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String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

  • Composer:Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Emerson String Quartet
  • DG 471327

Schedule for June 20, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Divertimento No. 2
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy Chamber Ensemble
  • Philips 420181
5:18 AM
  • Sakuntala Overture
  • Composer: Karl Goldmark
  • Conductor: Andras Korodi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Hungaroton 12552
5:35 AM
  • Symphony "The Cotswolds"
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 572914
6:01 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Soloists: Fumika Mohri, violin
  • Naxos 574452
6:20 AM
  • Old Wine in New Bottles
  • Composer: Gordon Jacob
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Winds
  • USAF 1398
6:33 AM
  • Symphony No. 97
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • RCA 68426
7:01 AM
  • Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)
  • Composer: Leo Brouwer
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 89141
7:05 AM
  • Scenes from Childhood
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano
  • DG 410653
7:25 AM
  • Serenade No. 2
  • Composer: Bechara El-Khoury
  • Conductor: Pierre Dervaux
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Colonne Orchestra
  • Naxos 557692
7:32 AM
  • Nocturnes
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • DG 437934
8:01 AM
  • The Night Callings
  • Composer: Heino Eller
  • Conductor: Olari Elts
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Ondine 1335
8:20 AM
  • Scenes from Nigeria: Pastorale
  • Composer: Samuel Akpabot
  • Soloists: Marcus Eley, clarinet
  • Dorian 92156
8:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • DG 4865137
9:01 AM
  • A New Satiesfaction
  • Composer: Stephan Koncz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Made in Berlin
  • London/Decca 4833852
9:06 AM
  • Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies
  • Composer: Traditional Chinese
  • Soloists: Lydia Maria Bader, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38566
9:11 AM
  • Kikujiro: Summer
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8726
9:17 AM
  • Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 434306
9:33 AM
  • String Sextet
  • Composer: Louis Spohr
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy Chamber Ensemble
  • Chandos 9424
10:01 AM
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Composer: Traditional English
  • Conductor: Stuart Morley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Soloists: Claire Jones, harp
  • Silva 6051
10:15 AM
  • Festival of the Bayaderes
  • Composer: Franz Berwald
  • Conductor: Ulf Bjorlin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 65073
10:28 AM
  • Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yundi Li, piano
  • DG 23755
10:34 AM
  • The Seasons: Spring and Summer
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Telarc 80347
10:52 AM
  • Concerto for Two Flutes
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Naxos 553204
11:03 AM
  • Miniature Suite: Rigaudon
  • Composer: Poldowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sylvan Winds
  • Albany 1755
11:06 AM
  • Fantasy Pieces: Summer Song
  • Composer: Agathe Grondahl
  • Conductor: Bjarte Engeset
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 557017
11:09 AM
  • Sunburst
  • Composer: Andrew York
  • Soloists: Jason Vieaux, guitar
  • Azica 71287
11:15 AM
  • Old American Songs: At the River
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Alexander Ponet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
  • DG 4861940
11:19 AM
  • From Italy (Aus Italien): On the Beach at Sorrento
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425941
11:32 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 25: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra Mozart
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano
  • DG 4791033
11:43 AM
  • Sonatina
  • Composer: Federico Torroba
  • Soloists: Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
  • London/Decca 414161
11:54 AM
  • Fugue "Little"
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 89012
12:01 PM
  • Beatrix' Dance
  • Composer: Adolphe Adam
  • Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223772
12:06 PM
  • Waltz-Scherzo
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia
  • Soloists: Daniel Lozakovich, violin
  • DG 4836086
12:13 PM
  • Summertime Waltz (Waltz Charming)
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Michael Clark, piano
  • Navona 6591
12:17 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Conductor: Jonathan Morton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
  • Soloists: Alison Balsom, trumpet
  • EMI 56094
12:25 PM
  • Viennese Ladies Landler
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Wien
  • Sony 48386
12:33 PM
  • Academic Festival Overture
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4787471
12:43 PM
  • Serenade for Strings: Finale
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 417452
12:51 PM
  • Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Josep Pons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • Harmonia Mundi 902326
1:01 PM
  • King Carotte Overture
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Philips 422057
1:07 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Francois-Rene Duchable, piano
  • EMI 66403
1:12 PM
  • Clarinet Quintet: Rondo
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Composers String Quartet
  • Soloists: Eddie Daniels, clarinet
  • Reference 40
1:19 PM
  • Summer Skies
  • Composer: Leroy Anderson
  • Conductor: Frederick Fennell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eastman-Rochester Pops
  • DG 469376
1:22 PM
  • Porgy and Bess: Summertime
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Soloists: Kathleen Battle, soprano
  • DG 437787
1:25 PM
  • Capriccio Espagnol
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Eduardo Mata
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eliot Chapo, violin
  • Telarc 80055
1:42 PM
  • The Woods so Wild
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
1:47 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5296
2:01 PM
  • Old Hungarian Dances: selections
  • Composer: Ferenc Farkas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Quintet
  • Nimbus 5479
2:08 PM
  • Valse triste
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Thomas Sondergard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Linn 566
2:13 PM
  • Serenade No. 2
  • Composer: Robert Volkmann
  • Conductor: Johannes Goritzki
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: German Chamber Academy
  • CPO 999159
2:27 PM
  • Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9313
2:42 PM
  • Rondo for Violin and Orchestra
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julia Fischer, violin
  • PentaTone 64
2:49 PM
  • Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood)
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Vox 5132
3:00 PM
  • String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet
  • Telarc 80178
3:06 PM
  • Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: James Judd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 557166
3:13 PM
  • Summer Dreams
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Aglika Genova, piano
  • CPO 555453
3:28 PM
  • Serenade
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Naxos 559867
3:35 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, violin
  • RCA 60718
3:46 PM
  • Guitar Sonata No. 5
  • Composer: Wenzel Matiegka
  • Soloists: David Starobin, guitar
  • Bridge 9567
3:58 PM
  • Mrs. Winter's Jump
  • Composer: John Dowland
  • Soloists: Paul O'Dette, lute
  • Harmonia Mundi 907160
4:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Adalbert Gyrowetz
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9791
4:07 PM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Anthony Bramall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 550055
4:20 PM
  • The Aspen
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Soloists: Peter Kairoff, piano
  • Albany 745
4:25 PM
  • Simple Symphony
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 45121
4:43 PM
  • Flute and Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Janos Rolla
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
  • Sony 39772
5:01 PM
  • Harp Concerto: Joy Ride
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Conductor: Ward Stare
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
  • Azica 71327
5:06 PM
  • Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9861
5:15 PM
  • Four Spanish Pieces: Scherzo Andaluz
  • Composer: Tomas Breton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: LOM Piano Trio
  • Naxos 570713
5:24 PM
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Bis 2006
5:47 PM
  • Bartered Bride: Dances
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Libor Pesek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Virgin 59285
6:01 PM
  • Suite for Large Orchestra: Finale
  • Composer: Helena Munktell
  • Conductor: Tobias Ringborg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gavle Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 1066
6:06 PM
  • Miniature Viennese March
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Renaud Capucon, violin
  • Virgin 32626
6:09 PM
  • Summer Day
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Donald Barra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Diego Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7042
6:23 PM
  • English Suite No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67451
6:43 PM
  • Sweet William
  • Composer: John Playford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Consort
  • Dorian 93247
6:46 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Vox 5140
7:00 PM
  • The Prince and the Pauper
  • Composer: Erich Korngold
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 185
7:06 PM
  • Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Andre Watts, piano
  • EMI 54151
7:09 PM
  • Canarios
  • Composer: Gaspar Sanz
  • Soloists: Rolf Lislevand, guitar
  • Astree 8516
7:12 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Daniel Harding
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Janine Jansen, violin
  • London/Decca 4780651
7:49 PM
  • Star of the County Down
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Soloists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
  • London/Decca 4853326
7:51 PM
  • The Planets: Jupiter
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 400028
8:01 PM
  • Piano Sonata: Menuet
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 68381
8:06 PM
  • Summer Evening: Waltz
  • Composer: Oscar Merikanto
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ondine 824
8:12 PM
  • Four Seasons: Summer
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
  • EMI 94431
8:24 PM
  • With the Wild Geese
  • Composer: Hamilton Harty
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8321
8:46 PM
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  • Philips 472678
9:03 PM
  • Impromptu
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Quynh Nguyen, piano
  • Music & Arts 1306
9:07 PM
  • The Fairy Queen: Act IV Symphony
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Soloists: Alison Balsom, trumpet
  • EMI 40329
9:14 PM
  • Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow
  • Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
  • Conductor: Okko Kamu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 553115
9:20 PM
  • Fantasy for a Gentleman: Dance
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Miguel Gomez Martinez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
  • London/Decca 417199
9:22 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Caroline Gilbert, viola
  • Beau Fleuve 998579
9:41 PM
  • Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero
  • Composer: Joseph Canteloube
  • Conductor: Kent Nagano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dawn Upshaw, soprano
  • Erato 17577
9:47 PM
  • Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9028
10:01 PM
  • Carnival-Waltz
  • Composer: Florent Schmitt
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chandos 8356
10:07 PM
  • Proud Thames, Coronation Overture
  • Composer: Elizabeth Maconchy
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lyrita 288
10:13 PM
  • Let it Be
  • Composer: John Lennon/Paul McCartney
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janoska Ensemble
  • DG 25932
10:18 PM
  • Andean Folk Dances
  • Composer: Celso Garrido-Lecca
  • Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  • Naxos 573759
10:32 PM
  • String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
  • DG 471327
10:49 PM
  • Symphony: Finale
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • EMI 63898
11:01 PM
  • Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
  • Composer: Astor Piazzolla
  • Soloists: Philip Hansen, cello, Mika Sunago, piano, Erin Furbee, violin
  • North Pacific 28
11:08 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Thomas Sondergard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Linn 611
11:23 PM
  • Symphonic Etude
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
11:30 PM
  • Whirling Dance
  • Composer: Yiu-Kwong Chung
  • Conductor: Yiu-Kwong Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Taipei Chinese Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sharon Bezaly, flute
  • Bis 1888
11:38 PM
  • Canon
  • Composer: Alexander Scriabin
  • Conductor: Donald Fraser
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Symphony Orchetra
  • Avie 2391
11:43 PM
  • In a Summer Garden
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Teldec 90845
12:01 AM
  • Romance
  • Composer: Johann Peter Salomon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
12:06 AM
  • Song for Orchestra
  • Composer: Ruth Gipps
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 20078
12:13 AM
  • A Song of Summer
  • Composer: Albert Ketelbey
  • Soloists: Rosemary Tuck, piano
  • Naxos 574299
12:17 AM
  • Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Romantica"
  • Composer: Kurt Atterberg
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 5166
12:47 AM
  • Sonatine
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • London/Decca 433515
1:01 AM
  • Characteristic Suite: Scherzo
  • Composer: Henry Schoenefeld
  • Conductor: Reuben Blundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gowanus Arts Ensemble
  • New Focus 166
1:06 AM
  • Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • DG 471332
1:16 AM
  • Lost in the Stars
  • Composer: Kurt Weill
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30016
1:22 AM
  • On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 508018
1:43 AM
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Soloists: Dawn Upshaw, soprano
  • Nonesuch 79187
2:01 AM
  • Reverie
  • Composer: Andre Caplet
  • Soloists: Leone Buyse, flute, Martin Amlin, piano
  • Crystal 715
2:06 AM
  • Carmen: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • EMI 58906
2:09 AM
  • Summer Evenings: Under the plane trees
  • Composer: Bernard Andres
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Harp Quartet
  • SELF PROD 406
2:14 AM
  • Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony"
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yvonne Kenny, soprano
  • Chandos 8594
2:52 AM
  • Notturno
  • Composer: Emilie Mayer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trio Vivente
  • CPO 555029
3:01 AM
  • In Praise of Music: For the Saint, Cecilia
  • Composer: Dominick Argento
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 100
3:06 AM
  • Prince and the Mermaid Suite
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
3:14 AM
  • Summer Interlude
  • Composer: Betty King
  • Soloists: Samantha Ege, piano
  • Lorelt 145
3:19 AM
  • Roman Festivals
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: James DePreist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon Symphony
  • Delos 3070
3:47 AM
  • Canto di Virginia
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alessandro Potenza, oboe
  • London/Decca 1090
4:01 AM
  • Two Romances
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alexander Kniazev, cello
  • Warner 62061
4:06 AM
  • Prelude and Fugue No. 2
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Jozef de Beenhouwer, piano
  • CPO 999758
4:10 AM
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chiara String Quartet
4:50 AM
  • Morning Star Waltz
  • Composer: Justin Holland
  • Soloists: Michael Vascones, guitar
  • APM Recording 20221
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.