Classical Music Playlist, September 26, 2023With its jazz-era Charleston rhythm and blues nocturne wrapped in classical forms, George Gershwin’s 1925 Piano Concerto is today's Midday Masterpiece for our celebration of Gershwin’s birthday today!
Classical Music Playlist, September 25, 2023Happy birthday Dmitri Shostakovich! He was born on this date in 1906. Completed at just age 19, his Symphony No. 1 established his reputation internationally. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 23, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, September 22, 2023Recently knighted British pianist Stephen Hough is the soloist in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 for today’s Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, September 21, 2023The entire suite of the astrology-inspired "The Planets" by Gustav Holst is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 20, 2023A notable critic of the time called the 3rd the most perfect of Brahms' symphonies to date. And it became so internationally praised that Brahms humbly called it "the unfortunately over-famous symphony." It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 19, 2023In a recording performed on period-instruments as would have been heard in his day, the complete Beethoven Symphony No. 5 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 18, 2023Andras Schiff is the soloist in the iconic Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky, today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 15, 2023One of the world’s most popular symphonies since its 1893 premiere, the Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, September 14, 2023Forgotten about from his death in 1791 until World War II, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
