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Clarinet Concerto No. 1

  • Composer:Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor:Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Dresden State Orchestra
  • Soloists:
    • Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 55155

Schedule for February 17, 2025

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6:01 AM
  • Concerto Andaluz
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Horst-Hans Backer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Internationale Philharmonie
  • Naxos 573441
6:28 AM
  • Five Bagatelles
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Robert Plane, clarinet
  • Naxos 553566
6:43 AM
  • Lady Radnor's Suite
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5068
7:01 AM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 3
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Monica Huggett
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonnerie
  • Avie 2171
7:20 AM
  • The King and I: March of the Siamese Children
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Virgin 61498
7:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Zdenek Fibich
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9328
8:01 AM
  • Five Meditations: The Lord bless you and keep you
  • Composer: John Rutter
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru
  • Soloists: Catrin Finch, harp
  • DG 17606
8:06 AM
  • Indian Queen: selections
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66169
8:20 AM
  • Symphony No. 53 "Imperial"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 439779
8:42 AM
  • The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 66279
9:01 AM
  • The Good-humored Ladies
  • Composer: Vincenzo Tommasini
  • Conductor: Robert Irving
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concert Arts Orchestra
  • EMI 65911
9:18 AM
  • Halcyon Days
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
  • ASV 2053
9:26 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 6
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Yeol Eum Son, piano
  • Naive 8049
10:00 AM
  • Minuetto
  • Composer: Ricardo Castro
  • Conductor: Gustavo Rivero Weber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra
  • Naxos 573902
10:10 AM
  • Dolly Suite
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 423089
10:30 AM
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academia Wind Quintet
  • Supraphon 111264
10:47 AM
  • Bavarian Dances
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5136
11:01 AM
  • Symphony: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Johann Vanhal
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Soloists: Celia Nicklin, oboe
  • Chandos 9607
11:06 AM
  • Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Gervase de Peyer, clarinet
  • Chandos 8526
11:09 AM
  • Paganini Variations
  • Composer: Eugene Ysaye
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capriccio Quartet
  • Orchid 100094
11:20 AM
  • Cello Suite No. 6: Gavotte
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Goran Sollscher, guitar
  • DG 435471
11:25 AM
  • The Birds of Aristophanes
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 10740
11:45 AM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Christian Thielemann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 4745022
12:03 PM
  • A Chloris (To Chloris)
  • Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
  • Conductor: Charles Olivieri-Munroe
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sol Gabetta, cello
12:06 PM
  • Berceuse (Lullaby)
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30043
12:11 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Johan Roman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
  • Bis 284
12:16 PM
  • Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 508018
12:20 PM
  • String Symphony No. 6
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Thomas Furi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bern
  • Denon 73326
12:29 PM
  • Horn Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Philips 412237
12:47 PM
  • Mock Morris
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Martin Jones, piano
  • Nimbus 7703
12:50 PM
  • The Planets: Jupiter
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80466
1:01 PM
  • Sine Nomine
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony
  • Composer's Collection 681
1:06 PM
  • Tambourin
  • Composer: Francois-Joseph Gossec
  • Soloists: Carol Wincenc, flute
  • Arabesque 6695
1:08 PM
  • The Bronze Horse: Overture
  • Composer: Daniel Auber
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9765
1:17 PM
  • Geo. Washington's Birthday Party
  • Composer: C.L. Barnhouse
  • Conductor: George Foreman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Columbia Brass Band
  • Dorian 93165
1:21 PM
  • The Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Warner 61434
1:33 PM
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 433864
1:45 PM
  • Allegretto
  • Composer: Mauro Giuliani
  • Soloists: David Starobin, guitar
  • Bridge 9418
1:48 PM
  • Violin Concerto: Finale
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Daniel Harding
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Janine Jansen, violin
  • London/Decca 4780651
2:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 247
2:06 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Francois-Rene Duchable, piano
  • EMI 67205
2:11 PM
  • Trumpet Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Purcell Quartet
  • Soloists: Mark Bennett, trumpet
  • Chandos 571
2:17 PM
  • Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Charles Munch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61400
2:25 PM
  • Fiesta criolla
  • Composer: Manuel Gomez Carrillo
  • Conductor: Gabriel Castagna
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Chandos 10675
2:33 PM
  • Symphony No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • SFS 71
2:43 PM
  • Chamber Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Philidor
  • Philips 434995
2:52 PM
  • Norwegian Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 44722
3:01 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63025
3:09 PM
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  • Composer: Spiritual
  • Soloists: Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
  • Sony 63223
3:11 PM
  • My Home Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 417597
3:23 PM
  • Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Philips 416155
3:44 PM
  • Danse rythmique
  • Composer: Ida Presti
  • Soloists: Berta Rojas, guitar
  • SELF PROD 2022
3:48 PM
  • Snowflake Ballet
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • Chandos 5160
4:01 PM
  • Flute Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  • Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne
  • Soloists: Verena Fischer, flute
  • Archiv 471579
4:06 PM
  • Tancredi: Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80334
4:13 PM
  • Madrigal-Pavana
  • Composer: Francisco Braga
  • Conductor: Neil Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 574405
4:19 PM
  • Piano Concerto
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Peter Oundjian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Soloists: Xiayin Wang, piano
  • Chandos 5128
4:53 PM
  • The Spanish Lady: Suite
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5008
5:01 PM
  • Philemon und Baucis: Overture
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Naxos 573488
5:06 PM
  • Romance
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Marc Soustrot
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gabriel Schwabe, cello
  • Naxos 573737
5:10 PM
  • Stardust
  • Composer: Taylor Scott Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • London/Decca 4870459
5:17 PM
  • Pines of Rome
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 574013
5:40 PM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julian Bream, guitar
  • RCA 6525
6:06 PM
  • The President's March
  • Composer: Philip Phile
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Federal Music Society
  • New World 80299
6:09 PM
  • Columbia (Caprice Americain)
  • Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  • Soloists: Philip Martin, piano
  • Hyperion 66459
6:16 PM
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
  • DG 6899
6:54 PM
  • Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Soloists: Fionnuala Hunt, violin
  • Avie 2083
7:01 PM
  • French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzedo Harp Duo
  • Azica 71226
7:06 PM
  • Aida: Triumphal March
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 46709
7:13 PM
  • Ricercar del sesto tuono
  • Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: American Brass Quintet
  • Delos 3003
7:18 PM
  • Symphony on a French Mountain Air
  • Composer: Vincent d'Indy
  • Conductor: Marek Janowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France
  • Soloists: Catherine Collard, piano
  • Erato 45821
7:43 PM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Hans Gal
  • Conductor: Georg Tintner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony Nova Scotia
  • CBC 5167
8:01 PM
  • The Woods so Wild
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ayreheart
  • Dorian 92203
8:06 PM
  • Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • London/Decca 433720
8:12 PM
  • Pine Apple Rag
  • Composer: Scott Joplin
  • Soloists: Joshua Rifkin, piano
  • Nonesuch 79159
8:17 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 55155
8:40 PM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 431160
9:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Adalbert Gyrowetz
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9791
9:06 PM
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • Composer: John Philip Sousa
  • Conductor: Jack Kline
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: United States Marine Band
  • Altissimo 30082
9:10 PM
  • Lincoln: "With Malice Toward None"
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 44685
9:12 PM
  • America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Arthur Fielder
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 63888
9:18 PM
  • Three Short Pieces
  • Composer: Jacques Ibert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Syrinx Quintet
  • Dabringhaus 3291
9:25 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Eivind Aadland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Baiba Skride, violin
  • Orfeo 997201
9:46 PM
  • Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Variation
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Conductor: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 4877352
10:03 PM
  • The Seasons: September (The Hunt)
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3255
10:06 PM
  • Rustle of Spring
  • Composer: Christian Sinding
  • Soloists: Jerome Lowenthal, piano
  • Bridge 9306
10:09 PM
  • Flute Concerto
  • Composer: Michael Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Haydn Ensemble Berlin
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • EMI 56577
10:28 PM
  • String Trio: Minuet
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio
  • Philips 438700
10:32 PM
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 7
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Richard Tognetti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67307
10:48 PM
  • Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Conductor: Manfred Honeck
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Maria Duenas, violin
  • DG 4863512
10:52 PM
  • Crown Imperial
  • Composer: William Walton
  • Conductor: Jay Friedman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
  • CSO Resound 9011101
11:01 PM
  • Symphony: Finale
  • Composer: Juan Arriaga
  • Conductor: Alvaro Cassuto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Algarve Orchestra
  • Naxos 557207
11:06 PM
  • Bartered Bride: Overture
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Miklos Rozsa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • Seraphim 69039
11:13 PM
  • Three Spirituals
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Virginia Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559722
11:23 PM
  • Gigue
  • Composer: Manuel Ponce
  • Soloists: Cecilio Perera, guitar
  • Naxos 573025
11:29 PM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
  • Telarc 80309
11:49 PM
  • Concerto for Violin and Cello
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Soloists: Anner Bylsma, cello, Jeanne Lamon, violin
  • Sony 48044
12:01 AM
  • Romance No. 2
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Albrecht Mayer, oboe, Markus Becker, piano
  • London/Decca 4783564
12:12 AM
  • Romance of the Prairie Lilies
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223516
12:20 AM
  • Promenade (Walking the Dog)
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30043
12:23 AM
  • Serenade for Winds
  • Composer: Emil Hartmann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Consortium Classicum
12:45 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 429396
1:01 AM
  • Vals gayo
  • Composer: Teresa Carreno
  • Soloists: Clara Rodriguez, piano
  • Nimbus 6103
1:06 AM
  • From Olden Times: Gigue
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10614
1:12 AM
  • Nora's Dance
  • Composer: Nora Holt
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Rising Sun 3
1:14 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Paul Freeman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 86215
1:41 AM
  • Sonatina
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano
  • DG 449820
2:01 AM
  • Red Dragonfly
  • Composer: Kosaku Yamada
  • Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
2:06 AM
  • Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:11 AM
  • i thank You God for most this amazing day
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Conductor: Eric Whitacre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers
  • London/Decca 14850
2:19 AM
  • Lincoln Portrait
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Zubin Mehta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gregory Peck, narrator
  • London/Decca 1231
2:36 AM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Evening"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Adam Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5240
3:01 AM
  • Nocturne "Le Murmure"
  • Composer: Maria Szymanowska
  • Soloists: Anna Ciborowska, piano
  • Dux 450
3:06 AM
  • Pavane
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 99
3:14 AM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mito Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe
  • Sony 61884
3:41 AM
  • Quirpa Guatirena (Guatire Wedding Dance)
  • Composer: Vicente Emilio Sojo
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 90451
3:43 AM
  • Fantasia Mexicana
  • Composer: Antonio Gomezanda
  • Conductor: Jorge Velazco
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alan Marks, piano
4:01 AM
  • String Quartet: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Amanda Rontgen-Maier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zilliacus Quartet
  • dB Productions 207
4:06 AM
  • Air Russe Varie
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30133
4:19 AM
  • Othello Suite: Willow Song
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Fawzi Haimor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
4:22 AM
  • Czech Suite
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Lowell Graham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Chamber Players
  • Klavier 11126
4:46 AM
  • La Valse
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8903
5:01 AM
  • Edgar: Act I Prelude
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Collins 1165
5:06 AM
  • Adagio
  • Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Heather Schmidt, piano
  • Naxos 570825
5:10 AM
  • Flute Concertino
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Susan Milan, flute
  • Chandos 8840
5:20 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Cesar Franck
  • Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Champs-Elysees Orchestra
  • Harmonia Mundi 901771
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.