Classical Music Playlist, July 24, 2026Full of waltzes in a nostalgic nod to the charms of old Vienna, a concert Suite of music from the 1911 opera “Der Rosenkavalier” by Richard Strauss is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 29, 2026Beethoven always liked his own 8th Symphony, calling it better than his 7th, despite the 7th being more popular at the time. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 28, 2026With Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as the soloist, the iconic Piano Concerto in A-minor that Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote at age 25 in 1868 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 27, 2026Spoiler alert about Mozart’s dark and melancholic String Quintet No. 4 in g-minor: it concludes with a happy ending in a sunny G-major! It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 26, 2026Composed in 1945 and lost until 2009 when it was discovered in an abandoned house she once owned, the Symphony No. 4 by Florence Price is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 25, 2026Though it was not his first symphony composed in the US, the Symphony No. 2, titled "In The Spring," from 1879 by American composer John Knowles Paine was the first full symphony ever PUBLISHED in America. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 22, 2026Written during the horrors of WW1, the title of Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable," refers to the irrepressible will to live in all things including mankind, animals and nature. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 21, 2026With a “ticking” rhythm in the 2nd movement that inspired its nickname “The Clock,” Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 20, 2026The Piano Concerto No. 5 by Camille Saint-Saëns — often called the “Egyptian” Concerto because he wrote it while vacationing in Cairo and Luxor and which includes an Egyptian love song — is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2026Based on the melody of an ancient Hungarian folk song that in the early 20th century came to be known as a revolutionary song, Zoltán Kodály’s “Peacock Variations” are today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 18, 2026The dual heritage of Italian-German composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is heard in his only Piano Quintet, composed with singing melodies that suggest Italian opera built with the precision of his German musical training. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
