Classical Music Playlist, November 27, 2023One of the most popular and frequently performed violin concertos of all time — and an essential concerto for any serious violinist — the Mendelssohn e-minor Violin Concerto (with American violinist Hilary Hahn) is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 24, 2023“It transports us into a world where we cannot recall ever having been before.” That’s what Robert Schumann said of the Symphony No. 9 by Franz Schubert, also known as the “Great C-major” symphony. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 23, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, November 22, 2023November 22nd (1902) was Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo’s birthday and to mark the day we’ll have his “Concierto Madrigal” for two guitarists for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 21, 2023The 1904 Concertpiece for Cello and Orchestra by Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher Ernst von Dohnányi is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 20, 2023With its musical tribute in the final movement to Johannes Brahms who had encouraged and promoted him, the Symphony #2 in B-Flat Major by Alexander Zemlinsky is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, November 17, 2023Johannes Brahms’s crowning achievement, his Symphony No. 4, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, November 16, 2023Niels Gade was the most prominent Danish composer of his day. His only Violin Concerto, from 1880, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Classical Music Playlist, November 15, 2023What starts out as a pessimistic fanfare of inescapable fate that will drag you down, turns around and ends triumphantly in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 14, 2023Composed in the early 1800s when the piano was the hot new instrument, Bohemian pianist-composer Ignaz Moscheles wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 with both Mozartian classicism and modern originality. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
