Classical Music Playlist, June 19, 2026With "Autochthonous" defined as ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists,” the “Autochthonous” Symphony No. 4 by William Grant Still that depicts the American people and our fusion of musical cultures is today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, November 7, 2025Featuring the unusual beginning of an extended piano solo, the popular Piano Concerto No. 2 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 6, 2025It was on this date 200 years ago, November 6th of 1825, that Beethoven premiered his String Quartet No. 15, whose 3rd movement he described as a “Holy Song of Thanksgiving.” It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 5, 2025With its third movement that became a standalone hit, the full 1937 Symphony No. 2 by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 4, 2025Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 36 in Linz Austria in just four days when he arrived there for a visit and a concert was quickly organized while he was in town. Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, November 3, 2025Russian composer Alexander Glazunov’s two-movement Piano Concerto No. 1 opens with an Allegro, and the second movement mimics additional traditional movements through a theme and variations in different styles. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 31, 2025A young man has nightmarish dreams including watching his own hanging; then, witches and ghouls arrive for his funeral, among other scenes. It’s all in the "Symphonie fantastique" by Hector Berlioz, today’s Halloween Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 30, 2025Why Franz Schubert never completed his 8th Symphony remains a mystery. And though a nearly completed 3rd movement scherzo in piano score also exists, the two completed movements are usually all that are performed. They're today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 29, 2025The Symphony No. 4 from 1845 by Swedish composer Franz Berwald — whose music didn’t really get any attention until after he died — is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 28, 2025The Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Major by English composer Sir Hubert Parry that won both rave reviews and descriptions as “avant-garde” (for 1880) at its premiere is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, October 27, 2025Nicknamed the “Rosamunde Quartet” for the theme that opens the 2nd movement which Franz Schubert borrowed from his incidental music for the play “Rosamunde,” Schubert’s String Quartet No. 13 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
