Classical Music Playlist, June 19, 2026With "Autochthonous" defined as ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists,” the “Autochthonous” Symphony No. 4 by William Grant Still that depicts the American people and our fusion of musical cultures is today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, April 25, 2025A new release of the early Piano Quartet #2 by Johannes Brahms — composed when he was about 28 years old and one of his longest compositions — is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 202522-year old Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the next rising star from the remarkable British family of seven musical siblings who just released her debut solo album. From it, she performs the Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2025A new recording of the 1935 Piano Quintet in a-minor by Florence Price — written when she was living in a particularly rich and stimulating artistic environment in Chicago — is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 22, 2025Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote his Symphony No. 7 on a commission from London, and HE conducted the premiere on THIS DATE, April 22nd in 1885. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 21, 2025Claude Debussy’s only String Quartet, an early work composed in 1893, shows him working toward what we would call his “impressionist” style (though he rejected that term). It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 18, 2025Focused more on comfort of the living than on prayers for the dead (which caused some controversy at the time), the entire “German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 17, 2025Inspired by tales of the Arabian Nights, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 44-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 16, 2025Written during the horrors of WW1, the title of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable," refers to the irrepressible will to live in all things including mankind, animals and nature. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 15, 2025Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo said that in his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra he tried to convey “the harp's child-like soul.". And one reviewer described it as “a 25-minute spin on a pair of rented angel wings." It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 14, 2025Though it was not his first symphony composed in the US, the Symphony No. 2, titled "In The Spring," from 1879 by American composer John Knowles Paine was the first full symphony ever PUBLISHED in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
