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Suite: Festival

  • Composer:Marcel Tournier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Mirage Quintet
  • Naxos 570444

Schedule for May 23, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • The Enchanted Lake
  • Composer: Anatol Liadov
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 364
5:09 AM
  • Spring: Breeze
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Soloists: Lada Valesova, piano
  • Avie 2142
5:13 AM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Journey on Southerly Winds"
  • Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
  • Conductor: Mikhail Jurowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
  • CPO 999564
6:01 AM
  • Road Movies: Relaxed Groove
  • Composer: John Adams
  • Soloists: Augustin Hadelich, violin
  • Warner 28790
6:07 AM
  • All Things Majestic
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559823
6:30 AM
  • Dawn Chorus
  • Composer: Phil Kline
  • Conductor: Bill Ryan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble
  • Innova 44
6:38 AM
  • Flute Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Rosetti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Bruno Meier, flute, Jaroslav Tuma, harpsichord
  • Naxos 570593
7:01 AM
  • Album for the Young: My dear little mother
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Soloists: Carol Rosenberger, piano
7:03 AM
  • Violin Concerto "To the Memory of My Mother"
  • Composer: Ina Boyle
  • Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jimenez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Esther Abrami, violin
  • Sony 90018
7:23 AM
  • Symphony No. 7 "Pastoral"
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Orfeo 148201
7:54 AM
  • Andante for Horn and Piano
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Philips 416816
8:01 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Vladimir Horowitz, piano
  • RCA 2633
8:46 AM
  • There Will Be Stars
  • Composer: Frank Ticheli
  • Conductor: Christopher Gabittas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale
  • Signum 885
8:51 AM
  • Big Sky, Low Horizon
  • Composer: Michael Ippolito
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Attacca Quartet
  • Azica 71313
9:01 AM
  • Paper Moon
  • Composer: Manos Hadjidakis
  • Soloists: Elena Papandreou, guitar
  • Bis 2636
9:06 AM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80359
9:12 AM
  • Lullaby
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Soloists: Johan Dalene, violin
  • Bis 2730
9:16 AM
  • Double Concerto
  • Composer: Elias Parish-Alvars
  • Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marielle Nordmann, harp, Francois-Rene Duchable, piano
  • FNAC 592266
9:40 AM
  • Sea Sketches
  • Composer: Grace Williams
  • Conductor: John Andrews
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Resonus 10349
10:01 AM
  • Ubi Caritas
  • Composer: Paul Mealor
  • Conductor: Andrew Carwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral
  • London/Decca 4831736
10:07 AM
  • Romance No. 2
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, violin
  • Philips 420168
10:16 AM
  • Sentimental Waltzes: selections
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
  • Pentatone 7034
10:27 AM
  • Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2: Yagibushi
  • Composer: Hajime Komatsu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players
  • Navona 6038
10:30 AM
  • Premiere Rhapsodie
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 56832
10:40 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Kevin Mallon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zhou Qian, violin
  • Naxos 557322
11:06 AM
  • Prelude No. 1
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4851683
11:08 AM
  • Serenade No. 2: 1st movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442068
11:18 AM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Johann Christian Bach
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Philips 442275
11:28 AM
  • Mock Morris
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8377
11:31 AM
  • Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80138
11:45 AM
  • Umoja (Unity)
  • Composer: Valerie Coleman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7661
11:48 AM
  • Concerto for Two Violins and Two Cellos
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Fabio Biondi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Virgin 45527
12:01 PM
  • Bees and Bumblebees
  • Composer: Eugene Arcade Dede
  • Conductor: Reuben Blundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gowanus Arts Ensemble
  • New Focus 166
12:06 PM
  • Morning Song
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
12:10 PM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Sounds of Spring": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Conductor: Gyorgy Lehel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Ex Libris 6067
12:20 PM
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 5
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Bernard Labadie
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The King's Violins
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano
  • Virgin 70913
12:30 PM
  • Song without Words No. 6 "Barcarolle (Gondola Song)"
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Julia Shaw, harp
12:33 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Hans Vonk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 55155
12:42 PM
  • Deborah: Polka
  • Composer: Josef Foerster
  • Conductor: Vaclav Smetacek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 101429
12:46 PM
  • Carmen: Seguedilla
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Telarc 80593
12:48 PM
  • Helios Overture
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 42093
1:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Richard Hol
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Residentie Orchestra The Hague
  • Chandos 9952
1:10 PM
  • Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux
  • Composer: Riccardo Drigo
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 433862
1:19 PM
  • Etude No. 9 "Butterfly"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • Sony 61885
1:21 PM
  • Dance of the Blessed Spirits
  • Composer: Christoph Gluck
  • Conductor: Karl Richter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Bach Orchestra
  • Soloists: Aurele Nicolet, flute
  • Teldec 10329
1:29 PM
  • Ballet Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 7000
1:44 PM
  • Folk Suite No. 4
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Calico Winds
  • Albany 693
1:50 PM
  • Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic
  • Reference 64
2:01 PM
  • Ae Fond Kiss
  • Composer: Robert Burns
  • Conductor: Rory Macdonald
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 21290
2:06 PM
  • Trumpet Voluntary
  • Composer: John Stanley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Brass
  • Teldec 43923
2:10 PM
  • A Fugal Concerto
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Kathryn Greenbank, oboe, Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute
  • London/Decca 440376
2:19 PM
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yuja Wang, piano
  • DG 15338
2:44 PM
  • Spanish Suite: Granada
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Soloists: Victoria Drake, harp
  • Well-Tempered 5179
3:00 PM
  • Beatrix' Dance
  • Composer: Adolphe Adam
  • Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223772
3:06 PM
  • Fantasy Overture
  • Composer: York Bowen
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 10898
3:15 PM
  • Mysterious Barricades
  • Composer: Francois Couperin
  • Soloists: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar
  • Sony 92811
3:21 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 8 "In the Form of a Vocal Scene"
  • Composer: Louis Spohr
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
  • DG 7188
3:41 PM
  • The Lost Birds: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
  • Composer: Christopher Tin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • London/Decca 4858121
3:47 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Alessandro Marcello
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Soloists: John Abberger, oboe
  • Analekta 9811
4:01 PM
  • Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies
  • Composer: Traditional Chinese
  • Soloists: Lydia Maria Bader, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38566
4:06 PM
  • Carnival Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 550600
4:17 PM
  • The Four Seasons in Janoska Style: The Groovy Birds
  • Composer: Janoska Ensemble
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janoska Ensemble
  • DG 4876280
4:23 PM
  • Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonia
  • Warner 62593
4:40 PM
  • Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4851156
4:44 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Marianne Martines
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Women's Philharmonic
  • Newport 60102
5:01 PM
  • Etiolles (Valse)
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38349
5:06 PM
  • Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet
  • Teldec 46015
5:09 PM
  • Toute vie
  • Composer: Lou Koster
  • Conductor: Jonathan Kaell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 573330
5:17 PM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Conductor: Christoph Konig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg
  • Naxos 573706
5:51 PM
  • Rondo for Horn and Orchestra
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jose Antonio Mendez Padron
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Havana Lyceum Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Willis, horn
  • Alpha 578
6:01 PM
  • Sonata for Cello and Guitar: Allegretto comodo
  • Composer: Radames Gnattali
  • Soloists: Rupert Boyd, guitar
  • Dorian 92217
6:06 PM
  • Tango Brasileiro
  • Composer: Alexandre Levy
  • Soloists: Nelson Freire, piano
  • London/Decca 17179
6:08 PM
  • Ciranda des sete notas
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Conductor: William Goodchild
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Laurence Perkins, bassoon
  • Hyperion 68441
6:22 PM
  • Symphony No. 93
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442614
6:45 PM
  • Rounds for String Orchestra
  • Composer: David Diamond
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Nonesuch 79002
7:01 PM
  • Song without Words No. 42
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
  • DG 4836069
7:02 PM
  • Song without Words No. 43
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
  • DG 4836069
7:06 PM
  • Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425516
7:08 PM
  • Dionysiaques
  • Composer: Florent Schmitt
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Wind Symphony
  • Klavier 11066
7:21 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Andris Nelsons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yuja Wang, piano
  • DG 4866956
7:40 PM
  • Sweet William
  • Composer: John Playford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Consort
  • Dorian 93247
7:42 PM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Muzio Clementi
  • Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia
  • ASV DCA 802
8:01 PM
  • Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Susanna Malkki
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Bis 2638
8:07 PM
  • Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 415291
8:20 PM
  • Makrinitsa
  • Composer: Ross Daly
  • Conductor: Daniel Geiss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
  • DG 4865806
8:27 PM
  • Turkish Rondo
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Orli Shaham, piano
  • Canary 21
8:31 PM
  • Mediterranean Diptych
  • Composer: Vincent d'Indy
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 3572
8:47 PM
  • Rienzi: Overture
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80379
9:03 PM
  • Serenade
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Sara Chenal, violin
  • Skarbo 4150
9:07 PM
  • Flute Concerto No. 3 "Il gardellino" ("The Goldfinch")
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Richard Tognetti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • EMI (3) 47212
9:16 PM
  • Re-Invention No. 1
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8754
9:22 PM
  • Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (1)
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Lowell Graham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Chamber Players
  • Klavier 11126
9:26 PM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 434321
9:44 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Alison Balsom, trumpet
  • EMI 16213
10:06 PM
  • The Love for Three Oranges: March
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 53549
10:09 PM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • EMI 57445
10:17 PM
  • Suite for String Orchestra
  • Composer: Susan Spain-Dunk
  • Conductor: Douglas Bostock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
  • CPO 555457
10:33 PM
  • Three Shakespeare Songs
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Singers
  • Collegium 104
10:41 PM
  • Dances
  • Composer: Gregorio Lambranzi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Consort Orchestra
  • Soloists: Theotime Langlois de Swarte, violin
  • Harmonia Mundi 902757
10:50 PM
  • Overture "In the Italian Style"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Charles Groves
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Sinfonia
  • Carlton 1272
11:01 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63025
11:07 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Bluebird pas de deux
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8360
11:13 PM
  • Los Caujaritos
  • Composer: Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 90451
11:17 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 14
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Sandor Vegh
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Academica Salzburg
  • Soloists: Andras Schiff, piano
  • London/Decca 417886
11:40 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Conductor: Simon Preston
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hannes Laubin, trumpet
  • DG 431817
11:48 PM
  • Gloriana: Courtly Dances
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80126
12:01 AM
  • Suite: Festival
  • Composer: Marcel Tournier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mirage Quintet
  • Naxos 570444
12:06 AM
  • Symphony No. 12
  • Composer: William Herschel
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10048
12:18 AM
  • Underneath the Stars
  • Composer: Kate Rusby
  • Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale
  • Signum 885
12:23 AM
  • The North Star
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Jonathan Sheffer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eos Orchestra
  • Telarc 80583
12:41 AM
  • Interstellar: No Time for Caution
  • Composer: Hans Zimmer
  • Soloists: Anna Lapwood, organ
  • Sony 67609
12:46 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Onyx 4025
1:01 AM
  • Wind Quintet: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Carion Wind Quintet
  • Odradek 321
1:06 AM
  • Dance of the Hours
  • Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
  • Conductor: Andras Korodi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  • LaserLight 15621
1:17 AM
  • Concerto Ballata
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wen-Sinn Yang, cello
  • Warner 67946
1:39 AM
  • Yesterday
  • Composer: John Lennon/Paul McCartney
  • Soloists: Milos Karadaglic, guitar
  • Mercury 24425
1:42 AM
  • Last Dance at the Surf
  • Composer: Michael Daugherty
  • Conductor: David Alan Miller
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559955
2:01 AM
  • Springtime Suite: Dance in the Twilight
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Andrew Penny
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 555194
2:06 AM
  • Galop and Eight Ecoissaises
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
  • Pentatone 7034
2:10 AM
  • Equus
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Conductor: Eric Whitacre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 16636
2:20 AM
  • String Quartet No. 59 "The Rider"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet
  • Hyperion 68230
2:46 AM
  • Gallop of a Thousand Horses
  • Composer: Kayhan Kalhor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 93962
2:52 AM
  • Six Songs for Piano
  • Composer: Gomidas Vartabed
  • Soloists: Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano
  • Grand Piano 720
3:01 AM
  • Poem
  • Composer: Zdenek Fibich
  • Conductor: Vaclav Smetacek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 101429
3:06 AM
  • Sentimental Story
  • Composer: Charlotte Sohy
  • Conductor: Debora Waldman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence
3:18 AM
  • Berceuse
  • Composer: Reinhold Gliere
  • Soloists: Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello, Pascal Amoyel, piano
  • Harmonia Mundi 902387
3:23 AM
  • Three Botticelli Pictures
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 416
3:43 AM
  • American Canvas
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dolce Suono Trio
  • Innova 991
4:01 AM
  • The Spheres (Kyrie eleison)
  • Composer: Ola Gjeilo
  • Conductor: Charles Bruffy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale
  • Chandos 5100
4:06 AM
  • Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
  • Composer: Thomas Canning
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 458157
4:17 AM
  • Piano Quintet
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
  • Chandos 20224
4:47 AM
  • Hymn for Everyone
  • Composer: Jessie Montgomery
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • CSO Resound 9012301
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.