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Simple Symphony

  • Composer:Benjamin Britten
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Guildhall Strings
  • RCA 7846

Schedule for October 17, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Simple Symphony
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Guildhall Strings
  • RCA 7846
5:19 AM
  • Piano Sonata
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66846
5:38 AM
  • Suite Concertino
  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Conductor: Mario Bernardi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: CBC Vancouver Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christopher Millard, bassoon
  • CBC 5185
6:01 AM
  • Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
  • Composer: He Zhanhao/Chen Gang
  • Conductor: Viktor Fedotov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Vanessa-Mae, violin
  • EMI 56483
6:29 AM
  • Humoresque
  • Composer: Agathe Grondahl
  • Soloists: Hiroko Ishimoto, piano
  • Grand Piano 844
6:34 AM
  • Suite for 13 Wind Instruments
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  • Philips 438733
7:01 AM
  • Six Fish: Sunfish
  • Composer: Nigel Westlake
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Guitar Trek
  • Naxos 579060
7:05 AM
  • Symphony No. 63 "Loon Lake"
  • Composer: Alan Hovhaness
  • Conductor: Stewart Robertson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Naxos 559336
7:33 AM
  • Dioclesian Instrumental Music
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66169
7:46 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Andris Nelsons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • DG 19046
8:01 AM
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 457748
8:26 AM
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: Preludio
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Soloists: Pola Baytelman, piano
  • Albany 1116
8:33 AM
  • Quartet for Flute, Viola, Guitar and Cello
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Wolfgang Schulz, flute, Wolfram Christ, viola, Goran Sollscher, guitar, Georg Faust, cello
  • DG 431783
9:01 AM
  • By Night
  • Composer: Sophie Hutchings
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • Soloists: Olivia Jageurs, harp
  • London/Decca 4851870
9:06 AM
  • Aubade
  • Composer: Cyril Scott
  • Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10407
9:17 AM
  • Prelude No. 5
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Alessio Bax, piano
  • Signum 264
9:22 AM
  • Cello Suite No. 3
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 85465
9:44 AM
  • Sonata No. 4
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Thomas Furi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bern
  • DG 413310
10:01 AM
  • flight
  • Composer: Rachel Portman
  • Soloists: Clio Gould, violin, Rachel Portman, piano
  • Node 2020
10:06 AM
  • Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet, Wolfgang Meyer, basset horn
  • EMI 47233
10:14 AM
  • Prince and the Mermaid Suite
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
10:23 AM
  • Candyman Suite
  • Composer: Philip Glass
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8755
10:28 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Daniel Barenboim, piano
  • DG 419602
10:47 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Giuseppe Tartini
  • Conductor: Jahja Ling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
  • Telarc 80232
11:03 AM
  • Jamaican Dance No. 2
  • Composer: Oswald Russell
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • Navona 6763
11:06 AM
  • Mysterious Barricades
  • Composer: Francois Couperin
  • Soloists: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar
  • Sony 92811
11:10 AM
  • Voyevoda: Trust me, my dear
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Peter Breiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573015
11:16 AM
  • Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 99
11:22 AM
  • Chacony (Chaconne)
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
  • London/Decca 26509
11:28 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 77309
11:43 AM
  • Serenade for Strings: Waltz
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 415364
11:51 AM
  • Carousel Waltz
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 67067
12:01 PM
  • London Suite: Covent Garden
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: John Wilson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 20036
12:06 PM
  • Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • DG 29051
12:11 PM
  • Dance Suite after Couperin: Carillon
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
12:16 PM
  • The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2: 1st movement
  • Composer: Henri Rabaud
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223503
12:20 PM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet I
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  • Philips 420711
12:29 PM
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Vox 5132
12:41 PM
  • Concerto for Two Violins
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Andrea Marcon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra
  • Soloists: Viktoria Mullova, violin, Giuliano Carmignola, violin
  • Archiv 4777466
12:50 PM
  • Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance
  • Composer: Don Ray
  • Conductor: Derek Gleeson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Albany 1058
1:01 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63025
1:06 PM
  • Etude No. 10
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Jan Lisiecki, piano
  • DG 4791039
1:09 PM
  • Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Richard Kapp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Richard Kelley, trumpet, Jon Nelson, trumpet
  • RCA 61911
1:16 PM
  • Pirates of Penzance Overture
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 434916
1:23 PM
  • Fantasy for a Gentleman: Canario
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Miguel Gomez Martinez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
  • London/Decca 417199
1:29 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
  • DG 986
1:47 PM
  • Song without Words No. 32
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano
  • Erato 34137
1:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 4: Finale
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 90798
2:01 PM
  • I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capulets and Montagues): Sinfonia
  • Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Cecilia
  • DG 471566
2:06 PM
  • Morning Song
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5008
2:09 PM
  • Clarinet Concertino
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Alexander Janiczek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Maximiliano Martin, clarinet
  • Linn 409
2:20 PM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Muzio Clementi
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Chandos 9234
2:38 PM
  • Twelve German Dances
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Wien
  • Sony 48386
2:52 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2: Presto
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Andre Watts, piano
  • Telarc 80386
3:01 PM
  • Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80107
3:06 PM
  • Raymond Overture
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 20151
3:15 PM
  • Fantasy Pieces: Humoresque
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet
  • Azica 71336
3:20 PM
  • The Garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss
  • Composer: William Bolcom
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 68391
3:26 PM
  • Faust Ballet Music
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 423698
3:44 PM
  • Horn Concerto No. 11
  • Composer: Giovanni Punto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Barry Tuckwell, horn
  • EMI 69395
4:01 PM
  • Sine Nomine
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony
  • Composer's Collection 681
4:06 PM
  • Autumn Waltz
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Soloists: Juan Jose Mudarra Gamiz, piano
  • Naxos 573293
4:18 PM
  • Symphony of Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Dan Locklair
  • Conductor: Kirk Trevor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559337
4:27 PM
  • Flute and Harp Concerto
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Susan Palma, flute, Nancy Allen, harp
  • DG 427677
4:55 PM
  • Three Latin-American Dances: Mestizo Waltz
  • Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank
  • Conductor: Keith Lockhart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra
5:01 PM
  • Youthful Suite: English Waltz
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Martin Jones, piano
  • Nimbus 5220
5:06 PM
  • Biguine
  • Composer: Jerome Moross
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 1400
5:11 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony (7) 89141
5:18 PM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 423655
5:46 PM
  • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • London/Decca 421769
6:01 PM
  • 2 Pieces for piano 6 hands: Romance
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano, Alexander Melnikov, piano, Aleksandar Madzar, piano
  • Erato 59546
6:06 PM
  • Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 9811
6:11 PM
  • The Youth's Magic Horn: Who thought up this little song?
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Conductor: Eivind Aadland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
  • EMI 88328
6:13 PM
  • Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80156
6:49 PM
  • Aires de la Mancha
  • Composer: Federico Torroba
  • Soloists: Pepe Romero, guitar
7:01 PM
  • Notre Dame: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Franz Schmidt
  • Conductor: Lawrence Foster
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Erato 88103
7:06 PM
  • Norwegian Dance No. 6
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Harald Aadland, violin
  • NKF 50033
7:14 PM
  • The Bronze Horse: Overture
  • Composer: Daniel Auber
  • Conductor: Richard Hayman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 550473
7:24 PM
  • Two-Part Inventions
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • Sony 79597
7:48 PM
  • Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy
  • Composer: Franz Doppler
  • Conductor: Shigenobu Yamaoka
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tokyo Concert Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
  • Sony 34559
8:01 PM
  • String Quartet No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dover Quartet
  • Azica 71331
8:06 PM
  • Intermezzo: Travel Fever and Waltz Scene
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 437790
8:16 PM
  • Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 400049
8:26 PM
  • Octet for Winds
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
8:48 PM
  • Havanaise
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
  • EMI 55026
9:03 PM
  • Soirees Musicales: Mazurka
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Angela Tirino, piano
  • Urania 14078
9:06 PM
  • Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Jean-Philippe Tremblay
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Francophonie
  • Analekta 9998
9:13 PM
  • Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
9:19 PM
  • Little Folk Suites: Selections
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
9:26 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 80
9:41 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
  • Soloists: Stewart Rose, horn
  • Arabesque 6750
9:50 PM
  • Suite No. 1: Fuga con Pajarillo
  • Composer: Aldemaro Romero
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
  • DG 4865014
10:01 PM
  • The Birds of Aristophanes: Bridal March of the Birds
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 10740
10:06 PM
  • Fantasy-Impromptu
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Daniil Trifonov, piano
  • DG 4797518
10:12 PM
  • Fanfare on Amazing Grace
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Virginia Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 559722
10:17 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 7
  • Composer: Bruce Haynes
  • Conductor: Eric Milnes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Baroque Orchestra
  • Atma 2565
10:26 PM
  • Dances of Galanta
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 416378
10:44 PM
  • Symphony No. 3: 1st movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin
  • DG 4835251
11:01 PM
  • Julia Florida
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 64396
11:06 PM
  • Mignon: Overture
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9765
11:15 PM
  • The Magic Harp
  • Composer: Ina Boyle
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
11:26 PM
  • Flute Quartet No. 4
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
  • Soloists: Carol Wincenc, flute
  • DG 431770
11:37 PM
  • Viennese Waltzes
  • Composer: Emma Kodaly
  • Soloists: Hiroko Ishimoto, piano
11:49 PM
  • English Folk Song Suite
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: James Judd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 572304
12:01 AM
  • Concert Suite No. 2: Menuets
  • Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Nouveau
  • Reference 118
12:06 AM
  • Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
  • Composer: Franz von Suppe
  • Conductor: Alfred Walter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 553935
12:16 AM
  • Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand Alone: No. 4 "Bourree"
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Soloists: Piers Lane, piano
  • Hyperion 67037
12:20 AM
  • Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Andris Nelsons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Seong-Jin Cho, piano
  • DG 4866821
12:40 AM
  • String Quartet No. 33
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Doric String Quartet
  • Chandos 20129
1:01 AM
  • Arabesque No. 2
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Anders Miolin, guitar
1:06 AM
  • Presto
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 384
1:15 AM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4782721
1:55 AM
  • Daweswood Suite: The Blossom
  • Composer: Rick Sowash
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mirecourt Trio
  • Soloists: Craig Olzenak, clarinet
  • Gasparo 285
2:01 AM
  • Concert Study
  • Composer: Felix Godefroid
  • Soloists: Valerie Milot, harp
  • Analekta 9974
2:06 AM
  • Lullaby
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 49278
2:14 AM
  • Medhel an Gwyns (Soft is the Wind)
  • Composer: Anne Dudley
  • Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jimenez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Esther Abrami, violin
  • Sony 90018
2:18 AM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Pastoral Symphony"
  • Composer: Alan Rawsthorne
  • Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lyrita 291
2:40 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 9
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Yeol Eum Son, piano
  • Naive 8049
3:01 AM
  • Three Parts on a Ground
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jordi Savall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
  • Alia Vox 9820
3:06 AM
  • Chanson de Nuit
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin, Petr Limonov, piano
  • London/Decca 4850949
3:10 AM
  • Trio Sonata
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Baroque
  • Harmonia Mundi 901511
3:26 AM
  • Serenade to Music
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Matthew Best
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Soloists
  • Hyperion 20420
3:40 AM
  • Lachrimae
  • Composer: John Dowland
  • Soloists: Paul O'Dette, lute
  • Astree 7715
3:46 AM
  • Music after a While
  • Composer: Michael Nyman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Fretwork
  • Signum 586
4:01 AM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425468
4:06 AM
  • Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)
  • Composer: Eugene Ysaye
  • Soloists: Philippe Graffin, violin, Marisa Gupta, piano
  • Avie 2650
4:11 AM
  • Scenes from Childhood
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4854218
4:30 AM
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Composer: Josef Foerster
  • Conductor: Marek Stilek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 574336
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.