Classical Music Playlist, April 27, 2023Today we’re celebrating Sergei Prokofiev’s birthday with samples of his music throughout the day, including his Symphony No. 5 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 26, 2023Stressed by World War I, health and financial problems and the recent loss of friends, composer Edward Elgar sought peace by moving to the English countryside where in 1919 he composed his Piano Quintet in A-minor. It’s today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, April 25, 2023The Symphony No. 3 by Swedish composer Franz Berwald was never performed until 37 years after his death when musical tastes finally caught up with his forward-thinking ideas and he became posthumously celebrated. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2023The Piano Concerto #5 by Camille Saint-Saens - often called the “Egyptian” Concerto because he wrote it while vacationing in Cairo and Luxor - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 21, 2023Performed on a darker-toned and lower-pitched clarinet of Mozart’s time, his Clarinet Concerto in A is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 20, 2023The Miró Quartet perform Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 for today's Midday Masterpiece. They will also perform music of Mozart, Brahms and more TONIGHT in person at 7 at Sacramento State. Click into this playlist for a link to information.
Classical Music Playlist, April 19, 2023Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor describes the Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in b-minor as “an incredibly emotive and powerful journey.” He performs it for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 18, 2023With subtle hints of ragtime and jazzy syncopation popular in 1931, the Symphony No. 2 by American composer Randall Thompson is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 17, 2023Derived from his draft of an abandoned early symphony, the Piano Concerto No. 4 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, April 14, 2023Full of waltzes in a nostalgic nod to the charms of old Vienna, a concert Suite of music from the 1911 opera “Der Rosenkavalier” by Richard Strauss is today's Midday Masterpiece.
