Classical Music Playlist, July 19, 2023Robert Schumann called Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D-minor “the master-trio of our time,” and called the composer “the Mozart of the nineteenth century.” Mendelssohn’s D-minor Piano Trio is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 18, 2023Musically depicting himself in battle with critics, Richard Strauss's autobiographical tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”), is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 17, 2023Today is the 44th birthday of Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic and advocate for diversity and inclusion in classical music. He’s the soloist in Mozart's tuneful Clarinet Quintet for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 14, 2023In a single movement that fluidly changes tempos and reveals its melodies, the Frederick Delius Violin Concerto from 1916 has the feel of a dreamscape. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 13, 2023Though he studied law and worked as a civil servant for 40 years, music was his passion. So he mostly taught himself music and became huge in Danish musical life. The Symphony No. 1 by JPE Hartmann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 12, 2023The Piano Concerto No. 2 by the Director of the Paris Conservatory from 1896 to 1905, Théodore Dubois, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 11, 2023Mozart composed three string quartets for the King of Prussia, an amateur cellist. The first, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 10, 2023“Carmina Burana” is a cantata about the pleasures of life ruled over by the random kindness or cruelty of fate. For the composer’s birthday today, Carl Orff’s complete “Carmina Burana” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 7, 2023Born on this date in 1860, we're celebrating Gustav Mahler with some of his music throughout the day, including his complete (56 minute) Symphony No. 1 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, July 6, 2023Six years before his “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6, Beethoven composed what has been called his “Pastoral” Piano Sonata No. 15 (titled by a music publisher, not Beethoven). It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
