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Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"

  • Composer:Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor:Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 46313

Schedule for December 09, 2024

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6:01 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Jean-Marie Leclair
  • Conductor: Leila Schayegh
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Cetra
  • Soloists: Leila Schayegh, violin
  • Glossa 924202
6:20 AM
  • King Christian II Suite
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Thomas Sondergard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Linn 566
6:45 AM
  • Christmas Revels
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Conductor: Andrew Penny
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Sinfonietta
  • Marco Polo 223677
7:01 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 177
7:18 AM
  • There Shall a Star; Patapan; Carols
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Anton Armstrong
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Olaf Choir
  • Saint Olaf 2473
7:32 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Muzio Clementi
  • Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • ASV 804
8:01 AM
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances
  • Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Unicorn 9070
8:11 AM
  • Il est ne, le divin enfant; Lo, how a Rose E'er Blooming; Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Conductor: John Georgiadis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 60736
8:19 AM
  • Serenade No. 1
  • Composer: Robert Fuchs
  • Conductor: Christian Ludwig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 572222
8:39 AM
  • Choral Fantasy
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • DG 1732
9:01 AM
  • Concerto Andaluz
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Horst-Hans Backer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Internationale Philharmonie
  • Naxos 573441
9:27 AM
  • Deck the Halls; Angel's Dance; We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Conductor: John Morris Russell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Fanfare Cincinnati 1
9:37 AM
  • Symphonic Variations
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony
  • DG 437506
10:01 AM
  • Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 82237
10:06 AM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Marianne Martines
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Women's Philharmonic
  • Newport 60102
10:21 AM
  • Suite of Carols for Woodwinds
  • Composer: Leroy Anderson
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Naxos 559621
10:34 AM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Douglas Boyd, oboe
  • DG 429225
10:47 AM
  • Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 46536
11:01 AM
  • Red Dragonfly
  • Composer: Kosaku Yamada
  • Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
  • RCA 62546
11:06 AM
  • Un Ballo in Maschera Quadrille
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Sony 77002
11:12 AM
  • Prince and the Mermaid Suite
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
11:21 AM
  • Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Conductor: John Stevens
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Isthmus Brass
  • Summit 610
11:28 AM
  • Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 66342
11:47 AM
  • El Salon Mexico
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Argo 440639
12:03 PM
  • Les Tours de Passe-Passe (Sleight of Hand)
  • Composer: Francois Couperin
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 80693
12:06 PM
  • Waltz No. 6 "Minute"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano
  • Erato 34137
12:09 PM
  • Serenade No. 2: Rondo
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442068
12:16 PM
  • Sinfonia; Ave Maria; Chorale
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: James Galway
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 5888
12:25 PM
  • Six Italian Dance Tunes
  • Composer: Peter Warlock
  • Conductor: Ross Pople
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra
  • Arte Nova 37868
12:36 PM
  • Finlandia
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Lorin Maazel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 61963
12:46 PM
  • A Favorite French Air
  • Composer: Sophia Dussek
  • Soloists: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
  • Hortus 178
12:52 PM
  • Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo
  • Composer: Henry Litolff
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Peter Donohoe, piano
  • Hyperion 66889
1:01 PM
  • Minuetto
  • Composer: Ricardo Castro
  • Conductor: Gustavo Rivero Weber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eduardo Mata University Youth Orchestra
  • Naxos 573902
1:06 PM
  • Vocalise
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • SFS 60
1:12 PM
  • Dance Antique
  • Composer: William Mason
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Calico Winds
  • Albany 693
1:17 PM
  • From heaven on high (Vom Himmel hoch)
  • Composer: Michael Praetorius
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 947
1:24 PM
  • Overture
  • Composer: Juan Arriaga
  • Conductor: Juanjo Mena
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 20077
1:35 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Eivind Aadland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Baiba Skride, violin
  • Orfeo 997201
1:45 PM
  • Flemish Carol; Past Three a Clock
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Clare College Singers
  • EMI 69950
1:50 PM
  • Dance of the Hours
  • Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 7127
2:01 PM
  • Sing All Ye Joyful
  • Composer: Ruth Watson Henderson
  • Conductor: Lydia Adams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Elmer Iseler Singers
  • CBC 1167
2:06 PM
  • Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 427256
2:14 PM
  • La Peri (The Fairy): Fanfare
  • Composer: Paul Dukas
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • RCA 68802
2:17 PM
  • Gigue
  • Composer: Manuel Ponce
  • Soloists: Cecilio Perera, guitar
  • Naxos 573025
2:23 PM
  • Brass Suite
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass
  • Sony 39740
2:35 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Zdenek Macal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80265
2:49 PM
  • Le Carnaval de Londres: Filch; Filch's Dance; Mazurka
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 66594
2:52 PM
  • Serenade for Winds: Scherzo
  • Composer: Julius Rontgen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Viotta Ensemble
  • RadioNederland 92035
3:01 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: Ryan Cockerham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Er-Gene Kahng, violin
  • Albany 1706
3:06 PM
  • A Welcome March
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Conductor: Howard Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Hyperion 68283
3:13 PM
  • The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30040
3:21 PM
  • Swan Lake: excerpts
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Avie 2139
3:45 PM
  • Fanfare on Amazing Grace
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Virginia Symphony Orchestra
  • AAM 2006
3:49 PM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Leopold Mozart
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10496
4:01 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 9
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
  • Philips 426264
4:06 PM
  • The Magic Harp Overture (Rosamunde)
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Roger Norrington
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hanssler 93044
4:17 PM
  • The Spirit of Christmas
  • Composer: Medley
  • Conductor: Lowell E. Graham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: United States Air Force Band
  • Klavier 77047
4:26 PM
  • Symphony No. 85 "The Queen"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 46313
4:51 PM
  • Danse Macabre
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8718
5:01 PM
  • To Spring
  • Composer: Chen Pei-xun
  • Soloists: Yit Kin Seow, piano
  • Marco Polo 225850
5:06 PM
  • Festival Overture
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Conductor: Niklas Willen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Naxos 553962
5:12 PM
  • Festive Cheer
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Brass
  • Warner 69737
5:20 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Dennis Burkh
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Rich, piano
  • Centaur 2283
5:49 PM
  • 12 Contredanses
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Sony 45651
6:01 PM
  • Iberia: Triana
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Conductor: Paul Daniel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 48480
6:06 PM
  • Musical Jewelry Box
  • Composer: Stephen Hough
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30043
6:10 PM
  • Suite of Carols
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Soloists: Arturo Delmoni, violin
  • John Marks 12
6:15 PM
  • Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Norman Scribner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choral Arts Society of Washington
6:20 PM
  • Concerto Serenade
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Enrique Batiz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nancy Allen, harp
  • EMI 67435
6:45 PM
  • Symphony No. 3: Finale
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60149
7:01 PM
  • Flute Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johan Agrell
  • Conductor: Andrew Manze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen
  • Soloists: Maria Bania, flute
  • Chandos 535
7:06 PM
  • Raymond Overture
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 20151
7:15 PM
  • The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2
  • Composer: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
7:27 PM
  • Concerto for Two Clarinets
  • Composer: Franz Krommer
  • Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet, Julian Bliss, clarinet
  • EMI 79786
7:53 PM
  • Easter Cantata: My Spirit be Joyful
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Empire Brass
  • Soloists: Douglas Major, organ
  • EMI 47395
8:01 PM
  • Handel in the Strand
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bilder Duo
  • Grand Piano 633
8:06 PM
  • An English Suite: Air and Frolic
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5366
8:14 PM
  • Wexford Carol; Murztaler Engelruf; 12 Days of Christmas
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
  • Four Winds 3017
8:22 PM
  • Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 998579
8:40 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Krystian Zimerman, piano
  • DG 423571
9:01 PM
  • Semplice Sempre
  • Composer: Shirley Thompson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Her Ensemble
  • Soloists: Esther Abrami, violin
  • Sony 46450
9:06 PM
  • Estudiantina
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 10025
9:12 PM
  • Angel Springs
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joe Hisaishi, piano
  • London/Decca 803489
9:17 PM
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem; Born on Earth; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: George Guest
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
  • London/Decca 421022
9:27 PM
  • Symphony No. 27
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 762
9:43 PM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Hans Gal
  • Conductor: Georg Tintner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony Nova Scotia
  • CBC 5167
10:03 PM
  • Primavera (Spring)
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Roberto Prosseda and Alessandra Ammara, piano four hands
  • Bru Zane 2006
10:06 PM
  • Trumpet Voluntary
  • Composer: John Stanley
  • Conductor: Anthony Newman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Sony 60804
10:10 PM
  • Make We Joy Now in this Fest
  • Composer: William Walton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo5
  • Voces8 138
10:16 PM
  • Christmas Overture
  • Composer: Otto Nicolai
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91079
10:27 PM
  • Oboe d'Amore Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore
  • Philips 412851
10:43 PM
  • D'un jardin clair (A Sunny Garden)
  • Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • Soloists: Emile Naoumoff, piano
  • Marco Polo 223636
10:46 PM
  • Suite Francaise
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Conductor: Georges Pretre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • EMI 62690
11:01 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 50: 1st movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Soloists: Maria Bergmann, piano
  • Hanssler 93081
11:06 PM
  • Festival March
  • Composer: Emil Reesen
  • Conductor: Bo Holten
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Dacapo 226031
11:10 PM
  • It Came upon the Midnight Clear; If ye would hear the angels sing; O little town of Bethlehem; Away in a manger; We three kings
  • Composer: Christmas Music
  • Conductor: Philip Barnes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
  • Regent 373
11:27 PM
  • L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Jaime Laredo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5078
11:36 PM
  • Four Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
  • Soloists: Kyung Wha Chung, violin
  • EMI 57015
11:48 PM
  • Symphony: Finale
  • Composer: Cesar Franck
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Teldec 74863
12:01 AM
  • Etiolles (Valse)
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
12:06 AM
  • Overture on French Carols
  • Composer: Philip Lane
  • Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • Dutton 7151
12:12 AM
  • O Come, O Come Emmanuel
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • London/Decca 5568937
12:18 AM
  • Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica String Quartet
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet
  • Cedille 147
12:23 AM
  • Petite Suite
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 3572
12:38 AM
  • The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Suite
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80587
1:01 AM
  • Night and Day
  • Composer: Cole Porter
  • Soloists: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Masao Kawasaki, viola, Mats Lidstrom, cello
  • EMI 56481
1:06 AM
  • Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Conductor: James DePreist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 570
1:13 AM
  • A Christmas Greeting
  • Composer: Alfred Burt
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
1:27 AM
  • Variations on a Nursery Song
  • Composer: Ernst von Dohnanyi
  • Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4854218
1:53 AM
  • Time Lapse
  • Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8738
2:01 AM
  • Waltz No. 4
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66846
2:06 AM
  • Festive Cheer
  • Composer: Roger Harvey
  • Conductor: John Stevens
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Isthmus Brass
  • Summit 610
2:17 AM
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 79
2:50 AM
  • Resonet in laudibus; Up good Christian folk; The First Noel
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Richard Marlow
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Conifer 501
3:01 AM
  • Unsent Love Letters
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
3:06 AM
  • Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80164
3:13 AM
  • Silent Night
  • Composer: Franz Gruber
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Naxos 572673
3:20 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Conductor: Joseph Suk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Suk Chamber Orchestra
  • Vox 7540
3:48 AM
  • Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle
  • Composer: Johann Wagenaar
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425833
4:01 AM
  • The Color Purple: Theme
  • Composer: Quincy Jones
  • Conductor: David Newman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Belinda Broughton, violin
  • Varese Sarabande 6151155
4:06 AM
  • Semele: Where E'er You Walk
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: Lynn Harrell, cello, Bruno Canino, piano
  • London/Decca 425611
4:12 AM
  • In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Composer: Harold Darke
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Septura
4:17 AM
  • Karelia Suite
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80320
4:35 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Yundi Li, piano
  • DG 17968
5:01 AM
  • Four Medieval Dances: Galliarde
  • Composer: Joseph Lauber
  • Soloists: Laurel Zucker, flute, Susan Jolles, harp
  • Cantilena 66034
5:06 AM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Monica Huggett
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonnerie
  • Avie 2171
5:24 AM
  • Christmas Medley
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Soloists: Scott Kritzer, guitar
  • GSC 18289
5:39 AM
  • Holberg Suite
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 45224
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.