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Cordoba

  • Composer:Ernesto Lecuona
  • Soloists:
    • Adolovni Acosta, piano
  • Marquis 83121

Schedule for March 17, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Symphony "The Cotswolds"
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 572914
5:26 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Neruda
  • Conductor: Anthony Halstead
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
  • Alto 1063
5:42 AM
  • German Dances and Trios
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • RCA 60452
6:01 AM
  • Serenade No. 1
  • Composer: Robert Fuchs
  • Conductor: Christian Ludwig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 572222
6:22 AM
  • Chanson et Danses (Song and Dances)
  • Composer: Vincent d'Indy
  • Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Winds
  • CBC 1105
6:39 AM
  • Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: James DePreist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 570
7:01 AM
  • Cordoba
  • Composer: Ernesto Lecuona
  • Soloists: Adolovni Acosta, piano
  • Marquis 83121
7:08 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Paul Wranitzky
  • Conductor: Bohumil Gregor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111332
7:39 AM
  • Lullaby
  • Composer: Pawel Lukaszewski
  • Soloists: Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, flute
7:44 AM
  • Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
  • London/Decca 417583
8:01 AM
  • Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 432092
8:17 AM
  • My Lagan Love
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • Chandos 10821
8:22 AM
  • An Irish Symphony
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9859
9:01 AM
  • Choro de Saudade
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 80612
9:06 AM
  • Luisa Miller: Highlights
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Italiani
  • Denon 18070
9:17 AM
  • Six Pieces: Vielle Chanson (Old Song)
  • Composer: Pauline Viardot-Garcia
  • Soloists: Reto Kuppel, violin, Wolfgang Manz, piano
  • Naxos 573749
9:23 AM
  • Karelia Suite
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80320
9:41 AM
  • Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Martin Pearlman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Baroque
  • Telarc 80594
10:01 AM
  • Bees and Bumblebees
  • Composer: Eugene Arcade Dede
  • Conductor: Reuben Blundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gowanus Arts Ensemble
  • New Focus 166
10:06 AM
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 431653
10:14 AM
  • Andante and Hungarian Rondo
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Soloists: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, bassoon
  • ASV 6159
10:26 AM
  • Six Irish Fantasies: Jig
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Soloists: Lucy Gould, violin
  • Naxos 572452
10:32 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 8
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Sara Davis Buechner, piano
  • Connoisseur Society 4202
10:49 AM
  • Symphony No. 1: Finale
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • London/Decca 430231
11:03 AM
  • The Little and Great Mountain
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • JCW 1
11:06 AM
  • Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Till Fellner, piano
  • ECM 1853
11:10 AM
  • Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance
  • Composer: Don Ray
  • Conductor: Derek Gleeson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Albany 1058
11:17 AM
  • Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nigel Kennedy, violin
  • EMI 56890
11:22 AM
  • Irish Suite for Strings
  • Composer: Arthur Duff
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
11:32 AM
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Philips 412724
11:47 AM
  • Little Folk Suites: Selections
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
11:54 AM
  • Joyous March
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 69467
12:01 PM
  • Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Philips 462824
12:06 PM
  • The Harmonious Blacksmith
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Brass
  • Teldec 43923
12:11 PM
  • Serenade for Strings: Scherzo
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 471613
12:18 PM
  • Linen and Lace: Belfast
  • Composer: Bill Whelan
  • Conductor: David Brophy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE National Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RTE Lyric fm 155
12:28 PM
  • Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra
  • Composer: William Alwyn
  • Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 570145
12:38 PM
  • Clarinet Sonata No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet, Gloria Chien, piano
  • Cedille 207
12:44 PM
  • The Good-humored Ladies: 5th movement
  • Composer: Vincenzo Tommasini
  • Conductor: Robert Irving
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concert Arts Orchestra
  • EMI 65911
12:48 PM
  • Carnaval
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 573124
1:01 PM
  • Lakme: Flower Duet
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Toulouse
  • Soloists: Natalie Dessay, soprano, Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
  • EMI 67830
1:06 PM
  • Rondo for Violin and Orchestra
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Daniel Hope, violin
  • DG 4865454
1:13 PM
  • Down by the Salley Gardens
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • Chandos 10821
1:19 PM
  • Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 449186
1:22 PM
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Composer: Johann Christian Bach
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 422498
1:31 PM
  • O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style
  • Composer: Thomas C. Kelly
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
1:46 PM
  • Waltz No. 1 "Grand Valse brillante"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Ruth Slenczynska, piano
  • London/Decca 4852255
1:54 PM
  • The Age of Gold: Tahiti Trot
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3257
2:01 PM
  • Pygmalion: Overture
  • Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Conductor: William Christie
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
  • Harmonia Mundi 901381
2:09 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 572207
2:19 PM
  • An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day
  • Composer: Hamilton Harty
  • Conductor: Keith Lockhart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 68901
2:23 PM
  • Suite for Strings
  • Composer: Joan Trimble
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
2:36 PM
  • Handelian Rhapsody
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Piers Lane, piano
  • Hyperion 67279
2:44 PM
  • Xerxes: Largo
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Keith Clark
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Concerts du Monde
  • Telarc 80344
2:48 PM
  • Danzon No. 2
  • Composer: Arturo Marquez
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
  • DG 13458
3:01 PM
  • From Olden Times: Gigue
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
3:06 PM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Guitar Duo
  • Naxos 573440
3:16 PM
  • Twelve German Dances
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Wien
  • Sony 48386
3:31 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: John Field
  • Conductor: Janos Furst
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: John O'Conor, piano
  • Onyx 101
3:53 PM
  • Swan Lake: Pas de Deux
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Esther Yoo, violin
  • DG 4815032
4:01 PM
  • Beatrix' Dance
  • Composer: Adolphe Adam
  • Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223772
4:06 PM
  • In Ireland
  • Composer: Hamilton Harty
  • Soloists: Kenneth Smith, flute, Paul Rhodes, piano
  • Divine Art 25069
4:14 PM
  • The Magic Harp
  • Composer: Ina Boyle
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
4:25 PM
  • Concerto Serenade
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Enrique Batiz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nancy Allen, harp
  • EMI 67435
4:50 PM
  • Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
  • Koch 7576
5:01 PM
  • Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
5:06 PM
  • King Stephen: Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 429762
5:13 PM
  • Havanaise
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
  • EMI 55026
5:25 PM
  • The Cliffs of Dooneen
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • Chandos 10821
5:28 PM
  • Piano Sonata: Rondo-Allegretto
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • Chandos 10933
5:42 PM
  • Suite for Strings
  • Composer: Arthur Foote
  • Conductor: Mikhail Gurewitsch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: do.gma chamber orchestra
  • Dabringhaus 9121717
6:01 PM
  • The Green Bough
  • Composer: Joan Trimble
  • Soloists: Bruce Posner, piano, Donald Garvelmann, piano
  • Koch 7287
6:06 PM
  • Symphonic Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Edward Gardner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 5301
6:13 PM
  • An Irish Melody
  • Composer: Frank Bridge
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5366
6:23 PM
  • Cello Suite No. 3
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 63203
6:45 PM
  • Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 80
7:01 PM
  • Pastoral and Reel
  • Composer: Thomas C. Kelly
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
7:06 PM
  • Quartet No. 2
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • Sony 52524
7:19 PM
  • String Quartet: Adagio
  • Composer: Emilie Mayer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Erato Quartet
7:28 PM
  • Symphony No. 28
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 762
7:48 PM
  • Irish Rhapsody No. 6
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
  • Chandos 8884
8:01 PM
  • Transcendental Etude No. 10 "Allegro agitato molto"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Haochen Zhang, piano
  • Bis 2681
8:06 PM
  • Radetzky March
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Sr.
  • Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Volksopera Orchestra
  • Philips 416819
8:10 PM
  • Romance
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Quynh Nguyen, piano
  • Music & Arts 1306
8:14 PM
  • Irish Suite
  • Composer: John Gardner
  • Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • ASV 2125
8:25 PM
  • Flute Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Saverio Mercadante
  • Conductor: Claudio Scimone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 7703
8:49 PM
  • Water Music Suite No. 2
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
  • Harmonia Mundi 907010
9:03 PM
  • Angel Springs
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
9:06 PM
  • Four Irish Dances: The Leprechaun's Dance
  • Composer: Charles Stanford
  • Soloists: Piers Lane, piano
  • Hyperion 67279
9:09 PM
  • Fantasy on The Irish Washer Woman
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Mitch Farber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: John O'Conor, piano
  • Warren Schatz 14
9:18 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavottes
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 3134
9:22 PM
  • Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442068
9:43 PM
  • La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 2
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Soloists: Vanessa Perez, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30036
9:47 PM
  • Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tasmin Little, violin
  • Chandos 10879
10:01 PM
  • Symphony: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Johann Vanhal
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Soloists: Celia Nicklin, oboe
  • Chandos 9607
10:06 PM
  • Irish Roots Medley
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Modern Mandolin Quartet
  • Dorian 92157
10:11 PM
  • Dulaman
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Conductor: Desmond Earley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
  • Signum 557
10:16 PM
  • Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 419192
10:33 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Mariss Jansons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 64291
10:47 PM
  • Four Scottish Dances
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • Conductor: Jerry Junkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Wind Symphony
  • Reference 66
11:01 PM
  • Inishlacken: Evening Ceili
  • Composer: Bill Whelan
  • Conductor: David Brophy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE National Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zoe Conway, violin, Helena Woods, violin
  • RTE Lyric fm 155
11:08 PM
  • Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 508018
11:12 PM
  • Irish Rhapsody
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 8573517
11:29 PM
  • Scherzo-Etude
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30239
11:32 PM
  • Cypresses (selected)
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet
  • Avie 2275
11:51 PM
  • Symphony: Finale
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 427321
12:01 AM
  • Return from Fingal; Irish Jig
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Soloists: Scott Tennant, guitar
  • Delos 3207
12:06 AM
  • Etude No. 4
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yunchan Lim, piano
  • London/Decca 506868
12:08 AM
  • Fantasia Gaelach No. 1
  • Composer: A.J. Potter
  • Conductor: Robert Houlihan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
  • Marco Polo 225158
12:18 AM
  • Pulcinella Suite
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Chandos 8325
12:42 AM
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Andras Schiff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Andras Schiff, piano
  • London/Decca 425676
1:01 AM
  • Impromptu No. 2
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4851683
1:06 AM
  • Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
1:11 AM
  • The Gartan Mother's Lullaby
  • Composer: Traditional Irish
  • Conductor: Desmond Earley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
  • Soloists: Hazel Conway, soprano
  • Signum 436
1:18 AM
  • An Irish Symphony
  • Composer: Hamilton Harty
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8314
1:53 AM
  • Piano Concerto: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Luise Adolpha Le Beau
  • Conductor: Jurgen Bruns
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble
  • Soloists: Katia Tchemberdji, piano
  • Dreyer-Gaido 21015
2:01 AM
  • Abbywood Trail
  • Composer: Dale Kavanagh
  • Soloists: Dale Kavanagh, guitar
2:06 AM
  • Six Etudes in Canonic Form: Nicht zu schnell
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano, Daniel Barenboim, piano
  • DG 4795563
2:09 AM
  • Wandering
  • Composer: Catrin Finch/Aoife Ni Bhriain
  • Soloists: Aoife Ni Bhriain, violin, Catrin Finch, harp
  • bendigedig 11
2:15 AM
  • Clarinet Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Stamitz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy
  • Soloists: Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet
  • London/Decca 4814711
2:32 AM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 91729
2:48 AM
  • Trio Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eroica Trio
  • EMI 56873
3:01 AM
  • Barcarolle
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38349
3:06 AM
  • Reverie
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kassia Ensemble
  • Soloists: Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
  • Summit 743
3:12 AM
  • Fritiof Suite: Fritiof's infatuation
  • Composer: Elfrida Andree
  • Conductor: Gustaf Sjokvist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 615
3:16 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Erich Korngold
  • Conductor: Kirill Karabits
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 17609
3:43 AM
  • In a Summer Garden
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: John Barbirolli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Halle Orchestra
  • EMI 65119
4:01 AM
  • Butterflying
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: Nicola Sweeney, violin, Sarah Nicolls, piano
  • Signum 58
4:06 AM
  • Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
  • Composer: Astor Piazzolla
  • Soloists: Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar
  • DG 2125
4:12 AM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • DG 437689
4:38 AM
  • Terzetto
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: (Selected members)
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stamitz Quartet
  • Bayer 100145
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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.