Poster Gustave Caillebotte - Paris Street; Rainy Day
In his masterpiece, "Paris Street; Rainy Day" (1877), Gustave Caillebotte brought an unusual monumentality and compositional control to a typical Impressionist subject, the new boulevards that were changing the Paris cityscape.
Art Institute of Chicago

Morning Glories: April Showers

Every weekday at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories.

As the saying goes, "April showers bring May flowers." That's why for this first week of April, our Morning Glories picks feature rain and storms in classical music.

Monday

Brahms - Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain Sonata"

Tuesday

Berlioz - Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm

Wednesday

Vivaldi - La Tempesta di Mare

Thursday

Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

Friday

Beethoven - Symphony No. 6

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