Classical Music Playlist, May 10, 2023From 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, May 9, 2023The Butterfly Lovers Concerto is inspired by a folk tale from China. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 8, 2023Sharing a May 7th birthdate seven years apart, Brahms attended a rehearsal for the premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth symphony (and liked MOST of it). It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 5, 2023In the spirit of tomorrow’s coronation of King Charles, today we’re playing regal and royal music of coronations and other royal activities including a suite of Handel’s Water Music for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 4, 2023Beethoven's optimistic 7th Symphony, welcomed by Viennese audiences as a hopeful celebration of the end of the Napoleonic Wars, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 3, 2023Incorporating lines of text from poems of Walt Whitman, the 1999 Symphony No. 2 by American composer Lowell Liebermann is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2023The renowned life and prolific compositions of Reynaldo Hahn fell into obscurity after his death in 1947. His 1930 Piano concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, May 1, 2023The first of six string quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn, his String quartet No. 14 "Spring," is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2023In your car, at work or at home, listen for inspiring and relaxing classical music on Capital Public Radio!
Classical Music Playlist, April 28, 2023Leonard Slatkin conducts the easily-listenable “Romantic” Symphony No. 2 from 1930 by American composer Howard Hanson for today's Midday Masterpiece. Slatkin will also be here in town to conduct the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera tomorrow night!
