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Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

  • Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor:Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80148

Schedule for October 10, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • String Sextet
  • Composer: Louis Spohr
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy Chamber Ensemble
  • Chandos 9424
5:28 AM
  • Bassoon Concerto
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mito Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dag Jensen, bassoon
  • Sony 61884
5:48 AM
  • By the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schonen, blauen Donau)
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 445773
6:01 AM
  • Through the Looking Glass
  • Composer: Deems Taylor
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3099
6:35 AM
  • Prayer and Celebration
  • Composer: Augusta Read Thomas
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Haven Symphony Orchestra
  • Nimbus 6262
6:39 AM
  • Guitar Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
  • RCA 60355
7:09 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 572583
7:23 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 16
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Stephen Kovacevich, piano
  • EMI 55226
7:44 AM
  • A Moorside Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 5192
8:01 AM
  • Two Serenades
  • Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Conductor: Mikko Franck
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
  • DG 4839847
8:16 AM
  • Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Heidi Lowy, piano
  • Bayer 100344
8:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 38 "Prague"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80148
9:01 AM
  • Lyric Quartet: The Quiet One
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
9:06 AM
  • Fantasy on French Folk Themes
  • Composer: Vincent d'Indy
  • Conductor: Jean-Marc Burfin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Philippe Cousu, oboe
  • Marco Polo 223659
9:20 AM
  • Coffee and Cakes
  • Composer: Charlie Chaplin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Duo Intermezzo
  • Genuin 10531
9:24 AM
  • Bagatelles
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Lowell Graham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Chamber Players
  • Klavier 11126
9:45 AM
  • Charterhouse Suite
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Dalia Atlas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Chamber Orchestra
  • Stradivari 8011
10:01 AM
  • Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Philips 462824
10:06 AM
  • Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
10:12 AM
  • Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Michael Collins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Winds
  • Hyperion 66731
10:16 AM
  • Tralala
  • Composer: Christina Courtin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider
  • Mercury 21593
10:25 AM
  • The Godfather: Love Theme
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8726
10:28 AM
  • Fantasy on Polish Airs
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Conductor: Kazimierz Kord
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
  • Arabesque 6702
10:44 AM
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223516
11:03 AM
  • Romantic Piece
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
11:06 AM
  • L'inganno felice (The Happy Deception): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 415363
11:12 AM
  • Minuet No. 2
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Jean Jacques Kantorow
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Auvergne
  • Denon 3871
11:17 AM
  • Canzon Duodecimi Toni
  • Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Brass
  • Linn 581
11:23 AM
  • O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style
  • Composer: Thomas C. Kelly
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
11:37 AM
  • Flute Concerto No. 2: 1st movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: James Galway
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 7861
11:47 AM
  • Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 68139
11:49 AM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425468
12:01 PM
  • Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun): Pavane and Scene du bouquet
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 20151
12:06 PM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
12:09 PM
  • Canon and Gigue
  • Composer: Johann Pachelbel
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 415518
12:17 PM
  • Billy the Kid: Celebration
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 77310
12:19 PM
  • Symphony No. 13
  • Composer: William Herschel
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10048
12:32 PM
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 422050
12:42 PM
  • My Home Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 417597
12:52 PM
  • Toward a New Life
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Conductor: Petr Altrichter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111825
1:01 PM
  • Trumpet Sonata a 7
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Wallace, trumpet
  • Nimbus 7012
1:06 PM
  • Sevillanas
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Telarc 80593
1:10 PM
  • Iberia: Triana
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 5404
1:16 PM
  • A New Satiesfaction
  • Composer: Stephan Koncz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Made in Berlin
  • London/Decca 4833852
1:21 PM
  • Carmen Suite No. 2: The New Guard; Bohemian Dance
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80048
1:30 PM
  • Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 1st movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert Orkis, piano
  • DG 457619
1:42 PM
  • Serenade No. 2: 1st movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111992
1:52 PM
  • Crown Imperial
  • Composer: William Walton
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80125
2:01 PM
  • Four Contredances
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Hans Graf
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
  • LaserLight 15887
2:06 PM
  • Othello Suite: Military March
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Fawzi Haimor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
2:09 PM
  • Little Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Orff
  • Conductor: Klaus Rainer Scholl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mainz Wind Ensemble
  • Wergo 6174
2:23 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
  • Saint Luke's 302
2:44 PM
  • German Dances
  • Composer: William Brade
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brass Ensemble
  • Soloists: Ludwig Guttler, trumpet
  • Capriccio 10146
2:50 PM
  • The Planets: Jupiter
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 5086
3:01 PM
  • Forgotten Melodies: Festive Dance
  • Composer: Nikolai Medtner
  • Soloists: Kenny Broberg, piano
  • Steinway and Sons 30198
3:06 PM
  • L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 431653
3:14 PM
  • Buzzer Rag
  • Composer: May Aufderheide
  • Soloists: Virginia Eskin, piano
  • Northeastern 9003
3:19 PM
  • Four Popular Catalan Songs
  • Composer: Miguel Llobet
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 80633
3:25 PM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 91729
3:43 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Conductor: Libor Pesek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Shizuka Ishikawa, violin
  • Supraphon 7285
4:01 PM
  • London Fields: St. James' Park - A Lakeside Reverie
  • Composer: Phyllis Tate
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lyrita 214
4:06 PM
  • Les Adieux, A Reverie on a Motif from Romeo and Juliet
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Soyeon Kate Lee, piano
  • Naxos 572589
4:16 PM
  • Midnight Polka
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gulbenkian Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5264
4:21 PM
  • Symphony No. 40
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 422502
4:50 PM
  • Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)
  • Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Soloists: Natasha Paremski, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30063
5:01 PM
  • Csardas
  • Composer: Vittorio Monti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra
  • Soloists: Josef Sakonov, violin
  • London/Decca 444786
5:06 PM
  • Aida: Triumphal March
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 44724
5:14 PM
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Flying Machines
  • Composer: Caroline Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
  • Soloists: John Patitucci, bass
  • Nonesuch 78984
5:21 PM
  • Harp Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Albrechtsberger
  • Conductor: Rossen Milanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Hainen, harp
  • Avie 2221
5:43 PM
  • Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
  • Hyperion 67381
6:01 PM
  • Partita No. 6: Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Sergey Schepkin, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30062
6:06 PM
  • The Gadfly: Romance
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Belgian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 6603
6:13 PM
  • Introduction and Allegro
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5210
6:28 PM
  • Octet for Winds
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Stephen Taylor, oboe
6:51 PM
  • Janitzio
  • Composer: Silvestre Revueltas
  • Conductor: Eduardo Mata
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • RCA 63548
7:01 PM
  • Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme
  • Composer: Maurice Jarre
  • Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 60392
7:06 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 6
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4789458
7:13 PM
  • Three Pieces for Piano
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Arabesque 6693
7:20 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Soloists: Paul Goodwin, oboe/oboe d'amore
  • Archiv 431678
7:43 PM
  • The Kitchen Review
  • Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Chamber Ensemble
8:01 PM
  • Piano Sonata: Scherzo
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • Orange Mountain
8:06 PM
  • Corsair: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 434328
8:14 PM
  • Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 439933
8:27 PM
  • Guitar Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Celil Refik Kaya
  • Soloists: Bokyung Byun, guitar
  • Naxos 574433
8:43 PM
  • Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Jun'ichi Hirokami
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • RCA 7916
9:03 PM
  • Suite for String Orchestra: Interlude
  • Composer: Susan Spain-Dunk
  • Conductor: Douglas Bostock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
  • CPO 555457
9:06 PM
  • Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
  • Naxos 550185
9:12 PM
  • Jota de Pamplona
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Conductor: Ernest Martinez Izquierdo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Navarra Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tianwa Yang, violin
  • Naxos 572276
9:21 PM
  • Tropic Winter: Pompons and Fans
  • Composer: Nathaniel Dett
  • Soloists: Clipper Erickson, piano
  • Navona 6013
9:25 PM
  • Fair Maid of Perth: Suite
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Enrique Batiz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ASV 620
9:40 PM
  • Locus iste
  • Composer: Karl Jenkins
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polyphony
  • DG 4793232
9:43 PM
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Composer: Samuel Wesley
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9823
10:01 PM
  • Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow
  • Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
  • Conductor: Okko Kamu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 553115
10:06 PM
  • Abdelazer: Incidental Music
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 9811
10:14 PM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Military": Scherzo
  • Composer: Emilie Mayer
  • Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Philharmonic
  • CPO 555511
10:21 PM
  • Concerto for Two Horns
  • Composer: Leopold Mozart
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jacek Muzyk, horn, Daniel Kerdelewicz, horn
  • Naxos 574646
10:34 PM
  • String Quintet: Finale
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Isaac Stern, violin, Cho-Liang Lin, violin, Jaime Laredo, viola, Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Sharon Robinson, cello
  • Sony 53983
10:45 PM
  • Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Paavo Berglund
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • EMI 68649
11:01 PM
  • Tianjin Suite: The Sunlight in Mt. Panshan
  • Composer: Xiaogang Ye
  • Conductor: Stephan Malzew
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 579088
11:06 PM
  • Carnival Waltz
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Bengt Forsberg, piano, Peter Jablonski, piano
  • DG 471331
11:13 PM
  • African Suite: Joyful Day
  • Composer: Fela Sowande
  • Conductor: Mario Bernardi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Arts Centre Orchestra
11:22 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 4th-5th movements
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 46532
11:37 PM
  • Making Hay
  • Composer: Errollyn Wallen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Black Oak Ensemble
  • Cedille 237
11:47 PM
  • Pastoral Suite
  • Composer: Gunnar De Frumerie
  • Conductor: Jan-Olav Wedin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Ensemble
  • Soloists: Gunilla von Bahr, flute
  • Bis 175
12:01 AM
  • Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia
  • Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti
  • Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina
  • London/Decca 470650
12:06 AM
  • Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 8412
12:12 AM
  • Tango Ballet
  • Composer: Astor Piazzolla
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players
  • Soloists: Melissa Reardon, viola
  • Azica 71372
12:26 AM
  • Hamlet: Ballet Music
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 54820
12:44 AM
  • Skazka (Tale) "Ophelia's Song"
  • Composer: Nikolai Medtner
  • Soloists: Hamish Milne, piano
  • Hyperion 67491
12:49 AM
  • Ouverture legere
  • Composer: Lou Koster
  • Conductor: Jonathan Kaell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 573330
1:01 AM
  • Flute Sonata: 1st movement
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brasil Guitar Duo
  • Soloists: Marina Piccinini, flute
  • Avie 2196
1:06 AM
  • Jubilee Overture
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chandos 9066
1:16 AM
  • Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Mozart
  • Archiv 4777598
1:54 AM
  • The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer
  • Soloists: Anna Lapwood, organ
  • Sony 67609
2:01 AM
  • Romantic Waltz
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:06 AM
  • Serenade for Winds
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3094
2:17 AM
  • Seven Beauties: Ballet Suite
  • Composer: Kara Karayev
  • Conductor: Rauf Abdulayev
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
  • Delos 2009
2:53 AM
  • Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Gerhard Oppitz, piano
  • RCA 61968
3:01 AM
  • Sanctus
  • Composer: Ola Gjeilo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tenebrae
  • London/Decca 24646
3:06 AM
  • At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge
  • Composer: Wang Jianmin
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • DG 8233
3:17 AM
  • Cello Concerto
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Inbal Segev, cello
  • Avie 2419
3:47 AM
  • Behold
  • Composer: Inbal Segev
  • Soloists: Inbal Segev, cello
  • Avie 2561
3:53 AM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  • Philips 420711
4:01 AM
  • Rondo Amoroso
  • Composer: Harald Saeverud
  • Conductor: Per Dreier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Aurora 4913
4:06 AM
  • Ballade No. 4
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
  • Sony 97129
4:17 AM
  • String Quintet No. 1
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gringolts Quartet
  • Soloists: Lilli Maijala, viola
  • Bis 2727
4:49 AM
  • Saga-Dream
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Niklas Willen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 557164
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.