Classical Music Playlist, June 4, 2026A symphony’s worth of musical ideas are condensed into the single movement Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius, today's Midday Masterpiece.
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, June 2, 2026One lazy afternoon, Edward Elgar improvised a new melody on the piano then, on his wife’s urging, turned it into one of his most famous compositions. Elgar’s "Enigma Variations" are today's Midday Masterpiece for Elgar’s 1857 birthday today.
Classical Music Playlist, June 1, 2026Richard Strauss depicts his own married life of a father, wife and child in his “Sinfonia Domestica” for 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.
