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Concierto del Sur

  • Composer:Manuel Ponce
  • Conductor:Alondra de la Parra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
  • Soloists:
    • Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
  • Sony 75555

Schedule for October 14, 2024

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5:01 AM
  • Six Etudes in Canonic Form
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano
  • DG 4795563
5:19 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Oiseau-Lyre 436428
5:34 AM
  • Flute Concerto
  • Composer: Jerome Moross
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alexa Still, flute
  • Albany 1400
6:01 AM
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cecilia String Quartet
  • Analekta 9844
6:31 AM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Nicola Porpora
  • Conductor: Fabio Biondi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Glossa 923401
6:35 AM
  • Pines of Rome
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: James DePreist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon Symphony
  • Delos 3287
7:01 AM
  • Lucia di Lammermoor
  • Composer: Justin Holland
  • Soloists: Michael Vascones, guitar
  • APM Recording 20221
7:05 AM
  • Little Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Orff
  • Conductor: Klaus Rainer Scholl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mainz Wind Ensemble
  • Wergo 6174
7:20 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Conductor: Darrell Ang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573859
7:44 AM
  • Sonata No. 5
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Thomas Furi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bern
  • DG 413310
8:01 AM
  • Philomena: Suite
  • Composer: Alexandre Desplat
  • Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • London/Decca 20213
8:19 AM
  • Flute Concerto No. 5
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Michala Petri, recorder
  • RCA 68543
8:27 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 423652
9:01 AM
  • On a Blue Hill
  • Composer: Lauren Scott
  • Soloists: Lauren Scott, harp
  • Avie 2675
9:22 AM
  • Hofbrauhaus Polka
  • Composer: Traditional German
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players
  • Navona 5941
9:26 AM
  • Shakespeare's Tempest
  • Composer: John Knowles Paine
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 559747
9:48 AM
  • Symphony No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin
  • DG 4835251
10:01 AM
  • Violin Sonata: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Frantisek Jiranek
  • Soloists: Lenka Torgersen, violin
  • Supraphon 4151
10:06 AM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
  • Soloists: Katharina Konradi, soprano
  • Alpha 1004
10:19 AM
  • Trio Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eroica Trio
  • EMI 56873
10:30 AM
  • Symphonic Etude
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
10:36 AM
  • Water Music Suite No. 3
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
  • Erato 88005
10:49 AM
  • Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica String Quartet
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet
  • Cedille 147
11:03 AM
  • Las Abejas (The Bees)
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: Berta Rojas, guitar
  • ON Music 7488
11:06 AM
  • Canzon Duodecimi Toni No. 2
  • Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wallace Collection
  • Nimbus 5236
11:11 AM
  • The Armed Man: Benedictus
  • Composer: Karl Jenkins
  • Conductor: Simon Halsey
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: German Chamber Orchestra Berlin
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
  • DG 17999
11:18 AM
  • Out of Africa: Theme
  • Composer: John Barry
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 62788
11:23 AM
  • Sinfonia No. 3
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Amandine Beyer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gli Incogniti
  • Harmonia Mundi 905321
11:33 AM
  • The Planets: Jupiter
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 5086
11:43 AM
  • Dreaming
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Anna Shelest, piano
  • Sorel 15
11:48 AM
  • Gloriana: Courtly Dances
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80126
12:01 PM
  • Egyptian March
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Teldec 43337
12:06 PM
  • Donna Diana Overture
  • Composer: Emil von Reznicek
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80116
12:13 PM
  • Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 63203
12:18 PM
  • Sunrise
  • Composer: Connor Chee
  • Soloists: Connor Chee, piano
  • Wild Saguaro 2020
12:21 PM
  • Five Bagatelles
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Robert Plane, clarinet
  • Naxos 553566
12:37 PM
  • Swan Lake: Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Teldec 94571
12:45 PM
  • Suite for Strings: Prelude
  • Composer: Joan Trimble
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
12:50 PM
  • Huapango
  • Composer: Jose Moncayo
  • Conductor: Alondra de la Parra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
  • Sony 75555
1:01 PM
  • Blacksmith's Tune
  • Composer: Bengt Hallberg
  • Conductor: Jorma Panula
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scandinavian Brass Ensemble
  • Bis 265
1:06 PM
  • Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music: Danse Bohemienne
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Toulouse
  • EMI 56123
1:12 PM
  • Dance from Jalisco
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Telarc 80593
1:17 PM
  • Titilayo
  • Composer: Jeff Scott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7661
1:22 PM
  • Carnaval
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
1:32 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • EMI 54302
1:47 PM
  • Waltz No. 8
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Maria Joao Pires, piano
  • DG 4777483
1:51 PM
  • The Skaters Waltz
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 69465
2:01 PM
  • String Symphony No. 5: 1st movement
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Ensemble
  • Europa 350204
2:06 PM
  • Dance of the Blessed Spirits
  • Composer: Christoph Gluck
  • Conductor: Richard Kapp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Hubert Laws, flute
2:15 PM
  • Harp Concerto
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Andrew Parrott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Taverner Players
  • Soloists: Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
  • EMI 69853
2:31 PM
  • Romeo and Juliet: Act I Selections
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573534
2:46 PM
  • Prelude
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano
  • Bridge 9348
2:51 PM
  • Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail
  • Composer: Ferde Grofe
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3104
3:01 PM
  • Edgar: Act I Prelude
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Collins 1165
3:06 PM
  • Suite on Galician Songs: La fiesta
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Conductor: Pablo Gonzalez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573263
3:15 PM
  • Etude No. 3
  • Composer: Benna Moe
  • Soloists: Cathrine Penderup, piano
  • Danacord 680
3:20 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Reinhold Gliere
  • Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marie Luise Neunecker, horn
  • Schwann 313572
3:46 PM
  • 12 Contredanses
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 438706
4:01 PM
  • The Grumpy Old Bear
  • Composer: Julius Fucik
  • Conductor: Libor Pesek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alan Pendlebury, bassoon
  • Virgin 59285
4:06 PM
  • The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Soloists: Ilya Rashkovsky, piano
  • Naxos 570787
4:12 PM
  • Fall Fair
  • Composer: Godfrey Ridout
  • Conductor: Uri Mayer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
  • CBC 5069
4:22 PM
  • Concerto for Two Violins
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
  • DG 986
4:37 PM
  • Aladdin Suite
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 247
5:01 PM
  • Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen
  • Composer: Frederic Curzon
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 66968
5:06 PM
  • King Arthur: Overture and Air
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66169
5:11 PM
  • Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance
  • Composer: Don Ray
  • Conductor: Derek Gleeson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Albany 1058
5:17 PM
  • Wild Swans: Eliza's Aria
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • DG 4797528
5:22 PM
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 4796297
5:55 PM
  • The Return of Maxim: Waltz
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3257
6:01 PM
  • Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
6:06 PM
  • Caprice-Burlesque
  • Composer: Ossip Gabrilowitsch
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Virgin 59509
6:11 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement
  • Composer: John Knowles Paine
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 559748
6:24 PM
  • Violin Sonata No. 4
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 457619
6:50 PM
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • London/Decca 430201
7:01 PM
  • Three Greek Dances
  • Composer: Nikos Skalkottas
  • Conductor: Nikos Christodoulou
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 904
7:06 PM
  • Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic
  • Reference 64
7:20 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Hans Vonk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 55155
7:47 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Channel Classics 90110
8:01 PM
  • Festival Coronation March for Alexander III
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 420804
8:06 PM
  • Concerto No. 9
  • Composer: Pietro Locatelli
  • Conductor: Elizabeth Wallfisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players
  • Hyperion 67041
8:15 PM
  • Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 63082
8:23 PM
  • Medley of Scots Tunes
  • Composer: Rachel Barton Pine
  • Conductor: Alexander Platt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 83
8:30 PM
  • Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
  • Nimbus 7017
8:48 PM
  • Cantata No. 192: Nun danket alle Gott
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir
  • Soloists: Joanne Lunn, soprano
  • Soli Deo Gloria 110
9:03 PM
  • Great Day
  • Composer: Nancy Gustavson
  • Soloists: Emily Granger, harp
  • Avie 2495
9:06 PM
  • Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
  • Telarc 80489
9:11 PM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Carl Stamitz
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9358
9:26 PM
  • Sunset
  • Composer: Connor Chee
  • Soloists: Connor Chee, piano
  • Wild Saguaro 2020
9:29 PM
  • Havanaise
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Mathieu Herzog
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Appassionato
  • Soloists: Jinjoo Cho, violin
  • Naive 7422
9:42 PM
  • Le Carnaval de Londres: Little March; The Tower of London; Finale
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 66594
9:46 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Zdenek Macal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80265
10:01 PM
  • Terpsichore: Chaconne
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
  • Avie 2350
10:06 PM
  • Light Cavalry Overture
  • Composer: Franz von Suppe
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80116
10:14 PM
  • Kentucky Rondo
  • Composer: Otto Luening
  • Conductor: Lawrence Leighton Smith
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra
  • Louisville 6
10:20 PM
  • Octet: 5th movement
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  • Nonesuch 79046
10:28 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Dennis Burkh
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Rich, piano
  • Centaur 2283
10:51 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 1: Scherzo
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
  • Naxos 550644
11:01 PM
  • Music for Symphony Orchestra: Andante
  • Composer: Yasushi Akutagawa
  • Conductor: Ryusuke Numajiri
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 555071
11:06 PM
  • Jota aragonesa
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Soloists: Julia Fischer, violin
  • London/Decca 4785950
11:12 PM
  • Egmont Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 415506
11:21 PM
  • Fantasy for a Gentleman
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Pedro Amaral
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra
  • Soloists: Xianji Liu, guitar
  • IBS Classical 42020
11:43 PM
  • Richmond Rag
  • Composer: May Aufderheide
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sylvan Winds
  • Albany 1755
11:47 PM
  • Sense and Sensibility: Suite
  • Composer: Patrick Doyle
  • Conductor: Robert Ziegler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Sony 62258
12:01 AM
  • Preludes Nos. 2 and 6
  • Composer: Gayane Chebotaryan
  • Soloists: Sahan Arzruni, piano
  • AGBU 2024
12:06 AM
  • Lake of the Woods
  • Composer: Robert Farnon
  • Conductor: Douglas Gamley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Reference 47
12:18 AM
  • Three lovely birds of paradise
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Singers
  • Collegium 119
12:21 AM
  • Aghavni (Doves)
  • Composer: Mary Kouyoumdjian
  • Soloists: Nicholas Phillips, piano
  • Panoramic 901
12:31 AM
  • Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 419607
1:06 AM
  • Notre Dame: Carnival Music
  • Composer: Franz Schmidt
  • Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 570828
1:14 AM
  • By the Sleepy Lagoon
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
  • ASV 2053
1:20 AM
  • String Quartet No. 4
  • Composer: Maddalena Laura Sirmen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lombardini Quartet
  • CPO 555488
1:30 AM
  • Concerto Antico
  • Composer: Richard Harvey
  • Conductor: Paul Daniel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 68337
2:06 AM
  • Scotch Strathspey and Reel
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 66884
2:12 AM
  • Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin: Nicola's Strathspey
  • Composer: Wynton Marsalis
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 30521
2:18 AM
  • Concert Fantasia
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 67711
2:47 AM
  • Fall of the Leaf (Elegy for Orchestra)
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia of England
  • EMI 64721
3:01 AM
  • Garmoshka
  • Composer: Ljova
  • Conductor: Eric Jacobsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Knights
  • Soloists: Johnny Gandelsman, violin
  • Sony 46985
3:06 AM
  • Dioclesian Instrumental Music
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66169
3:20 AM
  • Pavanne
  • Composer: Zenobia Powell Perry
  • Soloists: Josephine Gandolfi, piano
  • Cambria 1235
3:24 AM
  • Concerto for Cello and Strings
  • Composer: Dobrinka Tabakova
  • Conductor: Maxim Rysanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Kristina Blaumane, cello
  • ECM 2239
3:46 AM
  • The Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 69361
4:06 AM
  • The Pool among the Rushes
  • Composer: Joan Trimble
  • Soloists: John Finucane, clarinet
  • Genuin 18495
4:10 AM
  • Concierto del Sur
  • Composer: Manuel Ponce
  • Conductor: Alondra de la Parra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
  • Soloists: Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
  • Sony 75555
4:37 AM
  • Mythes
  • Composer: Karol Szymanowski
  • Soloists: Baiba Skride, violin, Lauma Skride, piano
  • Orfeo 873141
Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, WI. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Classical 24 in 1997 as a host and producer. She has managed the service since 2007.

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy has been a host of Classical 24 since 1996. He’s a public radio veteran with more than 20 years behind the microphone, where he’s hosted everything from folk to jazz to progressive rock. A hobbyist musician and collector of instruments from around the world, Jeff has what he describes as a “passable” command of southern string-band music on fiddle and banjo, and he is a long-time student of the classical music of Northern India on instruments such as the sitar, sarangi and tabla.

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson has enjoyed a radio career spanning over two decades as a morning show host and sportscaster, as well as producer/host of an interview program where he chatted with authors, musicians, politicians and newsmakers.

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade, but didn't officially fall under the spell of classical music until high school when she began exploring her parents' LP collection. There, tucked between the Herb Alpert and an abandoned children's record, she found an album of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. She played the A side (Ravel's Bolero and Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave) over and over again, mesmerized by the changes of color the composers could produce with different instruments, and by the images the music conjured in her imagination.  Thanks to teachers and professors with high expectations and a taste for demanding repertoire, Valerie was able to explore orchestral, chamber and vocal music from the inside out, all through high school and college. At some point during an unfocused pursuit of a bachelor's degree, she wandered into the studios of KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona. A stint as a volunteer in the music library inevitably led to being placed, unwillingly, in front of a microphone. It became surprisingly less terrifying each time, so she stayed. Ten years later, she packed her bike and her cat into a small pickup truck and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota to work for Classical24. When she's not playing classical music or talking about classical music, she's likely to be reading, sewing, singing or cooking. Valerie shares her life with her partner John, an artist, and their two cats: Mirra and Dieter.

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan works for Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media as an overnight classical host. She studied radio broadcasting at Brown College in St. Paul and kept her Midwestern roots after graduation by hosting at radio stations in Minneapolis; Milwaukee; Davenport, Iowa; and Madison, Wisconsin. She has received local and national recognition for her work from the Country Music Association and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. She recently won the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Outside of radio, her favorite things include spending time with loved ones, a great hug, an animal of any kind, and the thrill of a new experience. She absolutely loves doing things for the first time or going places she has never been before. She also enjoys being outdoors, no matter what the weather. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing,” she says.

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon joins the classical ranks as our assistant program director and fill-in host after six years working for us as a master control specialist, board operator and producer. Her new role combines her love of working technically, behind-the-scenes, as well as stepping in front of the microphone to share her favorite music. As the assistant program director, she coordinates programming, serves as an on-air host and dips her toes in every part of the department. That’s what she loves most about working in radio: “It’s like a river you flow on and you don’t know where you’ll end up, but you love the ride.” Although a violinist by training, her favorite classical composers are tied to her roots in choral music. When not doing all things audio, she can be found hiking, reading, or volunteering with programs that benefit children.

Bonnie North

Bonnie North

For host Bonnie North, classical music is more than just a genre — it's a way of life. She stumbled into the world of radio after responding to a newspaper ad for Vermont Public Radio seeking a classical music DJ for its Sunday afternoon show. Despite having no previous radio experience, she was confident in her knowledge of classical music and took a chance. She created an audition tape, and the rest is history. Her favorite composer depends on her mood. Sometimes she seeks the meditative sounds of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, while other times she craves the angular compositions of Igor Stravinsky. Of course, she also loves the classics by composers who include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. But she is always looking for contemporary composers and is eager to discover new musical talents. Outside of work, she loves to attend live music events. She also enjoys traveling and having friends and family scattered throughout the United States and Europe. But her love for animals is just as strong, and she often volunteers at animal shelters. She is an avid duathlon participant, combining her love for running and biking in one exciting event.

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor grew up in a household where his father and boisterous Irish uncles would often noisily debate what was to be played on the turntable: Between the three brothers, and depending on the mood of the day, it wavered between Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson and Gordon Lightfoot. (The brothers also hailed from Toronto). Kevin's career arc seemed to follow suit, spinning and selling classical, jazz, folk and pop music on the radio, and briefly in retail, for the past three decades.  A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he migrated do the Pacific Northwest, landing the requisite free-form overnight shift at his college station, KBSU, Boise. This was the first among many rungs in a public radio career that has always permitted him to express his passions for great music and explore his mercenary tendency toward spreading the message to anyone who will listen. For the past 18 years, he has served as music director and afternoon host at KBEM. He is also an avid cyclist and walker.

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley stumbled into a career in broadcasting many years ago when she moved to Wichita, Kansas to be near her soon-to-be husband. The attraction (to radio work, that is) was immediate and the chance to be around great music without having to practice was irresistible. After establishing herself as a host and producer in Kansas, Melissa moved to Minnesota and continued her work at WCAL in Northfield and Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul. Her morning classical show at WCAL was twice named "Best Classical Radio Program" by the Twin Cities paper City Pages. Melissa grew up near New York City. As a teenager, she attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music. Her bachelor's degree is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. When she's away from the airwaves, Melissa loves to run, read, and spend time with her family.

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner fell hopelessly in love with radio as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she volunteered at an on-campus student station. She worked at the local public television station and began her career in earnest as an announcer at Wisconsin Public Radio. The native New Yorker moved on to stations in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1983. April 1998 marked the beginning of a great life adventure, as Ratner began work as a music host and producer on the English Service of China Radio International in Beijing before a return to MPR. Her extracurricular interests include international travel; folk, ballroom and contra-dancing; choral singing; hanging out with her amazing Chinese cat; and trying to stay ahead of the weeds in her garden…with varying degrees of success!

Melanie Renate

Melanie Renate

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.

Steve Seel

Steve Seel

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense. In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Friday Favorites, as well as nationally during those times. Before joining MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, he enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. He and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel celebrates 30 years as a broadcaster in 2014. She started in Los Angeles in 1984 at the venerable commercial classical station KFAC, and also worked at KUSC. She then lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years working in a classic rock format at Radio Forth in Edinburgh before returning to the States and joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1993. Lynne trained as an actor, graduating from Northwestern University and also trained at Second City Workshop. She's a 35 year member of Actor's Equity and Screen Actors' Guild. She finished a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Her interests and passions include: laughing, dog rescue, her Collies and Gordon Setters, her Lipizzan horse, Teddy and her two extremely funny, smart and sweet sons, Peter and Josh.