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Serenade for Strings

  • Composer:Max Bruch
  • Conductor:George Hanson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
  • Dabringhaus 3351096

Schedule for October 15, 2024

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5:01 AM
  • Bassoon Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Juanjo Mena
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
  • Chandos 10748
5:20 AM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Soloists: Sarah Cahill, piano
  • First Hand 133
5:25 AM
  • Petrushka
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80270
6:01 AM
  • Concert Overture No. 2
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Naxos 559920
6:16 AM
  • Octet for Winds
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Stephen Taylor, oboe
  • Naxos 573942
6:39 AM
  • Variations on a Rococo Theme
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Maxim Shostakovich
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
  • Philips 434106
7:01 AM
  • Three Symphonic Dances
  • Composer: Cyril Scott
  • Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10407
7:21 AM
  • Ballade
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Telarc 80524
7:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin
  • Teldec 61179
8:01 AM
  • Suite Lyrique
  • Composer: John Rutter
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru
  • Soloists: Catrin Finch, harp
  • DG 17606
8:19 AM
  • Appalachia Waltz
  • Composer: Mark O'Connor
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8737
8:27 AM
  • French Suite No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Andras Schiff, piano
  • London/Decca 433313
8:43 AM
  • Irish Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 9049
9:01 AM
  • Song without Words No. 7
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Tzimon Barto, piano
9:06 AM
  • Song for Athene
  • Composer: John Tavener
  • Conductor: Martin Neary
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Cathedral
  • Sony 66613
9:14 AM
  • Charterhouse Suite
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Dalia Atlas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Chamber Orchestra
  • Stradivari 8011
9:29 AM
  • Three Botticelli Pictures
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 86549
9:50 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Leopold Mozart
  • Conductor: Simon Wright
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Wallace, trumpet
  • Nimbus 5121
10:01 AM
  • The Red Pony Suite: The Gift
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61699
10:06 AM
  • String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Blair String Quartet
  • Warner 45855
10:15 AM
  • Variations on a Swedish Air
  • Composer: Bernhard Crusell
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Emma Johnson, clarinet
  • ASV 585
10:28 AM
  • Youthful Suite: English Waltz
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Martin Jones, piano
  • Nimbus 5220
10:33 AM
  • St. Paul's Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: George Hurst
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8375
10:47 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 572583
11:03 AM
  • Three Spirituals: Oh Freedom
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Virginia Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559722
11:06 AM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Bernard Labadie
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The King's Violins
  • Soloists: Nicole Trotier, violin
  • Dorian 90012
11:12 AM
  • Perpetuum mobile
  • Composer: Simon Jeffes
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425218
11:18 AM
  • Serenade for Strings: Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: East Coast Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7784
11:23 AM
  • Luisa Miller: Highlights
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Italiani
  • Denon 18070
11:34 AM
  • Symphony No. 1: 1st movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Berlin Philharmonic 160091
11:44 AM
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: James Judd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
  • London/Decca 17610
12:01 PM
  • String Quartet: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johan Svendsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo String Quartet
  • CPO 999858
12:06 PM
  • Carmen: Aragonaise
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Telarc 80593
12:09 PM
  • Danse Macabre
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 82
12:17 PM
  • Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
12:24 PM
  • Concerto for Flute and Two Violins
  • Composer: Jacques Loeillet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Authentic Tastes Ensemble
  • Etcetera 1434
12:33 PM
  • L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80334
12:43 PM
  • Hymnus for 12 Cellos
  • Composer: Julius Klengel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cello Classics Ensemble
  • Cello Classics 1024
12:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 8: 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80206
1:01 PM
  • Tango No. 2
  • Composer: Astor Piazzolla
  • Soloists: Tali Morgulis, piano
  • Delos 3435
1:06 PM
  • Hungarian Dance No. 6
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80338
1:10 PM
  • Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 45813
1:17 PM
  • The Spanish Lady: Suite
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5008
1:24 PM
  • Petite Suite
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 3572
1:37 PM
  • Hansel and Gretel: Overture
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91494
1:46 PM
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Strings
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Wallace, trumpet
  • Nimbus 7012
1:53 PM
  • Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4797337
2:01 PM
  • Six Short Pieces: selections
  • Composer: Henriette Renie
  • Soloists: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
  • Hortus 731
2:06 PM
  • Norwegian Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9028
2:13 PM
  • The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun
  • Composer: Yan Jinxuan
  • Conductor: Zuohuang Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: China National Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 536326
2:22 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Toru Yasunaga, violin
  • EMI 94237
2:44 PM
  • Impromptu No. 4
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Kathryn Stott, piano
  • Hyperion 66911
2:50 PM
  • Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
  • Koch 7576
3:01 PM
  • The Wedding Waltz
  • Composer: Heikki Aaltoila
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ondine 824
3:06 PM
  • Masquerade Suite: Waltz and Mazurka
  • Composer: Aram Khachaturian
  • Conductor: Aleksander Lazarev
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
  • Erato 94677
3:13 PM
  • Presto No. 2
  • Composer: Miguel del Aguila
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata San Antonio
  • Bridge 9302
3:19 PM
  • Piano Sonata
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Mitsuko Uchida, piano
  • Philips 470265
3:39 PM
  • Concerto Grosso: March
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Norman Del Mar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • EMI 47812
3:45 PM
  • El Salon Mexico
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • DG 459552
3:57 PM
  • Etude No. 8 "Sixths"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony 48960
4:01 PM
  • Waltz No. 4
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66846
4:06 PM
  • The Seasons: Autumn: Adagio
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Ondrej Lenard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 550079
4:10 PM
  • Fragments from Hans Andersen: A leaf from the sky
  • Composer: York Bowen
  • Soloists: Nicolas Namoradze, piano
  • Hyperion 68303
4:17 PM
  • Symphonie Espagnole
  • Composer: Edouard Lalo
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Chee-Yun, violin
  • Denon 18017
4:52 PM
  • Symphony: 4th movement
  • Composer: Alice Mary Smith
  • Conductor: Howard Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10283
5:01 PM
  • Partita No. 6: Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Piotr Anderszewski, piano
  • Virgin 45526
5:06 PM
  • Preziosa: Overture
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chandos 9066
5:15 PM
  • Sicilienne
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Quynh Nguyen, piano
  • Music & Arts 1306
5:15 PM
  • Symphony No. 39
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 91461
5:43 PM
  • Valse lente
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • DG 4859230
5:48 PM
  • Morning Papers Waltz
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
  • Philips 416819
6:01 PM
  • Graceful Ghost Rag
  • Composer: William Bolcom
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 68391
6:06 PM
  • Minuet
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Conductor: Jan-Olav Wedin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Vitae
  • Soloists: Gunilla von Bahr, piccolo/flute
  • Bis 350
6:11 PM
  • Barcarolle
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Francois Dumont, piano
  • Bru Zane 2006
6:17 PM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4792437
6:53 PM
  • A Fugal Concerto
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
  • London/Decca 440376
7:01 PM
  • Paper Moon
  • Composer: Manos Hadjidakis
  • Soloists: Elena Papandreou, guitar
  • Bis 2636
7:06 PM
  • Four British Folk Song Settings
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Penelope Thwaites, piano
  • Chandos 9919
7:10 PM
  • Contemplation Suite: Day
  • Composer: Julie Cooper
  • Conductor: Jessica Cottis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble
  • Signum 364
7:17 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Ingrid Fliter, piano
  • EMI 94573
7:41 PM
  • Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joseph Silverstein, violin
  • DG 415367
8:01 PM
  • Flute Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johan Agrell
  • Conductor: Andrew Manze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen
  • Soloists: Maria Bania, flute
  • Chandos 535
8:06 PM
  • Perpetual Motion Pieces
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Soloists: Pascal Roge, piano
  • London/Decca 417438
8:12 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American": Animato
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Kellen Gray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Linn 699
8:17 PM
  • Loch Lomond
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chanticleer
  • Teldec 16676
8:22 PM
  • Symphony No. 89
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
  • London/Decca 425930
8:45 PM
  • Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80349
9:03 PM
  • Jugueteando (Playfully)
  • Composer: Jorge Morel
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 31979
9:06 PM
  • Seconde Courante
  • Composer: Francois Couperin
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67440
9:09 PM
  • Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Kent Nagano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon Opera Orchestra
  • Erato 14331
9:19 PM
  • Quartet No. 1
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • Sony 52524
9:31 PM
  • Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 18913
9:48 PM
  • Toccata and Fugue
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • DG 19032
10:01 PM
  • Andante festivo
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Damon Gupton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
  • White Pine Music 227
10:06 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
10:14 PM
  • Souvenir des Huguenots
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30133
10:22 PM
  • Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559139
10:30 PM
  • Four Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Eduardo Marturet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lara St. John, violin
  • Ancalagon 134
10:42 PM
  • The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 66279
11:01 PM
  • Two Minuets
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Michi Gaigg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
  • CPO 777117
11:06 PM
  • Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue
  • Composer: Jaromir Weinberger
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80115
11:15 PM
  • Cancion de Cuna (Afro-Cuban Lullaby)
  • Composer: Leo Brouwer
  • Soloists: William Kanengiser, guitar
  • GSP 1018
11:20 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Neruda
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet
  • Teldec 10788
11:35 PM
  • Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
  • Composer: Aram Khachaturian
  • Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Ondine 938
11:49 PM
  • Cantilena and Finale
  • Composer: Carlos Guastavino
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bariloche
  • Dorian 90202
12:01 AM
  • A Country Woman
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Robert Stankovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223705
12:06 AM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 6
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
  • Philips 426264
12:11 AM
  • Petite Suite: Mazurka rustique
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Cala 1029
12:16 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Max Bruch
  • Conductor: George Hanson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
  • Dabringhaus 3351096
12:31 AM
  • Superstring Serenade
  • Composer: D.J. Sparr
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet
  • Innova 60
12:39 AM
  • Six Mexican Dances
  • Composer: Antonio Gomezanda
  • Conductor: Jorge Velazco
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra
  • Koch 1023
1:01 AM
  • Intermezzo for String Trio
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Domus
1:06 AM
  • Polonaise-Fantasie
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Rafal Blechacz, piano
  • DG 18883
1:20 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Lisa Batiashvili, violin
  • DG 4798529
1:48 AM
  • Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Sigurd Rascher, saxophone
  • Sony 60695
2:01 AM
  • Reflexoes No. 6: Doloroso
  • Composer: Jaime Zenamon
  • Soloists: Rupert Boyd, guitar, Laura Metcalf, cello
  • Dorian 92217
2:06 AM
  • Musical Moment No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Stephen Kovacevich, piano
  • EMI 55219
2:14 AM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments"
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony 1024
2:45 AM
  • Titration: Imagine A Favorite Place
  • Composer: Shara Nova
  • Conductor: Donald Nally
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Crossing
  • Navona 6504
2:50 AM
  • These Worlds in Us
  • Composer: Missy Mazzoli
  • Conductor: Tim Weiss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arctic Philharmonic
  • Bis 2572
3:01 AM
  • Serenade for Strings: Romanza
  • Composer: Ernst von Dohnanyi
  • Conductor: John Farrer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Sinfonia
  • ASV 1107
3:06 AM
  • Symphony of Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Dan Locklair
  • Conductor: Kirk Trevor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559337
3:15 AM
  • Piano Trio No. 1
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio
  • Bridge 9505
3:47 AM
  • Shimmer
  • Composer: Elena Ruehr
  • Conductor: Gil Rose
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
  • BMOP/sound 1039
4:01 AM
  • String Trio: Nocturne
  • Composer: Henri Tomasi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Black Oak Ensemble
  • Cedille 212
4:06 AM
  • Homage to Paradise Valley: Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest Peacefully)
  • Composer: Jeff Scott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Akropolis Reed Quintet
  • New Focus 292
4:11 AM
  • Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players
  • Soloists: Ashley Jackson, harp
  • Bright Shiny Things 188
4:30 AM
  • Gaspard de la Nuit
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 572888
4:53 AM
  • Playground Dreams
  • Composer: Ed Bland
  • Soloists: Judith Olson, piano
  • Cambria 1256
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.

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.