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Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"

  • Composer:Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor:Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80156

Schedule for November 05, 2024

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6:01 AM
  • Serenade for Winds
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 417452
6:27 AM
  • Pastorale
  • Composer: Giuseppe Sammartini
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 435262
6:32 AM
  • Piano Sonata
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Mitsuko Uchida, piano
  • Philips 462596
7:01 AM
  • Cello Concerto
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Conductor: Drostan Hall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Chicago
  • Soloists: Wendy Warner, cello
  • Cedille 142
7:24 AM
  • Imagenes
  • Composer: Candelario Huizar
  • Conductor: Alondra de la Parra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
  • Sony 75555
7:41 AM
  • Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • London/Decca 425857
8:01 AM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 8
  • Composer: Bruce Haynes
  • Conductor: Eric Milnes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Baroque Orchestra
  • Atma 2565
8:14 AM
  • Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alexander Doisy, saxophone
  • Naxos 572675
8:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80156
9:01 AM
  • The Enchanted Lake
  • Composer: Anatol Liadov
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 364
9:09 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Monica Huggett, violin, Ton Koopman, harpsichord
  • Philips 410401
9:28 AM
  • Chimney of King Rene
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Winds
  • Bis 536
9:42 AM
  • Jewels of the Madonna Suite
  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10511
10:01 AM
  • Shepherd's Song
  • Composer: Han-Kun Sha
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
10:06 AM
  • Ballade No. 4
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Ingrid Fliter, piano
  • EMI 14899
10:18 AM
  • Sonata for Flute and Harp
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Soloists: Laurel Zucker, flute, Susan Jolles, harp
  • Cantilena 66034
10:33 AM
  • Les Preludes
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • EMI 64850
10:49 AM
  • Finlandia
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Pietari Inkinen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 572705
11:01 AM
  • Enchantment: Song of the Shrine
  • Composer: Nathaniel Dett
  • Soloists: Clipper Erickson, piano
  • Navona 6013
11:06 AM
  • Caprice No. 24
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Soloists: Nicola Hall, guitar
  • London/Decca 430839
11:11 AM
  • Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Oiseau-Lyre 411721
11:26 AM
  • Kikujiro: Summer
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8726
11:31 AM
  • Bartered Bride: Overture, Furiant and Skocna
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Eliahu Inbal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Teldec 35838
11:46 AM
  • La Valse
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 66342
12:03 PM
  • Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
  • Cedille 185
12:06 PM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 68260
12:12 PM
  • Legend No. 4
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nonesuch 79066
12:20 PM
  • Spanish Waltz
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 10025
12:26 PM
  • Spanish Suite: Cuba
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Soloists: Manuel Barrueco, guitar
  • EMI 66574
12:30 PM
  • Symphony No. 36 "Linz": Finale
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80148
12:42 PM
  • Four Fancies: Folk Dance
  • Composer: Gordon Jacob
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arcata String Quartet
  • Soloists: Don Bailey, flute
  • Summit 239
12:44 PM
  • Keyboard Concerto No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Tianqi Du, piano
  • Naive 7957
1:01 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425468
1:06 PM
  • Joyous March
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
1:10 PM
  • Symphony: Scherzo
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Russian National Orchestra
  • DG 453434
1:18 PM
  • Washington Post March
  • Composer: John Philip Sousa
  • Conductor: Frederick Fennell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble
1:21 PM
  • Unconquered: Summon
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Conductor: Cristian Macelaru
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Ecstatic 92271
1:30 PM
  • Votes (Wahlstimmen) Waltz
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
  • Conductor: Johannes Wildner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223215
1:43 PM
  • Piano Sonata: 4th movement
  • Composer: Clara Schumann
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4850020
1:49 PM
  • Dance of the Hours
  • Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
  • Conductor: Silvio Varviso
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Philips 412236
2:01 PM
  • String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet
  • Naxos 574360
2:06 PM
  • Americans We
  • Composer: Henry Fillmore
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: River City Brass Band
  • Summit 310
2:10 PM
  • String Trio: Rondo
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio
  • Philips 438700
2:17 PM
  • Saibei Suite No. 2: Saibei Dance
  • Composer: An-Lun Huang
  • Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
  • Cedille 141
2:22 PM
  • Concerto for Mixed Instruments
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Fabio Biondi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Virgin 45527
2:31 PM
  • Symphony No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • DG 410082
2:43 PM
  • Zapateado
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Soloists: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
  • London/Decca 417795
2:48 PM
  • South American Suite
  • Composer: Brian Packham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bariloche
  • Soloists: Chris Norman, flute
  • Dorian 90250
3:01 PM
  • Lakme: Flower Duet
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Toulouse
  • Soloists: Natalie Dessay, soprano
3:06 PM
  • Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80595
3:10 PM
  • Bull on the Roof (Le boeuf sur le toit)
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Conductor: Yoav Talmi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quebec Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Ehnes, violin
  • Analekta 3151
3:27 PM
  • Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Hugh Wolff
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Teldec 91729
3:43 PM
  • Perpetual Motion
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Conductor: Donald Hunsberger
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, cornet
  • Sony 42137
3:48 PM
  • Symphony: 1st movement
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • Virgin 28613
4:01 PM
  • On Wings of Song; Spinning Song
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzedo Harp Duo
  • Azica 71226
4:06 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
4:13 PM
  • Zampa Overture
  • Composer: Ferdinand Herold
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 432014
4:22 PM
  • Six Studies in English Folk Song
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Soloists: Emma Johnson, clarinet, Malcolm Martineau, piano
  • ASV 891
4:31 PM
  • Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 8502
4:49 PM
  • Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8524
5:01 PM
  • Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies
  • Composer: Traditional Chinese
  • Soloists: Lydia Maria Bader, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38566
5:06 PM
  • Canon
  • Composer: Johann Pachelbel
  • Conductor: Richard Edlinger
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
  • Naxos 553221
5:11 PM
  • Monteverdiana
  • Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
5:20 PM
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Truls Mork, cello
  • Virgin 45014
5:46 PM
  • Snow Maiden Suite
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Naxos 572787
6:01 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 9
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
  • Philips 426264
6:06 PM
  • American Overture
  • Composer: Joseph Jenkins
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lone Star Wind Orchestra
  • Naxos 570968
6:12 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Pentatone 7203
6:26 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Monica Huggett
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonnerie
  • Avie 2171
6:45 PM
  • Andean Folk Dances
  • Composer: Celso Garrido-Lecca
  • Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
7:01 PM
  • Piece for Flute and Piano
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Tatjana Ruhland, flute, Florian Wiek, piano
  • SWR 93204
7:06 PM
  • Rob Roy: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8316
7:20 PM
  • Pilgrim's Song
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Avos Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alessio Pianelli, cello
  • Rubicon 1051
7:25 PM
  • Lieutenant Kije Suite
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Thierry Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony
  • Reference 735
7:45 PM
  • Serenade and Allegro giocoso
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Lawrence Foster
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 66969
8:01 PM
  • Titilayo
  • Composer: Jeff Scott
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7661
8:06 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4782721
8:17 PM
  • The Cuckoo
  • Composer: Traditional Swiss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Brass Quintet
  • Schwann 367082
8:21 PM
  • Concerto for Two Clarinets
  • Composer: Franz Krommer
  • Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet, Julian Bliss, clarinet
  • EMI 79786
8:46 PM
  • The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 62586
9:01 PM
  • Abbywood Trail
  • Composer: Dale Kavanagh
  • Soloists: Dale Kavanagh, guitar
9:06 PM
  • Liberty Fanfare
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 420178
9:12 PM
  • Nocturne No. 2
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Yundi Li, piano
  • DG 471479
9:17 PM
  • Symphony No. 97
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Teldec 77315
9:43 PM
  • Capriccio Espagnol
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Eduardo Mata
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eliot Chapo, violin
  • Telarc 80055
10:03 PM
  • Scottish Legend
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Bengt Forsberg, piano
  • dB Productions 170
10:06 PM
  • La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Jaime Laredo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
10:13 PM
  • Concerto No. 7 "Teatrale"
  • Composer: Lorenzo Zavateri
  • Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
  • DHM 77352
10:24 PM
  • The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe
  • Composer: Ennio Morricone
  • Conductor: Ennio Morricone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Warner 54928
10:27 PM
  • Pulcinella Suite
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 419628
10:51 PM
  • Mass: Dona nobis pacem
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen
  • Coro 16186
10:54 PM
  • The New German Waltz
  • Composer: Sophia Dussek
  • Soloists: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
  • Hortus 178
11:01 PM
  • Colonial Dance
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
  • Naxos 559920
11:06 PM
  • Hungarian March
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80122
11:12 PM
  • Dances
  • Composer: Gaspar Sanz
  • Soloists: Turibio Santos, guitar
  • Erato 55028
11:20 PM
  • Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Janine Jansen, violin, Itamar Golan, piano
  • London/Decca 15249
11:25 PM
  • The Birds
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • Philips 411419
11:45 PM
  • In Italy Overture
  • Composer: Karl Goldmark
  • Conductor: Andras Korodi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Hungaroton 12552
12:01 AM
  • Flute Concerto No. 6: Sicilienne
  • Composer: Saverio Mercadante
  • Conductor: Claudio Scimone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 7703
12:06 AM
  • Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Sara Davis Buechner, piano
  • Connoisseur Society 4179
12:13 AM
  • Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes: Rondolet
  • Composer: George Frederick McKay
  • Conductor: John McLaughlin Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Naxos 559225
12:17 AM
  • Picturesque Pieces: Village Dance
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Soloists: Kathryn Stott, piano
  • Unicorn 9158
12:22 AM
  • Appalachian Spring
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 93
12:49 AM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble
  • LSO 5075
1:01 AM
  • Sinfonia: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Supraphon 110304
1:06 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Arabella Steinbacher, violin
  • PentaTone 7017
1:23 AM
  • The Magic Box
  • Composer: Francis Bebey
  • Soloists: Alexander-Sergei Ramirez, guitar
1:27 AM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91476
1:37 AM
  • Overture, Scherzo and Finale
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 8646
1:54 AM
  • Burlesque
  • Composer: Vitezslava Kapralova
  • Soloists: Virginia Eskin, piano, Stephanie Chase, violin
  • Koch 7742
2:01 AM
  • Symphony: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Conductor: Marc Destrube
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century
  • Glossa 921131
2:06 AM
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Teldec 91184
2:32 AM
  • Dedicatoria
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:34 AM
  • Well Hall
  • Composer: John Playford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Consort
  • Dorian 90235
2:40 AM
  • Piano Trio No. 4 "Gassenhauer"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio
  • Dabringhaus 3421685
3:01 AM
  • Concertino for Horn: Polacca
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Philips 412237
3:06 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 12
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Italiani
  • Denon 74168
3:17 AM
  • Arlequine (Harlequin)
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
3:22 AM
  • Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80203
3:43 AM
  • Fantasy-Impromptu
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Pavlos Hatzopoulos, piano
  • Hanssler 98472
3:49 AM
  • The Crystal Lake
  • Composer: Elinor Remick Warren
  • Conductor: Szymon Kawalla
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Radio and TV Orchestra
  • Cambria 1042
4:01 AM
  • Pirogov: Waltz
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3257
4:06 AM
  • Flute and Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Janos Rolla
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute, Pierre Pierlot, oboe
  • Sony 39772
4:19 AM
  • Etude No. 10
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • DG 4859230
4:26 AM
  • Suite of Creole Dances
  • Composer: Alberto Ginastera
  • Conductor: Gisele Ben-Dor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 570999
4:36 AM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Virgin 90747
4:48 AM
  • Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Queen's Hall Orchestra
  • Argo 440116
5:01 AM
  • Nocturne "Homage to John Field"
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Soloists: Ruth Slenczynska, piano
  • London/Decca 4852255
5:06 AM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tesla Quartet
  • Orchid 100085
5:35 AM
  • Air de familie
  • Composer: Alexandra Streliski
  • Soloists: Alexandra Streliski, piano
  • XXIM 82582
5:41 AM
  • Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night": 5th movement
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Bis 2386
Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, WI. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Classical 24 in 1997 as a host and producer. She has managed the service since 2007.

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy has been a host of Classical 24 since 1996. He’s a public radio veteran with more than 20 years behind the microphone, where he’s hosted everything from folk to jazz to progressive rock. A hobbyist musician and collector of instruments from around the world, Jeff has what he describes as a “passable” command of southern string-band music on fiddle and banjo, and he is a long-time student of the classical music of Northern India on instruments such as the sitar, sarangi and tabla.

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson has enjoyed a radio career spanning over two decades as a morning show host and sportscaster, as well as producer/host of an interview program where he chatted with authors, musicians, politicians and newsmakers.

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade, but didn't officially fall under the spell of classical music until high school when she began exploring her parents' LP collection. There, tucked between the Herb Alpert and an abandoned children's record, she found an album of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. She played the A side (Ravel's Bolero and Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave) over and over again, mesmerized by the changes of color the composers could produce with different instruments, and by the images the music conjured in her imagination.  Thanks to teachers and professors with high expectations and a taste for demanding repertoire, Valerie was able to explore orchestral, chamber and vocal music from the inside out, all through high school and college. At some point during an unfocused pursuit of a bachelor's degree, she wandered into the studios of KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona. A stint as a volunteer in the music library inevitably led to being placed, unwillingly, in front of a microphone. It became surprisingly less terrifying each time, so she stayed. Ten years later, she packed her bike and her cat into a small pickup truck and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota to work for Classical24. When she's not playing classical music or talking about classical music, she's likely to be reading, sewing, singing or cooking. Valerie shares her life with her partner John, an artist, and their two cats: Mirra and Dieter.

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan works for Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media as an overnight classical host. She studied radio broadcasting at Brown College in St. Paul and kept her Midwestern roots after graduation by hosting at radio stations in Minneapolis; Milwaukee; Davenport, Iowa; and Madison, Wisconsin. She has received local and national recognition for her work from the Country Music Association and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. She recently won the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Outside of radio, her favorite things include spending time with loved ones, a great hug, an animal of any kind, and the thrill of a new experience. She absolutely loves doing things for the first time or going places she has never been before. She also enjoys being outdoors, no matter what the weather. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing,” she says.

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon joins the classical ranks as our assistant program director and fill-in host after six years working for us as a master control specialist, board operator and producer. Her new role combines her love of working technically, behind-the-scenes, as well as stepping in front of the microphone to share her favorite music. As the assistant program director, she coordinates programming, serves as an on-air host and dips her toes in every part of the department. That’s what she loves most about working in radio: “It’s like a river you flow on and you don’t know where you’ll end up, but you love the ride.” Although a violinist by training, her favorite classical composers are tied to her roots in choral music. When not doing all things audio, she can be found hiking, reading, or volunteering with programs that benefit children.

Bonnie North

Bonnie North

For host Bonnie North, classical music is more than just a genre — it's a way of life. She stumbled into the world of radio after responding to a newspaper ad for Vermont Public Radio seeking a classical music DJ for its Sunday afternoon show. Despite having no previous radio experience, she was confident in her knowledge of classical music and took a chance. She created an audition tape, and the rest is history. Her favorite composer depends on her mood. Sometimes she seeks the meditative sounds of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, while other times she craves the angular compositions of Igor Stravinsky. Of course, she also loves the classics by composers who include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. But she is always looking for contemporary composers and is eager to discover new musical talents. Outside of work, she loves to attend live music events. She also enjoys traveling and having friends and family scattered throughout the United States and Europe. But her love for animals is just as strong, and she often volunteers at animal shelters. She is an avid duathlon participant, combining her love for running and biking in one exciting event.

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor grew up in a household where his father and boisterous Irish uncles would often noisily debate what was to be played on the turntable: Between the three brothers, and depending on the mood of the day, it wavered between Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson and Gordon Lightfoot. (The brothers also hailed from Toronto). Kevin's career arc seemed to follow suit, spinning and selling classical, jazz, folk and pop music on the radio, and briefly in retail, for the past three decades.  A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he migrated do the Pacific Northwest, landing the requisite free-form overnight shift at his college station, KBSU, Boise. This was the first among many rungs in a public radio career that has always permitted him to express his passions for great music and explore his mercenary tendency toward spreading the message to anyone who will listen. For the past 18 years, he has served as music director and afternoon host at KBEM. He is also an avid cyclist and walker.

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley stumbled into a career in broadcasting many years ago when she moved to Wichita, Kansas to be near her soon-to-be husband. The attraction (to radio work, that is) was immediate and the chance to be around great music without having to practice was irresistible. After establishing herself as a host and producer in Kansas, Melissa moved to Minnesota and continued her work at WCAL in Northfield and Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul. Her morning classical show at WCAL was twice named "Best Classical Radio Program" by the Twin Cities paper City Pages. Melissa grew up near New York City. As a teenager, she attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music. Her bachelor's degree is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. When she's away from the airwaves, Melissa loves to run, read, and spend time with her family.

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner fell hopelessly in love with radio as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she volunteered at an on-campus student station. She worked at the local public television station and began her career in earnest as an announcer at Wisconsin Public Radio. The native New Yorker moved on to stations in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1983. April 1998 marked the beginning of a great life adventure, as Ratner began work as a music host and producer on the English Service of China Radio International in Beijing before a return to MPR. Her extracurricular interests include international travel; folk, ballroom and contra-dancing; choral singing; hanging out with her amazing Chinese cat; and trying to stay ahead of the weeds in her garden…with varying degrees of success!

Melanie Renate

Melanie Renate

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.

Steve Seel

Steve Seel

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense. In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Friday Favorites, as well as nationally during those times. Before joining MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, he enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. He and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel celebrates 30 years as a broadcaster in 2014. She started in Los Angeles in 1984 at the venerable commercial classical station KFAC, and also worked at KUSC. She then lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years working in a classic rock format at Radio Forth in Edinburgh before returning to the States and joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1993. Lynne trained as an actor, graduating from Northwestern University and also trained at Second City Workshop. She's a 35 year member of Actor's Equity and Screen Actors' Guild. She finished a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Her interests and passions include: laughing, dog rescue, her Collies and Gordon Setters, her Lipizzan horse, Teddy and her two extremely funny, smart and sweet sons, Peter and Josh.