Classical Music Playlist, March 28, 2024Written in the late 1770s apparently for him and his sister to perform and with the orchestra scaled back to let the dialogue between the two soloists stand out, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10 for TWO pianos is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, March 1, 2024March is Women’s History Month and we’re going to highlight a different woman in classical music every day. Clara Schumann is today’s composer and her sublime Piano Trio in g-minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, February 29, 2024Because we can only celebrate Gioachino Rossini’s ACTUAL February 29th birthday every four years, we’re going to fill the entire 2pm hour with his opera overtures, arias and an instrumental work. Rossini himself is today’s Midday Masterpiece!
Classical Music Playlist, February 28, 2024Though he is perhaps more widely known for the guitar compositions he wrote for his friend Andrés Segovia, before that meeting, in 1932 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco completed his Piano Quintet No. 1. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 27, 2024Before and after his role as a Polish statesman after WWI, and a winemaker along California’s central coast, Jan Paderewski was a world renowned concert pianist. Paderewski's 1889 Piano Concerto in A-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 26, 2024The “English” Symphony No. 3 by English composer Sir Hubert Parry that influenced the sound of English music that followed is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 23, 2024The Violin Concerto in D by Franz Clement, longtime friend of Beethoven and for whom Beethoven composed HIS only Violin Concerto, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 22, 2024Celebrated for over 200 years for how Mozart brilliantly weaves five different themes through the final movement, Mozart’s final symphony, No. 41, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 21, 2024Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic tale of “Antar” about a warrior who is granted powers of vengeance, power and love - with love ultimately proving his doom - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 20, 2024A free-form composition in which the “dumka” musical form is exploited into both brooding and cheerful territories, the Piano Trio No. 4, “Dumky,” by Antonín Dvořák is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, February 19, 2024The 1894 Symphony No. 3 by American composer George Chadwick that won first prize in a composition competition judged by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.