Classical Music Playlist, December 7, 2023Inspired by his wandering through Scotland at age 20, the "Scottish" Symphony No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 6, 2023Composed exclusively for his cellist wife the same year they were married, the 1945 Cello Concerto by English composer E.J. Moeran is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 5, 2023One melodic theme is transformed in myriad ways through the single movement in six sections of the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Franz Liszt, today's Midday Masterpiece. The piano soloist is Krystian Zimerman who celebrates his 67th birthday today.
Classical Music Playlist, December 4, 2023German composer Max Bruch’s musical love letter to his native Rhineland area of Germany, is Symphony #3, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 1, 2023After so many years of misery from battles with Napoleon, in 1813 a beleaguered Viennese audience welcomed Beethoven's optimistic 7th Symphony as a hopeful celebration for the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 30, 2023Written at the invitation of the Philharmonic Society of London after his wildly successful tour of England in 1884, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák returned the next year with his Symphony No. 7. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 29, 2023Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 that he never published (in his lifetime) so he could keep it for himself to perform exclusively, and his only Concerto to have an adagio slow movement, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 28, 2023Trees located at four historic locations throughout Rome inspired the musical atmospheres in "The Pines of Rome" by Ottorino Respighi, today's Midday Masterpiece.
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.
