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Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn

  • Composer:Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor:Alun Francis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists:
    • Thea King, clarinet
  • Hyperion 66022

Schedule for May 14, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • CBC 5225
5:17 AM
  • Sonata No. 4
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Soloists: Minna Pensola, violin
  • Bis 2318
5:35 AM
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Bernhard Crusell
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Karl Leister, clarinet
  • Bis 345
6:01 AM
  • The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
6:22 AM
  • Prelude and Fugue No. 13
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Hanssler 98530
6:28 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 61513
7:01 AM
  • Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Gary Kessler, guitar
  • Boston Skyline 114
7:05 AM
  • Re-Invention No. 1
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8754
7:11 AM
  • Mignon
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Carol Rosenberger, piano
  • Delos 3079
7:15 AM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C.
  • Sony 45836
8:01 AM
  • Berceuse (Lullaby)
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Steven Isserlis, cello
  • Bis 1562
8:05 AM
  • King Arthur: Suite
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Soloists: Alison Balsom, trumpet
  • EMI 40329
8:21 AM
  • Hymn of the Universe: Fold Your Wings, My Soul
  • Composer: Tina Davidson
  • Conductor: Philip Brunelle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: VocalEssence
  • Soloists: Tina James, English horn
  • Meyer Media LLC 2023
8:29 AM
  • Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4778117
9:06 AM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Warner 45312
9:17 AM
  • Tabby Cat Walk
  • Composer: William Bolcom
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 68391
9:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 12
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80273
9:41 AM
  • Karelia Suite
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Susanna Malkki
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Bis 2638
10:01 AM
  • Irmelin Prelude
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia of England
  • EMI 65067
10:06 AM
  • Songs of a Season Past: Allegro
  • Composer: Bernard Andres
  • Soloists: Judith LeClair, bassoon
  • Avie 2181
10:09 AM
  • Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 400049
10:20 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • London/Decca 468600
10:42 AM
  • German Dances and Trios
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • RCA 60452
11:03 AM
  • Airs and Graces: Mill Dance
  • Composer: Eric Wetherell
  • Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • ASV 2155
11:06 AM
  • Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 69467
11:11 AM
  • African Suite: Nostalgia
  • Composer: Fela Sowande
  • Conductor: Paul Freeman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 86215
11:16 AM
  • 3 Dances
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Guitar Quartet
  • Centaur 2294
11:22 AM
  • Trio Sonata
  • Composer: Sebastian de Brossard
  • Conductor: David Bates
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Nuova Musica
  • Harmonia Mundi 807588
11:30 AM
  • Cello Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 93927
11:44 AM
  • Scherzando No. 6
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Haydn Ensemble Berlin
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • EMI 56577
11:52 AM
  • Fair Maid of Perth: 2 Dances
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 7127
12:01 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Ton Koopman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
  • Erato 88054
12:06 PM
  • Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra
  • RCA 61667
12:11 PM
  • Johnson's March
  • Composer: Francis Johnson
  • Conductor: Matthew H. Phillips
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of America
  • Albany 103
12:16 PM
  • Holberg Suite: Rigaudon
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mito Chamber Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4850592
12:21 PM
  • Le Roi d'Ys Overture
  • Composer: Edouard Lalo
  • Conductor: Roberto Benzi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra
  • Forlane 16564
12:34 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 22: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Leif Ove Andsnes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • Sony 2756
12:46 PM
  • Horn Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Radovan Vlatkovic, horn
  • EMI 64851
12:51 PM
  • Danse Macabre
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8723
1:01 PM
  • Orchestral Quartet No. 5: Rondo
  • Composer: Carl Stamitz
  • Conductor: Donald Armstrong
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: NZSO Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 557671
1:06 PM
  • Concerto Grosso: March
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5019
1:11 PM
  • Saturday Night at the Firehouse
  • Composer: Henry Cowell
  • Conductor: Lukas Foss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  • Pro Arte 102
1:18 PM
  • Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Marek Janowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Pentatone 5186788
1:27 PM
  • Rondo
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Yaara Tal, piano
  • Sony 58955
1:36 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • EMI 57445
1:43 PM
  • Valse Triste
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 413755
1:50 PM
  • La Procession del Rocio
  • Composer: Joaquin Turina
  • Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60895
2:01 PM
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Soloists: Michala Petri, recorder
  • OUR 226900
2:07 PM
  • Rusalka: Song to the Moon
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Renee Fleming, soprano
  • London/Decca 467632
2:15 PM
  • Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
  • Composer: He Zhanhao/Chen Gang
  • Conductor: Viktor Fedotov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Vanessa-Mae, violin
  • EMI 56483
2:44 PM
  • Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail
  • Composer: Ferde Grofe
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60778
2:53 PM
  • Brejeiro
  • Composer: Ernesto Nazareth
  • Soloists: Gabriela Montero, piano
  • EMI 41144
2:56 PM
  • Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 445486
3:01 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Soloists: Maria Bergmann, piano
  • Hanssler 93081
3:07 PM
  • Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80349
3:21 PM
  • Italian Serenade
  • Composer: Hugo Wolf
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
  • Denon 9150
3:29 PM
  • Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 66342
3:47 PM
  • Norwegian Dances Nos. 2-4
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9028
4:01 PM
  • Reverie
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kassia Ensemble
  • Soloists: Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
  • Summit 743
4:07 PM
  • Zerline: Children's Dance
  • Composer: Daniel Auber
  • Conductor: Dario Salvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 574335
4:17 PM
  • Scenes in Tin Can Alley: Children at Play
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: John Tatsuo Cullen, piano
  • Blue Griffin 615
4:22 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
  • Virgin 45095
4:46 PM
  • Excelsior! Symphonic Overture
  • Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 251
5:01 PM
  • Bassoon Concerto: Rondo
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Janne Nisonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
  • Ondine 1324
5:06 PM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
  • Alpha 1004
5:11 PM
  • Five Bagatelles
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Robert Plane, clarinet
  • Naxos 553566
5:28 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 17
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Yeol Eum Som, piano
  • Naive 8049
5:48 PM
  • Marche Slave
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 453496
6:01 PM
  • Prelude
  • Composer: Heino Kaski
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ondine 824
6:06 PM
  • 2 Canzons
  • Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Brass Ensemble
  • Sony 62353
6:14 PM
  • Saudades das Selvas Brasileiras No. 2
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Soloists: Nelson Freire, piano
  • London/Decca 17179
6:18 PM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
  • Telarc 80309
6:38 PM
  • Harp Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Albrechtsberger
  • Conductor: Rossen Milanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Hainen, harp
  • Avie 2221
7:01 PM
  • Andante
  • Composer: Elfrida Andree
  • Soloists: Oskar Ekberg, piano
  • Daphne 1047
7:06 PM
  • Appalachia Waltz
  • Composer: Mark O'Connor
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8737
7:13 PM
  • Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yunchan Lim, piano
  • London/Decca 506868
7:17 PM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80502
7:43 PM
  • Lincolnshire Posy
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Timothy Reynish
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern College Wind Orchestra
  • Chandos 9549
8:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Thierry Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony
  • Hyperion 68223
8:06 PM
  • Xerxes: Largo
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: Chen Yi, violin
  • OUR 220602
8:12 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
8:24 PM
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yuja Wang, piano
  • DG 15338
8:49 PM
  • Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Alun Francis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Thea King, clarinet
  • Hyperion 66022
9:03 PM
  • Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Wallace, trumpet
  • Nimbus 5155
9:06 PM
  • La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Soloists: Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano
  • Blue Griffin 633
9:11 PM
  • 6 Early Netherlands Dances
  • Composer: Julius Rontgen
  • Conductor: David Porcelijn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Philharmonic
  • CPO 777255
9:23 PM
  • Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
  • London/Decca 470291
9:27 PM
  • Symphony No. 28
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 762
9:48 PM
  • My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
  • Composer: Moses Hogan
  • Conductor: Rene Clausen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
  • Concordia 3510
9:51 PM
  • Scottish Fantasy: Finale
  • Composer: Max Bruch
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
  • RCA 60942
10:06 PM
  • Fugue "Little"
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 578305
10:10 PM
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Melos Quartet
  • DG 419879
10:30 PM
  • Blues Symphony: Danzon y Mambo, Choro y Samba
  • Composer: Wynton Marsalis
  • Conductor: Jader Bignamini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • PentaTone 7232
10:43 PM
  • The Comedians
  • Composer: Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Conductor: Donald Barra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Diego Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7042
11:01 PM
  • Four English Country Dances
  • Composer: John Playford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hesperus
  • Maggie's Music 216
11:06 PM
  • Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Cala 1029
11:09 PM
  • Serenade: 4th movement
  • Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9449
11:20 PM
  • Air de ballet
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Eric Parkin, piano
  • Chandos 8888
11:25 PM
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 47351
11:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 4: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4787471
12:01 AM
  • Vals gayo
  • Composer: Teresa Carreno
  • Soloists: Clara Rodriguez, piano
  • Nimbus 6103
12:06 AM
  • Rondeau
  • Composer: Jean-Joseph Mouret
  • Conductor: Anthony Newman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Sony 66244
12:09 AM
  • Omphale's Spinning Wheel
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Francois-Xavier Roth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Siecles
  • Harmonia Mundi 902614
12:19 AM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ebene Quartet
  • Virgin 19045
12:50 AM
  • Schatz Waltz (Treasure Waltz)
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 5405
1:01 AM
  • Etude No. 8
  • Composer: Giulio Regondi
  • Soloists: David Starobin, guitar
  • Arabesque 6695
1:06 AM
  • Suite Mignonne
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 384
1:14 AM
  • Serenata in Vano
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Athena Ensemble
  • Chandos 8680
1:23 AM
  • Sie liebten sich beide (They loved one another)
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor, John Churchwell, piano
  • Avie 2742
1:25 AM
  • Cello Concerto
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Raphael Merlin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christian-Pierre La Marca, cello
  • Naive 7364
1:49 AM
  • Pride and Prejudice Suite
  • Composer: Dario Marianelli
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • London/Decca 4852082
2:01 AM
  • Suite of Three Pieces: Idylle
  • Composer: Benjamin Godard
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Susan Milan, flute
  • Chandos 8840
2:06 AM
  • Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 415669
2:21 AM
  • Fairy Tale
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 572323
2:54 AM
  • Le Temps des lilas (In the time of the lilacs)
  • Composer: Ernest Chausson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Giardini
  • Pentatone 7357
3:01 AM
  • The Walled Garden
  • Composer: John Zorn
  • Soloists: Bill Frisell, guitar, Carol Emanuel, harp, Kenny Wollesen, vibraphone
  • Tzadik 8309
3:06 AM
  • Hana Wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom)
  • Composer: Yoko Kanno
  • Soloists: Isabel Dobarro, piano
  • Grand Piano 944
3:14 AM
  • Piano Concerto "Memo Flora"
  • Composer: Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Conductor: Sachio Fujioka
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Manchester Camerata
  • Soloists: Kyoko Tabe, piano
  • Chandos 9652
3:48 AM
  • In a Landscape
  • Composer: John Cage
  • Soloists: Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
  • Azica 71281
4:01 AM
  • Words of the Sun
  • Composer: Zhou Long
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chanticleer
  • Teldec 24570
4:06 AM
  • Solais
  • Composer: Clarice Assad
  • Soloists: Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
  • Navona 6644
4:12 AM
  • Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love
  • Composer: Terry Riley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kronos Quartet
  • Nonesuch 549523
4:22 AM
  • Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
  • Composer: Caroline Shaw/So Percussion/Jonathan Low
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: So Percussion
  • Soloists: Caroline Shaw, vocals
  • Nonesuch 979159
4:29 AM
  • Varsha (Rain)
  • Composer: Reena Esmail
  • Soloists: Claire Bryant, cello
  • Bright Shiny Things 178
4:34 AM
  • Was there a butterfly?
  • Composer: Onute Narbutaite
  • Conductor: Juha Kangas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
  • Alba 414
4:52 AM
  • Limina Luminis
  • Composer: Olivia Belli
  • Soloists: Anna Lapwood, organ
  • Sony 80927
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.