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Flowers of Herself

  • Composer:Max Richter
  • Conductor:Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Baltic Sea Philharmonic
  • DG 4860449

Schedule for October 16, 2025

(All times are U.S. Central).
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5:01 AM
  • Jura (The Sea)
  • Composer: Mikalojus Ciurlionis
  • Conductor: Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
  • European Broadcasting Union Recording
5:34 AM
  • To Laura: The Sea and the Stars
  • Composer: Angela Sanchez
  • Conductor: Stanislav Vavrinek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Navona 6298
5:40 AM
  • Fantasy for Flute and Piano
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Laurel Zucker, flute
  • Cantilena 66024
6:01 AM
  • Joan Baez Suite
  • Composer: John Duarte
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Sony 45456
6:17 AM
  • To Become (Divenire)
  • Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
  • Conductor: Clark Rundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mari Samuelsen, violin
6:26 AM
  • Piano Concerto
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Peter Oundjian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Soloists: Xiayin Wang, piano
  • Chandos 5128
7:00 AM
  • Sakuntala Overture
  • Composer: Karl Goldmark
  • Conductor: Yondani Butt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ASV 791
7:20 AM
  • Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67309
7:27 AM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4792437
8:01 AM
  • Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song)
  • Composer: Erich Korngold
  • Conductor: Kirill Karabits
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 17609
8:06 AM
  • Nocturnes: Sirenes
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 415370
8:18 AM
  • String Quartet No. 22 "Prussian"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3192
8:42 AM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Blanik
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Pentatone 7203
9:01 AM
  • Mazurka No. 36
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Aleck Karis, piano
  • Romeo 7271
9:06 AM
  • Overjoyed
  • Composer: Stevie Wonder
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Calefax Reed Ensemble
  • Pentatone 7046
9:11 AM
  • Symphony No. 2: 1st movement
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Naxos 559213
9:24 AM
  • Sonata Concertata
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 5679
9:40 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 31
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • Teldec 26869
10:01 AM
  • Amazing Grace
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Serafin String Quartet
  • Naxos 559752
10:06 AM
  • Summa
  • Composer: Arvo Part
  • Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naive 5425
10:13 AM
  • Preludio Sinfonico
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Claudio Scimone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
  • Erato 55026
10:25 AM
  • Dala Suite: Sunday in the Village
  • Composer: Helena Munktell
  • Conductor: Tobias Ringborg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gavle Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 1066
10:28 AM
  • Water Music Suite No. 2
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 68257
10:49 AM
  • Symphony No. 1: Finale
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 462125
11:03 AM
  • Miniatures: Suliko
  • Composer: Sulkhan Tsintsadze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Avos Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alessio Pianelli, cello
  • Rubicon 1051
11:06 AM
  • Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  • Philips 434109
11:12 AM
  • Concertino Pastorale: Finale
  • Composer: John Ireland
  • Conductor: George Hurst
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8375
11:18 AM
  • Spanish Fandango
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Soloists: Christopher Mallett, guitar
  • Naxos 559924
11:23 AM
  • Iberia: Holy Festival in Seville
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Soloists: Imogen Cooper, piano
  • Chandos 20119
11:33 AM
  • Symphony No. 39: 1st movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80203
11:44 AM
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Jaime Laredo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5078
11:52 AM
  • Romantic Suite: Dance
  • Composer: Franz Schreker
  • Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9951
12:01 PM
  • Village Dance
  • Composer: Claude Champagne
  • Conductor: Yoav Talmi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quebec Symphony Orchestra
  • Analekta 3156
12:06 PM
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
  • Telarc 80403
12:10 PM
  • Symphonic Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Edward Gardner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 5301
12:17 PM
  • Waltz No. 8
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Claudio Arrau, piano
  • Philips 432303
12:22 PM
  • String Quartet No. 3: 4th movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dover Quartet
  • Cedille 198
12:29 PM
  • Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 454250
12:46 PM
  • Swan Lake: Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 436658
12:53 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Randall Goosby, violin
  • London/Decca 4854234
1:01 PM
  • Startin' Sumthin'
  • Composer: Jeff Scott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7796
1:06 PM
  • Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Soloists: Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo
  • Warner 56229
1:12 PM
  • Puffin' Billy
  • Composer: Edward White
  • Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin
  • Marco Polo 223522
1:18 PM
  • Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Conductor: Christoph Konig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg
  • Naxos 573706
1:25 PM
  • A Fugal Concerto
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Duke Dobing, flute, Christopher Hooker, oboe
  • Chandos 9270
1:34 PM
  • Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Claudio Scimone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
  • Soloists: Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
  • Sony 39062
1:44 PM
  • A Country Woman
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Robert Stankovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223705
1:50 PM
  • Symphony No. 104 "London": 1st movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80311
2:01 PM
  • String Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Scott Yoo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
  • Archetype 60107
2:06 PM
  • Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
  • Telarc 80489
2:14 PM
  • En avril a Paris
  • Composer: Charles Trenet
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • London/Decca 4852082
2:19 PM
  • An American in Paris
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 93018
2:39 PM
  • String Quartet No. 6
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet
  • Naxos 574360
2:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 5: 4th movement
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 63124
3:00 PM
  • Andantino mosso
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Soloists: Jeffrey Swann, piano
  • Akademia 102
3:07 PM
  • Sonata in the Old Spanish Style
  • Composer: Gaspar Cassado
  • Conductor: Yuli Turovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Musici Montreal
  • Soloists: Yuli Turovsky, cello
  • Analekta 9897
3:21 PM
  • En Automne
  • Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  • Soloists: Jorge Bolet, piano
  • London/Decca 417361
3:26 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
  • EMI 57128
3:53 PM
  • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • DG 431663
4:01 PM
  • Baile de las mascaras
  • Composer: Francesco Corradini
  • Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Koln
  • Archiv 4792050
4:06 PM
  • Waltz No. 3
  • Composer: Ferdinando Carulli
  • Soloists: Franz Halasz, guitar
  • Naxos 570588
4:11 PM
  • Carnaval
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
4:23 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66289
4:39 PM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
  • Telarc 80309
5:01 PM
  • March on a Russian Theme
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Konstantin Krimets
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 553538
5:06 PM
  • Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Raoul Poliakin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
  • Everest 9031
5:15 PM
  • Danza negra
  • Composer: Ernesto Lecuona
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Caracas Clarinet Quartet
  • Soloists: Anat Cohen, clarinet
5:21 PM
  • Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard
  • Composer: Orlando Gibbons
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Dorian 92220
5:27 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Jahja Ling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
  • Telarc 80232
5:45 PM
  • Symphony No. 3: Finale
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60149
6:01 PM
  • Flute Quintet: Finale
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Martinu Quartet
  • Soloists: Robert Stallman, flute
  • Bogner's Cafe 103
6:06 PM
  • Colas Breugnon Overture
  • Composer: Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61958
6:11 PM
  • Five Variations on "I am still in my spring"
  • Composer: Louis Spohr
  • Soloists: Marion Hoffman, harp
  • Capriccio 10165
6:19 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Claus Peter Flor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sergei Edelmann, piano
  • RCA 7988
6:49 PM
  • Bright Blue Music
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Argo 433071
7:01 PM
  • Beatrix' Dance
  • Composer: Adolphe Adam
  • Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223772
7:06 PM
  • Rondino for Winds
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: (Selected members)
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Orchestra Winds
  • Berlin 9186
7:14 PM
  • Concerto Andaluz
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Horst-Hans Backer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Internationale Philharmonie
  • Naxos 573441
7:41 PM
  • The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite
  • Composer: Leos Janacek
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9080
8:06 PM
  • Dances in the Canebrakes
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Opera Orchestra
  • Naxos 559952
8:15 PM
  • Chinese Tambourin
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Conductor: Long Yu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Maxim Vengerov, violin
  • DG 4836606
8:21 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Monica Huggett
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonnerie
  • Avie 2171
8:39 PM
  • Blumenstuck (Flower Piece)
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Paul Gulda, piano
  • Naxos 550401
8:47 PM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Fabio Luisi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 4863484
9:03 PM
  • Suite for Violin and Piano: Gamin
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zina Schiff, violin
  • Naxos 559867
9:06 PM
  • Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • RCA 63720
9:14 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 24
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 67554
9:28 PM
  • Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9028
9:40 PM
  • Huapango
  • Composer: Jose Moncayo
  • Conductor: Alondra de la Parra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
9:50 PM
  • Fur Elise
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Jorg Demus, piano
  • Intercord 830824
9:54 PM
  • The Gumsuckers March
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Jerry Junkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Wind Symphony
  • Reference 117
10:01 PM
  • The Girl from Corsica
  • Composer: Trevor Duncan
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 67148
10:13 PM
  • Verdun: Heroic Epilogue
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Conductor: Howard Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Hyperion 68283
10:23 PM
  • Rienzi: Overture
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Conductor: Franz Welser-Most
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • DG 4778773
10:36 PM
  • Valse Caprice
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Arabesque 6704
10:43 PM
  • Idomeneo: Ballet Music: Selections
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Philips 422525
11:01 PM
  • Il finto Stanislao: Overture
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic of La Scala
  • London/Decca 4831148
11:06 PM
  • March Militaire No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Yaara Tal, piano
11:11 PM
  • Bethena
  • Composer: Scott Joplin
  • Soloists: Itzhak Perlman, violin
  • EMI 47170
11:19 PM
  • Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 410022
11:30 PM
  • Suite Andaluza
  • Composer: Celedonio Romero
  • Soloists: Angel Romero, guitar
  • Telarc 80213
11:48 PM
  • Paganini Variations
  • Composer: Eugene Ysaye
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capriccio Quartet
  • Orchid 100094
12:06 AM
  • Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 426247
12:09 AM
  • Introduction and Caprice-Jota
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Conductor: Ernest Martinez Izquierdo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Navarra Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tianwa Yang, violin
  • Naxos 572275
12:18 AM
  • Hai Luli!
  • Composer: Pauline Viardot-Garcia
  • Soloists: Laetitia Grimaldi, soprano
  • Bis 2546
12:22 AM
  • Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jan Lisiecki, piano
  • DG 4796824
12:38 AM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Helvi Leiviska
  • Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 2701
1:01 AM
  • Guitar Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Schickhardt
  • Soloists: Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, guitar
  • Classico 167
1:06 AM
  • Polonaise
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 414370
1:14 AM
  • Pretty Lady: Gymnopedie
  • Composer: Stephen Sondheim
  • Soloists: Anthony de Mare, piano
  • Avie 2694
1:18 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Randall Thompson
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 60594
2:01 AM
  • Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Soloists: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello
  • MSR 1752
2:06 AM
  • Starburst
  • Composer: Jessie Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Knights
  • Rising Sun 6
2:16 AM
  • Portraits of Langston: Silver Rain
  • Composer: Valerie Coleman
  • Soloists: Demarre McGill, flute
  • Cedille 172
2:22 AM
  • The River Suite
  • Composer: Duke Ellington
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 559737
2:44 AM
  • American Mirror, Part 1
  • Composer: Derrick Skye
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
  • DG 4867758
3:01 AM
  • Piano Sonata: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Helene de Montgeroult
  • Soloists: Sarah Cahill, piano
  • First Hand 133
3:06 AM
  • Dance Card: Celestial Blue
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
  • Cedille 185
3:15 AM
  • Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau (Reflections in the Water)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Paul Crossley, piano
  • Sony 52583
3:22 AM
  • Fantasy Variations
  • Composer: Ulysses Kay
  • Conductor: Arthur Fagen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559870
3:42 AM
  • Entr'acte
  • Composer: Caroline Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malva String Quartet
  • Footprint 119
3:53 AM
  • Sleep
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polyphony
  • Hyperion 67543
4:01 AM
  • The Jane Pickering Lute Book
  • Composer: Anonymous
  • Soloists: Ronn McFarlane, lute
  • Dorian 90129
4:06 AM
  • Cape Flattery
  • Composer: Sarah Bassingthwaighte
  • Conductor: Bobby Collins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Aria 22
4:14 AM
  • Piano Trio
  • Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Neave Trio
  • Chandos 20238
4:46 AM
  • Pastorale
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  • DG 463667
4:50 AM
  • Flowers of Herself
  • Composer: Max Richter
  • Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltic Sea Philharmonic
  • DG 4860449
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.

Jake Armerding

Jake Armerding

Jake Armerding grew up playing classical violin and listening to ‘80s pop radio. He spent 20 years on the road as an instrumentalist, appearing on such revered stages as Carnegie Hall and the Newport Folk Festival, before pivoting toward local musical work. He was thrilled to land a spot on the YourClassical team in the last days of 2024. He and his wife oversee the developing rowdiness of their three boys.

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.