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Ascanio: Finale

  • Composer:Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor:Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 574033

Schedule for December 04, 2024

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6:01 AM
  • Old Wine in New Bottles
  • Composer: Gordon Jacob
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Winds
6:15 AM
  • Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"
  • Composer: David Overton
  • Conductor: John Georgiadis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 60736
6:21 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
  • DG 7188
7:01 AM
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academia Wind Quintet
  • Supraphon 111264
7:17 AM
  • Christmas Overture
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: John Morris Russell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Fanfare Cincinnati 21
7:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80156
8:01 AM
  • Terzetto
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Arnaud Sussmann, violin
  • Music@Menlo 20083
8:20 AM
  • blue cathedral
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Conductor: Robert Spano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80596
8:34 AM
  • Blue Bird: Christmas Dream
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91494
8:40 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Conductor: Adrian Shepherd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantilena
  • Chandos 8414
9:01 AM
  • God Bless the Child
  • Composer: Billie Holiday/Arthur HerzogJr.
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30026
9:05 AM
  • Octet
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet
  • Telarc 80142
9:43 AM
  • In a Summer Garden
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: John Barbirolli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Halle Orchestra
  • EMI 65119
10:01 AM
  • Beyond the Fog: Mist
  • Composer: Gary Schocker
  • Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp
  • Azica 71272
10:06 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Mitsuko Uchida, piano
  • Philips 422517
10:21 AM
  • Blessed be that maid Mary
  • Composer: Traditional English
  • Conductor: David Willcocks
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  • Soloists: Simon Preston, organ
  • London/Decca 5302
10:25 AM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici
  • Soloists: Pepe Romero, guitar
  • Philips 434082
10:39 AM
  • Variations on a Rococo Theme
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
  • Philips 434106
11:01 AM
  • Pecheurs de Nuit
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66584
11:15 AM
  • Angel's Dance
  • Composer: Steven Amundson
  • Conductor: John Morris Russell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Fanfare Cincinnati 1
11:22 AM
  • Daphnis and Chloe: Part 3
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio France Chorus
  • DG 5075
11:39 AM
  • Glass Houses: No. 2
  • Composer: Ann Southam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Taktus
  • Ravello 8027
11:46 AM
  • Jeromita Linares
  • Composer: Carlos Guastavino
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bariloche
  • Soloists: Pablo Cohen, guitar
  • Dorian 90202
12:03 PM
  • Serenade No. 1: Scherzo
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111992
12:06 PM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 68260
12:12 PM
  • Silent Night
  • Composer: Franz Gruber
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Analekta 8730
12:17 PM
  • Concerto for Two Oboes
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Conductor: John Georgiadis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Anthony Camden, oboe
  • Naxos 553002
12:25 PM
  • Concert Piece
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, violin
  • Philips 420168
12:35 PM
  • Symphony No. 33: Finale
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80190
12:45 PM
  • Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 4562
12:56 PM
  • Carmen: Aragonaise
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Telarc 80593
1:01 PM
  • Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies
  • Composer: Traditional Chinese
  • Soloists: Lydia Maria Bader, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38566
1:06 PM
  • Donna Diana Overture
  • Composer: Emil von Reznicek
  • Conductor: Lance Friedel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Naxos 573418
1:13 PM
  • Ascanio: Finale
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 574033
1:18 PM
  • Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
  • Composer: Leon Jessel
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
1:23 PM
  • English Dances: First Set
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • Conductor: Jerry Junkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Wind Symphony
1:33 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • EMI 69804
1:45 PM
  • Robert le Diable: Pas de cinq
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
1:55 PM
  • The Return of Maxim: Waltz
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3257
2:01 PM
  • Etude No. 24
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30133
2:06 PM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 69864
2:11 PM
  • Colonial Dance
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Naxos 559920
2:17 PM
  • The Bells of Christmas
  • Composer: Armas Maasalo
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 947
2:21 PM
  • Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Argo 414596
2:30 PM
  • Liebeslieder Walzer (Love-Song Waltzes)
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4787471
2:44 PM
  • Valse-Caprice No. 2
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67875
2:52 PM
  • Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset
  • Composer: Ferde Grofe
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 410110
3:01 PM
  • Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Daniel Hege
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Encore Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 214
3:06 PM
  • Four German Carols
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Brass
  • DG 413657
3:13 PM
  • Missa Solemnis: Gloria
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lucy Crowe, soprano, Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano, James Gilchrist, tenor, Matthew Rose, bass
  • Soli Deo Gloria 718
3:30 PM
  • Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Lorin Maazel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Telarc 80068
3:51 PM
  • Cherry Ripe
  • Composer: Frank Bridge
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5366
3:55 PM
  • Cinderella: Happiness Waltz
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573518
4:01 PM
  • Flute Concerto No. 161: Presto
  • Composer: Johann Quantz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Chamber Soloists
  • Soloists: Johannes Walter, flute
  • ArsVivendi 2100184
4:06 PM
  • Standchen (Serenade)
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Luiza Borac, piano
  • Avie 2316
4:12 PM
  • Christmas Medley
  • Composer: Various
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Empire Brass & Friends
  • EMI 49097
4:18 PM
  • Symphony No. 86
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 46313
4:48 PM
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 443444
5:01 PM
  • Scherzo No. 1
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano
  • CPO 999758
5:06 PM
  • Neue Wiener Laendler (New Vienna Landler)
  • Composer: Joseph Lanner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tanzquartett Wien
  • Naxos 555689
5:12 PM
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Composer: Felix Bernard
  • Soloists: Simon Mulligan, piano
5:18 PM
  • Pulcinella Suite
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 419628
5:42 PM
  • Harp Concerto
  • Composer: Jean Eichner
  • Conductor: Stefan Fraas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Silke Aichhorn, harp
  • CPO 777835
6:01 PM
  • Picturesque Pieces: Pompous Minuet
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
6:06 PM
  • Four Dances
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Athena Ensemble
  • Chandos 6554
6:18 PM
  • Wexford Carol
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: West Edge String Quartet
6:24 PM
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Julia Zilberquit, piano
  • Warner 63686
6:42 PM
  • Capriccio Espagnol
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 429984
7:01 PM
  • The Mermaid Suite: Pas de deux of the Mermaid and the Hunter
  • Composer: Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin
  • Conductor: Zuohuang Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: China National Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 536326
7:06 PM
  • March Militaire No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Yaara Tal, piano
7:12 PM
  • The Carol of the Birds; Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirkmount
  • Dorian 93236
7:17 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Bernhard Crusell
  • Conductor: Alun Francis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Thea King, clarinet
  • Hyperion 66708
7:43 PM
  • Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
  • Hyperion 67381
8:01 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 10
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Genevieve Chinn, piano, Allen Brings, piano
  • Centaur 2297
8:06 PM
  • La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 431653
8:15 PM
  • Symphony "The Hunt"
  • Composer: Carl Stamitz
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9358
8:33 PM
  • L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower Clock)
  • Composer: Jean Francaix
  • Conductor: Mathias Monius
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Albrecht Mayer, oboe
  • London/Decca 4782564
8:52 PM
  • The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30040
9:01 PM
  • Biguine
  • Composer: Jerome Moross
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 1400
9:06 PM
  • La Belle Helene (Beautiful Helene): Overture
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Darrell Ang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lille National Orchestra
  • Naxos 573694
9:15 PM
  • Jingle Bells
  • Composer: James Pierpont
  • Conductor: Antonio Pellegrino
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Duino Soloists
  • Celestial Harmonies 13038
9:22 PM
  • Symphony No. 100 "Military"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80282
9:46 PM
  • From Tale to Tale: The Months
  • Composer: Oskar Nedbal
  • Conductor: Miroslav Homolka
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111413
10:03 PM
  • Jugueteando (Playfully)
  • Composer: Jorge Morel
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
10:06 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony (7) 89141
10:11 PM
  • Symphonic Scherzo
  • Composer: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
  • Conductor: Donald Johanos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223629
10:20 PM
  • Petite Suite: Caprice
  • Composer: Joseph Lauber
  • Soloists: Rachel Talitman, harp, Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute
  • Harp & Co 505031
10:26 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 9
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Mari Kodama, piano
  • PentaTone 304
10:41 PM
  • Deck the Halls (In Dulci Jubilo)
  • Composer: Traditional English
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  • Soloists: Eric Robertson, organ
  • Opening Day 7345
10:44 PM
  • Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Hyperion 66369
11:06 PM
  • Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saito Kinen Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4786760
11:15 PM
  • German Dances and Trios
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • RCA 60452
11:33 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord": The Alcotts
  • Composer: Charles Ives
  • Soloists: Jeremy Denk, piano
  • Nonesuch 78990
11:38 PM
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Composer: Charles Ives
  • Conductor: Charles Bruffy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kansas City Chorale
11:42 PM
  • The Lark Ascending
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
12:01 AM
  • Etude No. 89
  • Composer: Helene de Montgeroult
  • Soloists: Clare Hammond, piano
  • Bis 2603
12:06 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
  • Philips 420954
12:17 AM
  • Scherzo on Tropical Airs
  • Composer: Santos Cifuentes
  • Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
12:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Night in the Tropics"
  • Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  • Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra
  • Vanguard 4051
12:46 AM
  • Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  • Composer: John Rutter
  • Conductor: David Willcocks
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bach Choir
  • London/Decca 417898
12:49 AM
  • Symphony No. 4: Finale
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 90798
1:01 AM
  • Flute Quartet No. 1: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Francois-Joseph Gossec
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Milliere String Trio
  • Soloists: Patrice Bocquillon, flute
  • Schwann 310081
1:06 AM
  • Dance of the Hours
  • Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic of La Scala
  • London/Decca 4831148
1:16 AM
  • Fairytale Sleighride
  • Composer: Adam Saunders
  • Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
1:22 AM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julia Fischer, violin, Gordan Nikolic, viola
  • PentaTone 453
1:54 AM
  • Notturno
  • Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4870463
2:01 AM
  • Pavane and Gigue
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9930
2:06 AM
  • Impromptu No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
  • Ancalagon 141
2:12 AM
  • La Sylphide
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Maria Stratigou, piano
  • Grand Piano 942
2:20 AM
  • Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance)
  • Composer: Frank Bridge
  • Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7139
2:25 AM
  • Piano Quartet
  • Composer: Arthur Bliss
  • Soloists: Peter Donohoe, piano, Laurence Jackson, violin, Martin Outram, viola, Michal Kaznowski, cello
  • Naxos 555931
2:42 AM
  • Concertino for Horn
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Alexander Janiczek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
  • Linn 409
3:01 AM
  • Lute Suite "L'Infidele": Sarabande
  • Composer: Silvius Weiss
  • Soloists: Jon Mendle, archguitar
  • In a Circle 4
3:06 AM
  • Romance for Violin and Orchestra
  • Composer: Johan Svendsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 449923
3:13 AM
  • O Come, O Come Emmanuel
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Genghis Barbie
3:18 AM
  • Tamara
  • Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Conductor: Kent Nagano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4830396
3:42 AM
  • Images, Book 1
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Seong-Jin Cho, piano
  • DG 4798308
4:01 AM
  • Pol
  • Composer: Johann Johannsson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Echo Collective
  • DG 4837218
4:06 AM
  • Baltic Sketches
  • Composer: Stephen Scott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Bowed Piano Ensemble
  • Navona 5937
4:16 AM
  • Viola Concerto
  • Composer: Magnus Lindberg
  • Conductor: Nicholas Collon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lawrence Power, viola
  • Ondine 1436
4:52 AM
  • Cerulean: Lullaby
  • Composer: David Biedenbender
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Donald Sinta Quartet
  • Bright Shiny Things 133
5:01 AM
  • Reflections on the Nature of Water: Crystalline; Fleet
  • Composer: Jacob Druckman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion
  • Cedille 175
5:06 AM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Alfred Momotenko
  • Conductor: Sigvards Klava
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Latvian Radio Choir
  • Ondine 1413
5:11 AM
  • Lignum
  • Composer: Jekabs Jancevskis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
  • Soloists: Alina Vizine, Zane Kalnina, Rakele Chijenaite, svilpaunieki, Gidon Kremer, violin
  • ECM 2745
5:24 AM
  • Cloud
  • Composer: yMusic
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: yMusic
  • StorySound 161050
5:29 AM
  • Concerto for Two Pianos
  • Composer: Bryce Dessner
  • Conductor: Matthias Pintscher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • Soloists: Katia Labeque, piano, Marielle Labeque, piano
  • DG 4818074
5:52 AM
  • Closing
  • Composer: Philip Glass
  • Soloists: Katia Labeque, piano, Marielle Labeque, piano, Bryce Dessner, guitar, David Chalmin, guitar
  • DG 4876947
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.