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, February 28, 2025Sir Stephen Hough is the soloist in the notoriously difficult Piano Concerto #3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 27, 2025In "A Colour Symphony" from 1922, English composer Arthur Bliss wrote each movement with his musical impressions of the colors purple, red, blue and green. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2025Composed for instruments he learned as a child, including the natural horn that his father also played, the Brahms Horn Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 25, 2025With a “ticking” rhythm in the 2nd movement that inspired its nickname “The Clock,” Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 24, 2025Written in America the year after he premiered his "New World Symphony," the Cello Concerto in B-minor by Antonín Dvořák is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 21, 2025Robert Schumann called Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 “the master-trio of our time,” and declared the composer “the Mozart of the nineteenth century.” Mendelssohn’s D-minor Piano Trio is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 20, 2025Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic tale of “Antar” is about a warrior who is granted powers of vengeance, power and love and the most treacherous of these — love — proves his downfall. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 19, 2025In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, February 18, 2025With Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as the soloist, the iconic Piano Concerto in A-minor that Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote at age 25 in 1868 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 17, 2025Along with Presidents, celebrate one of America’s greatest landmarks with Ferde Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite” for today's Midday Masterpiece
