Classical Music Playlist, June 18, 2026Composed in Fall 1784 during a period of great success and popularity in his first years in Vienna, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 18 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 18, 2025"Christmas Tree" is Franz Liszt's suite of 12 short pieces for solo piano based on Christmas carols such as O Holy Night!, In dulci jubilo, Adeste fideles, an Old Provençal Christmas Song, and more. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 17, 2025A new setting of the “Magnificat” by American composer Taylor Scott Davis from the 2023 album “A Choral Christmas” by the British vocal ensemble Voces8 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 16, 2025In recognition of Beethoven’s (presumed) birthday on this date in 1770, his complete Symphony No. 9 will fill the entire 2pm hour and beyond for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 15, 2025Featuring soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Mozart’s sacred choral work Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers for a Confessor) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 12, 2025Haydn’s “Farewell” symphony that ends with each musician, in turn, leaving the stage is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 11, 2025Taken from an 80-minute score for a stage production and with its tuneful dances drawn from different cultures, the “Aladdin Suite” by Danish composer Carl Nielsen is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 10, 2025Ottorino Respighi’s 1919 ballet “The Fantastic Toyshop,” adapted from short piano pieces by Gioachino Rossini from about 60 years before, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 9, 2025The 1922 Piano Concerto in B-minor by Irish composer and conductor Sir Hamilton Harty is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 8, 2025Popular in its day and music that Alexander Glazunov described as “subjective impressions of myself,” his Symphony No. 4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, December 5, 2025What the conductor for the London premiere in 1908 called “the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer,” Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
