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Prince Igor: Overture

  • Composer:Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor:Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 435757

Schedule for April 30, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
  • Virgin 91122
5:15 AM
  • Romance
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 12949
5:22 AM
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 557430
6:01 AM
  • The Tale of Honza: Valse Triste
  • Composer: Oskar Nedbal
  • Conductor: Libor Pesek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Virgin 59285
6:07 AM
  • String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Belcea Quartet
  • EMI 57419
6:45 AM
  • Aeolian Suite
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Conductor: William Goodchild
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 60586
7:01 AM
  • If the Silver Bird Could Speak
  • Composer: Eleanor Alberga
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1708
7:05 AM
  • Nonet
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
7:33 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 7 for Three Pianos
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Kent Nagano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • Soloists: Karin Kei Nagano, piano
  • Pentatone 7202
7:56 AM
  • Novelette No. 1
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vento Chiaro
  • Ongaku 24120
8:01 AM
  • Canon and Gigue
  • Composer: Johann Pachelbel
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Philips 412215
8:09 AM
  • Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Music
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Toulouse
  • EMI 56123
8:27 AM
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Composer: Justin Holland
  • Soloists: Jiji, guitar
  • Rising Sun 74224
8:33 AM
  • Keyboard Suite No. 2
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: Keith Jarrett, piano
  • ECM 1530
9:06 AM
  • Dance of the Blessed Spirits
  • Composer: Christoph Gluck
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano
  • Erato 34137
9:10 AM
  • O viridissima Virga (Hail, O greenest branch)
  • Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
  • Conductor: Barbara Thornton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sequentia
  • DHM 77320
9:16 AM
  • String Quintet No. 6 "L'ucceliera" (The Aviary)
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players
  • DHM 77159
9:35 AM
  • Exaltation of Larks
  • Composer: Norman Dello Joio
  • Conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlantic Sinfonietta
  • Koch 7167
9:45 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Warner 45312
10:01 AM
  • Two Preludes
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Rafal Blechacz, piano
  • DG 10870
10:06 AM
  • Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80171
10:14 AM
  • Reflections
  • Composer: Alex Baranowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble
  • Soloists: Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
  • London/Decca 4870832
10:20 AM
  • Spring Music
  • Composer: Joseph Marx
  • Conductor: Steven Sloane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bochum Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573831
10:44 AM
  • String Quartet No. 8
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hagen Quartet
  • DG 431645
11:03 AM
  • Waltzing on a Sunbeam
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Michael Clark, piano
  • Navona 6591
11:06 AM
  • Carmen: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Bastille
  • DG 431778
11:09 AM
  • Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Conductor: Simon Standage
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
  • Chandos 663
11:16 AM
  • Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Michael Collins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Winds
  • Hyperion 66731
11:22 AM
  • Images for Orchestra: Gigues
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 68327
11:30 AM
  • String Quintet: Allegretto
  • Composer: Niels Gade
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble MidtVest
  • CPO 555199
11:36 AM
  • Symphony No. 14
  • Composer: William Herschel
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 10048
11:49 AM
  • The Capricious One
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Soloists: Daniel Lozakovich, violin
  • DG 4862492
11:53 AM
  • Symphony No. 83 "The Hen": 4th movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Bruno Weil
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66295
12:01 PM
  • Sine Nomine
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony
  • Composer's Collection 681
12:07 PM
  • Fugue "Little"
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 89012
12:11 PM
  • Symphony No. 3: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Conductor: David Reiland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Orchestra of Metz Grand Est
  • Bru Zane 2006
12:19 PM
  • Romance No. 2
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queens Duo
  • Genuin 20691
12:24 PM
  • Sentimental Story
  • Composer: Charlotte Sohy
  • Conductor: Debora Waldman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Orchestra of Avignon-Provence
  • La Boite a Pepites 1
12:36 PM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Charles Groves
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
12:46 PM
  • Traveling Song
  • Composer: Carlos Simon
  • Soloists: Carlos Simon, piano
  • London/Decca 4854768
12:50 PM
  • Global Warming
  • Composer: Michael Abels
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
1:01 PM
  • Aleko: Women's Dance
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 64530
1:06 PM
  • Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 65616
1:13 PM
  • Bagatelles: Allegretto scherzando (3)
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Takacs Quartet
  • Soloists: Gabor Ormai, harmonium
  • London/Decca 430077
1:17 PM
  • La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Soloists: Johan Dalene, violin
  • Bis 2770
1:21 PM
  • Popular Andean Dances
  • Composer: Celso Garrido-Lecca
  • Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
1:35 PM
  • String Symphony No. 6
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Thomas Furi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bern
  • Denon 73326
1:45 PM
  • Red Flowers in Bloom
  • Composer: Qi Liu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
1:50 PM
  • Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue
  • Composer: Jaromir Weinberger
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80115
2:01 PM
  • Piano Quintet: 1st movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
  • Soloists: Martin Brambock, horn
  • Brilliant 93857
2:07 PM
  • The Song of Hiawatha: Overture
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223516
2:20 PM
  • Etude No. 8
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Maurizio Pollini, piano
  • DG 413794
2:24 PM
  • Bassoon Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Hummel
  • Conductor: Janne Nisonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
  • Ondine 1324
2:48 PM
  • Marche Slave
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 453496
3:01 PM
  • Chi passa per'sta strada
  • Composer: Filippo Azzaiolo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 93927
3:06 PM
  • Egmont Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • London/Decca 468530
3:15 PM
  • Farewell to Stromness
  • Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mississippi Guitar Quartet
  • Centaur 2624
3:21 PM
  • Wand of Youth Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: James Judd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 557166
3:43 PM
  • Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 445541
4:01 PM
  • A Country Woman
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Robert Stankovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223705
4:06 PM
  • Double Bass Quartet No. 2: Rondo
  • Composer: Franz Hoffmeister
  • Soloists: Norbert Duka, double bass
  • Naxos 572187
4:12 PM
  • Overture di Ballo
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Conductor: Charles Groves
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 64400
4:24 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
  • London/Decca 468600
4:46 PM
  • Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro: Allegro
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Plinio Fernandes, guitar
  • London/Decca 38493
5:01 PM
  • Nonetto: 1st movement
  • Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • DG 427640
5:07 PM
  • Semiramide: Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Jaime Laredo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5078
5:20 PM
  • Deep Summer Music
  • Composer: Libby Larsen
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Koch 7520
5:28 PM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
  • Cedille 228
5:46 PM
  • Recorder Concerto
  • Composer: Giovanni Sammartini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Soloists: Lucie Horsch, recorder
  • London/Decca 4834722
6:00 PM
  • Pavane and Gigue
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 572050
6:06 PM
  • African Suite: Joyful Day
  • Composer: Fela Sowande
  • Conductor: Mario Bernardi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • CBC 5135
6:15 PM
  • Symphony No. 35
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico
  • Alpha 684
6:34 PM
  • Waltz No. 9 "L'adieu"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
  • Hyperion 68273
6:40 PM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 431160
7:01 PM
  • Four Poetic Waltzes
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Soloists: Xiayin Wang, piano
  • Chandos 10995
7:19 PM
  • Reveille
  • Composer: Tony Banks
  • Conductor: Nick Ingman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
  • BMG 56892
7:30 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 9
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Mari Kodama, piano
  • PentaTone 304
7:45 PM
  • Miniature Viennese March
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Joshua Bell, violin
  • London/Decca 444409
7:48 PM
  • Bergensiana: Rococo Variations on an old Melody from Bergen
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Karsten Andersen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Symphony Orchestra
  • NKF 50013
8:01 PM
  • Four Pieces: Dudelsack and Waltz
  • Composer: Alfred Uhl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cumberland Quintet
  • Albany 834
8:06 PM
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Hans Graf
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
  • LaserLight 15867
8:18 PM
  • Ribers No. 8
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Danish String Quartet
  • Dacapo 226081
8:22 PM
  • Suite for Large Orchestra
  • Composer: Helena Munktell
  • Conductor: Tobias Ringborg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gavle Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 1066
8:43 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Soloists: Sarah Cahill, piano
  • First Hand 133
8:48 PM
  • Prince Igor: Overture
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 435757
9:03 PM
  • Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joe Hisaishi, piano
  • London/Decca 803489
9:06 PM
  • Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • DG 439896
9:13 PM
  • Arabesque
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Jonathan Biss, piano
  • EMI 65391
9:21 PM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 1
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
  • Harmonia Mundi 907014
9:33 PM
  • Miniatures
  • Composer: Sulkhan Tsintsadze
  • Conductor: Lisa Batiashvili
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Georgian Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lisa Batiashvili, violin
  • Sony 33400
9:47 PM
  • Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Maurizio Pollini, piano
9:49 PM
  • Three Ancient Airs, from the Coplas Sefardies
  • Composer: Alberto Hemsi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: ARC Ensemble
  • Chandos 20243
10:06 PM
  • The Prince of Denmark's March
  • Composer: Jeremiah Clarke
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Empire Brass
  • Soloists: William Kuhlman, organ
  • Telarc 80614
10:09 PM
  • Knight in Armour
  • Composer: Ruth Gipps
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 20078
10:21 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 23
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
  • Sony 80928
10:48 PM
  • Old Polish Suite
  • Composer: Andrei Panufnik
  • Conductor: Mariusz Smolij
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 570032
11:01 PM
  • Ballo detto Pollicio/La Cattarina
  • Composer: Tarquinio Merula
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Fitzwilliam
  • Valois 4641
11:06 PM
  • Two Ballades: No. 1
  • Composer: Fazil Say
  • Conductor: Scott Yoo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
  • Cambria 1404
11:11 PM
  • Inspiration Waltzes
  • Composer: Nathaniel Dett
  • Soloists: Clipper Erickson, piano
  • Navona 6013
11:19 PM
  • Sicilian Vespers: Four Seasons: Spring
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 572818
11:27 PM
  • Petite Symphony
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Gerard Oskamp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Winds
  • Victoria 19095
11:47 PM
  • Devil's Promenade
  • Composer: Louis Ballard
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Fort Smith Symphony
  • Naxos 559923
12:01 AM
  • Paris Quartet No. 12: Gai and Vite
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Soloists: Barthold Kuijken, flute, Sigiswald Kuijken, violin, Wieland Kuijken, cello/gamba, Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord
  • Sony 63115
12:06 AM
  • Dinorah: Overture
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Darrell Ang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573195
12:20 AM
  • Impromptu
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Anna Shelest, piano
  • Music & Arts 1310
12:23 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4792437
12:53 AM
  • Le Gondolier
  • Composer: Johann Kaspar Mertz
  • Soloists: Raphaella Smits, guitar
  • Accent 8863
1:01 AM
  • String Poetic: Nocturne
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Soloists: Jennifer Koh, violin, Reiko Uchida, piano
  • Cedille 103
1:06 AM
  • Intermezzo No. 1
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Sivan Magen, harp
  • Linn 441
1:11 AM
  • Unter bluhenden Linden
  • Composer: Lou Koster
  • Conductor: Jonathan Kaell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 573330
1:24 AM
  • Reve d'amour
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Renee Fleming, soprano, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano
  • London/Decca 4852089
1:27 AM
  • The Isle of the Dead
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Virgin 90830
1:49 AM
  • Wind Quintet
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cracow Golden Quintet
  • Dux 1685
2:01 AM
  • Garmoshka
  • Composer: Ljova
  • Conductor: Eric Jacobsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Knights
  • Soloists: Johnny Gandelsman, violin, Colin Jacobsen, violin
  • Sony 46985
2:06 AM
  • Fantasy on Latvian Folksongs
  • Composer: Georgs Pelecis
  • Soloists: Anya Alexeyev, piano, Leslie De'Ath, piano
  • Toccata Next 39
2:16 AM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Peteris Vasks
  • Conductor: Andris Poga
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Albrecht Mayer, oboe
  • Ondine 1355
2:52 AM
  • Nocturne No. 17
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • Sony 22932
3:01 AM
  • Jig and Pop
  • Composer: Tessa Lark
  • Soloists: Tessa Lark, violin
  • First Hand 100
3:06 AM
  • Franz and the Eagle
  • Composer: Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile/Stuart Duncan
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Stuart Duncan, fiddle, Chris Thile, mandolin, Edgar Meyer, piano
  • Sony 84118
3:15 AM
  • Juno Concerto
  • Composer: Bela Fleck
  • Conductor: Jose Luis Gomez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Bela Fleck, banjo
  • Rounder 1166100200
3:45 AM
  • Happy Day
  • Composer: Nicolas Kendall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Time For Three
  • Soloists: Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele, Mathias Kunzli, percussion
  • Universal 20744
3:51 AM
  • Far Down Far
  • Composer: Maeve Gilchrist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
  • Soloists: Rhiannon Giddens, banjo
  • Nonesuch 89758
4:01 AM
  • Electric Counterpoint: Fast
  • Composer: Steve Reich
  • Soloists: Bryce Dessner, guitar, David Chalmin, guitar
  • DG 4876947
4:06 AM
  • Pulse
  • Composer: Fuse & Bryce Dessner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Fuse
  • Fusemusic 2024
4:16 AM
  • Perfectly Voiceless
  • Composer: Devonte Hynes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion
  • Cedille 192
4:30 AM
  • Reflections: Mnemosyne
  • Composer: Sufjan Stevens
  • Soloists: Timo Andres, piano, Conor Hanick, piano
  • Asthmatic Kitty 148
4:33 AM
  • Reflections: Rodinia
  • Composer: Sufjan Stevens
  • Soloists: Timo Andres, piano, Conor Hanick, piano
  • Asthmatic Kitty 148
4:39 AM
  • Reflections: Reflection
  • Composer: Sufjan Stevens
  • Soloists: Timo Andres, piano, Conor Hanick, piano
  • Asthmatic Kitty 148
4:42 AM
  • The Bear and the Squirrel
  • Composer: Jeremy Turner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: yMusic
  • New Amsterdam 59
4:48 AM
  • Nightfall
  • Composer: Meredith Monk
  • Soloists: Sean Shibe, electric guitar
  • PentaTone 988
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.