Classical Music Playlist, June 3, 2026From a composer known for attractive melodies and refined taste, the 1907 Piano Quartet in A-minor by French composer Théodore Dubois is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 6, 2026Innovator Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto No. 4 with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” (“piano, dolce”) as he noted in the score. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece with the late Michael Tilson Thomas conducting.
Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2026For Cinco de Mayo today, a guitar concerto by Mexican composer Manuel Poncé is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm. In fact the entire 2pm hour will be all Mexican composers.
Classical Music Playlist, May 4, 2026Based on themes he composed for his earlier 1930s scores to films with stars such as Errol Flynn, Bette Davis and Claude Rains, the 1945 Violin Concerto by Erich Korngold is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2026What he expressed to his father in a letter that he considered the best thing he had ever written, Mozart’s Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 30, 2026Opening with a pessimistic fanfare of inescapable fate that will drag you down, in the end turns triumphant in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2026Russian 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 those, love, proves his downfall. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2026Sir Stephen Hough is the soloist in the notoriously difficult Piano Concerto #3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff for today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2026Generally regarded as Schubert's finest chamber work, as well as one of the greatest of all chamber compositions, the String Quintet in C-major by Franz Schubert is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2026Inspired by his Scottish ancestry, the Scottish highlands and Hebrides Islands, London-born English composer Granville Bantock’s “Hebridean Symphony” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2026Full of refreshing melodies and a pastoral cheerfulness, Beethoven’s Violin Sonata #5, the “Spring” Sonata, feels like a beautiful day spent outdoors in Springtime. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
