoso in Europe, Mauro Giuliani, for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 12, 2025Esteemed in his day with many honors but largely forgotten since WW2, the 1952 Symphony No. 3 by Viennese composer Hans Gál is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 11, 2025Leader and mentor to a group of young composers that he directed to create a distinctly Russian national music, the Symphony No. 1 by Mily Balakirev is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 8, 2025“Ruralia Hungarica” is a five movement orchestral suite based on Hungarian (really, old Transylvanian) folk songs by Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 7, 2025Les Sylphides, a ballet of orchestrated pieces originally for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 6, 2025Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) gained a reputation for writing some of the most quintessentially Swedish music of his time. His 1928 Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 5, 2025The Piano Concerto No. 22 by Mozart from 1785, during probably his most successful and productive period in Vienna, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 4, 2025Antonín Dvořák’s “Legends” — a more lyrical counterpart to his earlier Slavonic Dances — are today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 1, 2025The neo-classical “Concerto for Orchestra” from 1937 by Italian composer Alfredo Casella is today's Midday Masterpiece.
