Classical Music Playlist, June 9, 2026Ancient theories of four basic personality types inspired the four movements of the Symphony No. 2 titled "The Four Temperaments” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen. For his birthday today, this symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, March 3, 2026Every day in March for Women’s History Month CapRadio is celebrating Women In Music who brought us to where we are today and the innovators who keep moving music forward. Today's spotlight is on Margaret Bonds.
Classical Music Playlist, March 2, 2026Every weekday through March for Women’s History Month CapRadio is celebrating Women In Music who brought us to where we are today and the innovators who keep moving music forward. Today's spotlight is on Clara Schumann.
Classical Music Playlist, February 27, 2026Johannes Brahms dedicated his only Violin Concerto to legendary violinist Joseph Joachim. Joachim taught violinist Leopold Auer, and Auer taught violinist Jascha Heifetz who performs the Brahms Violin Concerto for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2026After Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote his “New World Symphony” in New York while teaching in America, he then composed his “American” String Quartet No. 12 in Iowa where he spent the summer of 1893, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 25, 2026By the time he was 21 in 1805, German audiences adored Louis Spohr as both a violinist and composer. His Clarinet Concerto No. 4 from 1829 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 24, 2026To mark four years since Russia invaded Ukraine, at 2 pm we’ll air the complete (71 minute) Symphony No. 3 by Reinhold Gliere (born in Kyiv), titled “Ilya Muromets” named for the mythical folk hero and protector of Ukraine.
Classical Music Playlist, February 23, 2026Igor Stravinsky composed his 1928 ballet “The Fairy’s Kiss” as an homage to Tchaikovsky. In 1934, Stravinsky extracted a suite from the ballet and titled it the “Fairy’s Kiss Divertimento, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 20, 2026Ernst von Dohnányi was considered the first of the great Hungarian composers after Franz Liszt. A Sextet for clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello from 1935 was his final chamber composition, and it’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 19, 2026In 1945 the dying Béla Bartók composed one last piano concerto for his wife to perform in concerts to support herself after he was gone. That Piano Concerto No. 3 by Bartók is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 18, 2026The second of six string quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in d-minor (K. 421), is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
