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  • Composer:Jessie Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:A Far Cry Orchestra
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    • Awadagin Pratt, piano
  • New Amsterdam 177

Schedule for April 03, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Flute Concerto "Dances with the Winds"
  • Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Conductor: Naomi Woo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Canada
  • Soloists: Arin Sarkissian, flute
  • European Broadcasting Union Recording
5:22 AM
  • Cold Wind
  • Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
  • Soloists: Ludovico Einaudi, piano
  • London/Decca 29843
5:28 AM
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cracow Golden Quintet
  • Dux 1685
5:38 AM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Helvi Leiviska
  • Conductor: Dalia Stasevska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 2701
6:01 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
  • London/Decca 414475
6:38 AM
  • Poeme for Violin and Orchestra
  • Composer: George Walker
  • Conductor: Edwin London
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Chamber Symphony
  • Soloists: Gregory Walker, violin
  • Albany 270
6:56 AM
  • In Sentimental Mood
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Flipside 18
7:00 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Lisa Batiashvili
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Lisa Batiashvili, violin
  • Sony 33400
7:47 AM
  • Dusklight Movement
  • Composer: Jon Batiste
  • Soloists: Jon Batiste, piano
7:51 AM
  • Three Dances: Divertissement
  • Composer: Maurice Durufle
  • Conductor: John Wilson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London
  • Chandos 5252
8:01 AM
  • Flute Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Francois Devienne
  • Conductor: Hans Stadlmair
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Andras Adorjan, flute
  • Tudor 1620
8:21 AM
  • Sarabande
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
  • DG 4797538
8:25 AM
  • String Quartet No. 5
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Quartet
  • DG 429193
9:01 AM
  • Poem
  • Composer: Zdenek Fibich
  • Conductor: Vaclav Smetacek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 101429
9:06 AM
  • Four Seasons: Winter
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Anne-Sophie Mutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trondheim Soloists
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 463259
9:17 AM
  • Sunglitter
  • Composer: Jane Antonia Cornish
  • Soloists: Vicky Chow, piano
  • Canteloupe 21174
9:24 AM
  • The Garden of Fand
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10362
9:43 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 4
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Yeol Eum Som, piano
  • Naive 8049
10:01 AM
  • Siciliano
  • Composer: Harry Dexter
  • Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin
  • Marco Polo 223522
10:07 AM
  • Scenes from Childhood: Of Foreign Lands and People
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4854218
10:09 AM
  • Inner Mongolia Suite: Nostalgia
  • Composer: Ma Sicong
  • Conductor: Yiu-Kwong Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Taipei Chinese Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lu Siqing, violin
  • Bis 2104
10:16 AM
  • Six Epigraphes Antiques
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 572568
10:35 AM
  • Three Shakespeare Songs
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Singers
  • Collegium 104
10:42 AM
  • Harp Concerto
  • Composer: Jean Eichner
  • Conductor: Stefan Fraas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Silke Aichhorn, harp
  • CPO 777835
11:03 AM
  • Pastorale
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Branford Marsalis, saxophone
  • Sony 42122
11:06 AM
  • Hark! Hark! The Lark
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Jorge Bolet, piano
  • London/Decca 414575
11:10 AM
  • Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80311
11:19 AM
  • Morning Song
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4789386
11:23 AM
  • Romance for Violin and Orchestra
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Daniel Hege
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Encore Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 35
11:36 AM
  • Symphony No. 8
  • Composer: William Herschel
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10048
11:49 AM
  • Prague Waltzes
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 414370
12:01 PM
  • Humoreske
  • Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vento Chiaro
  • Ongaku 24120
12:06 PM
  • Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Ray Chen, violin
  • London/Decca 4833852
12:10 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
12:18 PM
  • Wedding Dance and Two Polskas
  • Composer: Anonymous
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Curious Bards
  • Harmonia Mundi 905398
12:23 PM
  • Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
  • Composer: John Knowles Paine
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 559747
12:34 PM
  • Symphony No. 8: 4th movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 430400
12:43 PM
  • Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
12:49 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 1: Overture
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 3134
1:01 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63025
1:06 PM
  • Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Javier Perianes, piano
  • Harmonia Mundi 902195
1:09 PM
  • Six Variations on La Folia
  • Composer: Mauro Giuliani
  • Soloists: Richard Savino, guitar
  • Koch 7591
1:16 PM
  • Concert Overture No. 2
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Naxos 559920
1:30 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "Great": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 423656
1:45 PM
  • Te Deum: Prelude
  • Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Laird Brass Ensemble
  • Soloists: Peter Hurford, organ
  • Argo 433451
1:49 PM
  • Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid): Kidlings' Dance
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Soloists: Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
  • EMI 88328
1:51 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • SFS 2
2:01 PM
  • String Quartet: 1st movement
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dolezal Quartet
  • Supraphon 4289
2:07 PM
  • Petrarch Sonnet No. 104
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
  • London/Decca 4851450
2:15 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Serenissima
  • Soloists: Adrian Chandler, violin
  • Signum 886
2:26 PM
  • Jewels of the Madonna Suite
  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 54585
2:43 PM
  • Romance No. 1
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Angela Tirino, piano
  • Urania 14078
2:47 PM
  • Rienzi: Overture
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Conductor: Christian Thielemann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 4745022
3:01 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Lelio Colista
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
  • Brilliant 96033
3:06 PM
  • Poet and Peasant Overture
  • Composer: Franz von Suppe
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80116
3:19 PM
  • Fantasie Symphonique
  • Composer: Louis Theodore Gouvy
  • Conductor: Jacques Mercier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: German Radio Philharmonic
  • CPO 777382
3:41 PM
  • Theme Varie
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30239
3:47 PM
  • Carmen Fantasy
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
  • Nonesuch 79464
4:01 PM
  • Sextet: 1st movement
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Soloists: Sally Walker, flute
  • Avie 2698
4:06 PM
  • Fruhlingslied (Spring Song)
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Joseph Banowetz, piano
  • Naxos 553656
4:09 PM
  • i thank You God for most this amazing day
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polyphony
  • Hyperion 67543
4:17 PM
  • Three Botticelli Pictures
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 416
4:37 PM
  • Italian Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Corona Guitar Quartet
  • Albany 1084
4:50 PM
  • Overture "In the Italian Style"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic of La Scala
  • London/Decca 4852971
5:01 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
5:06 PM
  • Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Sony 45811
5:10 PM
  • 12 Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes" from Judas Maccabaeus
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: David Finckel, cello
  • ArtistLed 19801
5:24 PM
  • Divertimento
  • Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • Conductor: John Wilson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London
  • Chandos 5324
5:42 PM
  • Caprice
  • Composer: Cheng-Qian Xue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
5:49 PM
  • L'Etoile du Nord: Dance Suite
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
6:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: Menuetto
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Conductor: Christoph Konig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg
  • Naxos 574094
6:06 PM
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 445826
6:09 PM
  • Sinfonia melodica for Two Oboes
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Rainer Kussmaul
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists
  • Soloists: Albrecht Mayer, oboe
  • DG 5761
6:21 PM
  • La Mer (The Sea)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 62599
6:46 PM
  • Five Tails in Cold Blood: Manta Ray Ballet
  • Composer: Richard Charlton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Guitar Trek
  • Naxos 579060
6:51 PM
  • Dance of the Water Sprites (Danza delle Ondine)
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 433863
7:00 PM
  • Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Zoltan Kocsis, piano
  • Philips 412890
7:06 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 1: Divertimento
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
  • Naxos 550644
7:44 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
  • Soloists: Isabelle Faust, violin
  • Harmonia Mundi 902686
8:01 PM
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis: March
  • Composer: Paul Hindemith
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 4777645
8:06 PM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 46356
8:10 PM
  • Trio de Salon
  • Composer: (Marie) Clemence de Grandval
  • Soloists: Lajos Lencses, oboe
  • Hanssler 98295
8:20 PM
  • Fantasy for a Gentleman
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Milos Karadaglic, guitar
  • DG 4810652
8:43 PM
  • La Procession del Rocio
  • Composer: Joaquin Turina
  • Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60895
8:53 PM
  • March Militaire No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: James Sinclair
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Navarra Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559954
9:03 PM
  • Trumpet Tune
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Donald Fraser
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • RCA 61541
9:06 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Yuanfan Yang, piano
  • Orchid 100073
9:12 PM
  • String Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Ensemble
  • Europa 350204
9:25 PM
  • Colonial Dance
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Naxos 559920
9:30 PM
  • Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Denon 9884
9:49 PM
  • Mulqueen's
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider
  • Soloists: Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle
  • In a Circle 012
9:52 PM
  • The Irish Four Seasons: Spring
  • Composer: Ailbhe McDonagh
  • Conductor: David Brophy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Anamus
  • Soloists: Lynda O'Connor, violin
  • Avie 2688
10:01 PM
  • Witness: Building the Barn
  • Composer: Maurice Jarre
  • Conductor: Maurice Jarre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 42307
10:06 PM
  • Concerto for Mixed Instruments
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Richard Kapp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Virtuosi
  • ESS.A.Y 1022
10:17 PM
  • Poetic Waltz
  • Composer: Felipe Villanueva
  • Soloists: Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
  • Cedille 132
10:23 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": Largo
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • London/Decca 421016
10:37 PM
  • The Day is Done
  • Composer: Stephen Paulus
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Hyperion 67832
10:43 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Rosetti
  • Conductor: Johannes Moesus
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Willis, horn
  • CPO 777288
11:01 PM
  • The Tempest: Rustic Dance
  • Composer: Ernest Chausson
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV
  • Chandos 8369
11:06 PM
  • Gaspard de la Nuit: Ondine
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Seong-Jin Cho, piano
  • DG 4866814
11:14 PM
  • Sea Sketches
  • Composer: Grace Williams
  • Conductor: John Andrews
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Resonus 10349
11:34 PM
  • Sea-shore Suite
  • Composer: Ruth Gipps
  • Soloists: Juliana Koch, oboe
  • Chandos 20290
11:39 PM
  • Symphony No. 95
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Roy Goodman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hanover Band
  • Nimbus 5126
12:01 AM
  • A Country Woman
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Robert Stankovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223705
12:06 AM
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Janine Jansen, violin
  • London/Decca 475011
12:16 AM
  • Graceful Ghost Rag
  • Composer: William Bolcom
  • Soloists: Lise de la Salle, piano
  • Naive 5468
12:23 AM
  • Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Andrew Manze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Harmonia Mundi 907280
12:45 AM
  • Everything Lasts Forever
  • Composer: Michael Kurth
  • Conductor: Robert Spano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • ASO Media 1011
1:01 AM
  • Paper Moon
  • Composer: Manos Hadjidakis
  • Soloists: Elena Papandreou, guitar
  • Bis 2636
1:06 AM
  • Anacreon: Overture
  • Composer: Luigi Cherubini
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 54438
1:17 AM
  • Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Stephane Deneve
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Ehnes, violin
  • Pentatone 7148
1:48 AM
  • Using the Apostate Tyrant as His Tool
  • Composer: Kassia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kronos Quartet
  • Nonesuch 79457
1:53 AM
  • Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Jutta Zoff, harp
  • Berlin 2018
2:01 AM
  • Prelude: 2nd movement
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet
  • Soloists: Alexa Still, flute
  • Koch 7192
2:06 AM
  • Negro Folk Symphony: Hope in the Night
  • Composer: William Dawson
  • Conductor: Roderick Cox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony 1027
2:24 AM
  • Hallelujah
  • Composer: Leonard Cohen
  • Soloists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
  • London/Decca 4832948
2:29 AM
  • Rounds
  • Composer: Jessie Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: A Far Cry Orchestra
  • Soloists: Awadagin Pratt, piano
  • New Amsterdam 177
2:45 AM
  • Umbrian Scene
  • Composer: Ulysses Kay
  • Conductor: Arthur Fagen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559870
3:01 AM
  • Duo Concertant No. 2: Adagio cantabile
  • Composer: Antoine de L'Hoyer
  • Soloists: Matteo Mela, guitar, Lorenzo Micheli, guitar
  • Naxos 570146
3:06 AM
  • Spring (Vesna)
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Igor Golovchin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 553838
3:21 AM
  • Concertino
  • Composer: Mieczyslaw Weinberg
  • Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Parlando
  • Soloists: Aubree Oliverson, violin
  • Delos 3610
3:40 AM
  • Hope is the thing with feathers
  • Composer: Ivo Antognini
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Hyperion 68425
3:46 AM
  • Quiet Reflections
  • Composer: Jack Gallagher
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559768
4:01 AM
  • Beyond the Fog: Mist
  • Composer: Gary Schocker
  • Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp, Gary Schocker, flute
  • Azica 71272
4:06 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Paul Dukas
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80515
4:49 AM
  • Gnossienne No. 1
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Bertrand Chamayou, piano
  • Erato 69646
4:52 AM
  • Gnossienne No. 2
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Bertrand Chamayou, piano
  • Erato 69646
4:54 AM
  • Gnossienne No. 4
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Bertrand Chamayou, piano
  • Erato 69646
4:56 AM
  • Gnossienne No. 6
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Bertrand Chamayou, piano
  • Erato 69646
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.