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Violin Concerto

  • Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor:Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists:
    • Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 106

Schedule for August 08, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina
  • Soloists: Stefano Demicheli, organ
  • London/Decca 4782718
5:12 AM
  • Allegro (Bear's Dance)
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Ana-Marija Markovina, piano
  • Hanssler 18043
5:14 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 106
6:01 AM
  • Petite Symphony
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
6:23 AM
  • Lady Radnor's Suite
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • EMI 47671
6:38 AM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Peter Oundjian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Jeffrey, oboe
  • Chandos 5201
7:01 AM
  • The Happy Forest
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8307
7:12 AM
  • String Quartet No. 13
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quartetto Italiano
7:30 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: George Hurst
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8375
7:42 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Jahja Ling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
  • Telarc 80232
8:01 AM
  • Suite
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Elizabeth Wallfisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wallfisch Band
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
  • CPO 777881
8:25 AM
  • Medallon antiguo (Antique Medallion)
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 64396
8:28 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • Soloists: Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
  • Sony 97129
9:01 AM
  • O Praise the Lord
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: Donald McCullough
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: McCullough Chorale
  • Albany 156
9:06 AM
  • String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • CBC 5231
9:14 AM
  • Spring Song
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 384
9:24 AM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
  • Cedille 228
9:42 AM
  • Clarinet Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Stamitz
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • EMI 54842
10:01 AM
  • Impromptu-Caprice
  • Composer: Gabriel Pierne
  • Soloists: Susann McDonald, harp
  • Klavier 11133
10:06 AM
  • Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 68139
10:09 AM
  • Symphony No. 10 "In Autumn": 4th movement
  • Composer: Joachim Raff
  • Conductor: Urs Schneider
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak State Phiharmonic, Kosice
  • Marco Polo 223321
10:18 AM
  • Promise
  • Composer: Dilermando Reis
  • Soloists: Ricardo Cobo, guitar
  • Naxos 557329
10:22 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Ehnes, violin
  • Analekta 8893
10:43 AM
  • In Nature's Realm Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 32927
11:03 AM
  • Liu Yang River
  • Composer: Bi-Guang Tang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
11:06 AM
  • Norwegian Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9028
11:13 AM
  • Fidelio: March
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
  • Naxos 557892
11:17 AM
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: Prelude
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
  • Teldec 42957
11:23 AM
  • Three Shanties
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet
  • Simax 1094
11:30 AM
  • Piano Duet Sonata
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Ingrid Haebler, piano, Ludwig Hoffmann, piano
  • Philips 422516
11:45 AM
  • From Olden Times: Bouree
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  • NKF 50033
11:49 AM
  • Four Seasons: Winter
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Martin Pearlman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Baroque
  • Soloists: Christina Day Martinson, violin
  • Telarc 80698
12:01 PM
  • Abbywood Trail
  • Composer: Dale Kavanagh
  • Soloists: Dale Kavanagh, guitar
12:06 PM
  • Rodeo: Hoe-Down
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80339
12:10 PM
  • Schlagobers (Whipped Cream Waltz)
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Koch 6534
12:17 PM
  • Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
  • Composer: James Horner
  • Conductor: David Arnold
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Mercury 4812810
12:24 PM
  • Concerto No. 7 "Teatrale"
  • Composer: Lorenzo Zavateri
  • Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
  • DHM 77352
12:34 PM
  • Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • LSO 46
12:43 PM
  • Jota of San Fermin
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Conductor: Ernest Martinez Izquierdo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Navarra Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tianwa Yang, violin
  • Naxos 572276
12:50 PM
  • Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 49947
1:01 PM
  • Procession of the Sardar
  • Composer: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Empire Brass
  • Telarc 80305
1:06 PM
  • The Entertainer
  • Composer: Scott Joplin
  • Soloists: William Albright, piano
  • MusicMasters 7061
1:10 PM
  • Jazz Suite No. 2: Dance No. 2
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 68304
1:16 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": Finale
  • Composer: Howard Hanson
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3073
1:24 PM
  • Sentimental Waltzes: selections
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
  • Pentatone 7034
1:34 PM
  • Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julia Fischer, violin
  • London/Decca 18088
1:46 PM
  • Hamlet: Ballet Music: Valse-Mazurka
  • Composer: Ambroise Thomas
  • Conductor: Antonio de Almeida
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 54820
1:50 PM
  • Javelin
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
2:01 PM
  • Paper Moon
  • Composer: Manos Hadjidakis
  • Soloists: Elena Papandreou, guitar
  • Bis 2636
2:06 PM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • Sony 42175
2:11 PM
  • Eclogue
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Louis Lortie, piano
  • Chandos 5214
2:22 PM
  • Capriccio Espagnol
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra
  • EMI 63893
2:39 PM
  • Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois)
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Jorg-Michael Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rebel
  • Dorian 90302
2:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Spring": Finale
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Christian Thielemann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • DG 469700
3:01 PM
  • Three Greek Dances
  • Composer: Nikos Skalkottas
  • Conductor: Nikos Christodoulou
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 904
3:06 PM
  • Piano Sonata: Allegretto
  • Composer: Leopold Godowsky
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 67300
3:11 PM
  • Danse Macabre
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80189
3:20 PM
  • Little Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Orff
  • Conductor: Klaus Rainer Scholl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mainz Wind Ensemble
  • Wergo 6174
3:34 PM
  • Ma vlast (My Country): Vltava (The Moldau)
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 80
3:48 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 4th movement
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 4790835
4:01 PM
  • French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • DG 4796565
4:06 PM
  • Thunder and Lightning Polka
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
  • Conductor: Ondrej Lenard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 552115
4:10 PM
  • Dancing Barefoot in the Rain
  • Composer: Nkeiru Okoye
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1708
4:13 PM
  • Aladdin Suite
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • London/Decca 425857
4:39 PM
  • Symphony No. 28
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 762
5:01 PM
  • Symphonic Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Cyril Scott
  • Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10407
5:06 PM
  • Abdelazar: Incidental Music
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 9811
5:15 PM
  • 2 Impromptus
  • Composer: Alexander Scriabin
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • EMI 41682
5:18 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Chad Hoopes, violin
  • Naive 5368
5:45 PM
  • Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Charles Neidich, clarinet
  • DG 435875
6:01 PM
  • The Prince and the Pauper
  • Composer: Erich Korngold
  • Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA 185
6:06 PM
  • The Earle of Oxford's March
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Conductor: Kenneth Singleton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Denver Brass
  • Centaur 2261
6:10 PM
  • Harp Sonata: 1st movement
  • Composer: Sophia Dussek
  • Soloists: Judy Loman, harp
  • Naxos 554347
6:14 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 67501
6:54 PM
  • Serenade for Strings: Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4834942
7:01 PM
  • Farewell to Stromness
  • Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Soloists: Peter Maxwell Davies, piano
  • Unicorn 9070
7:06 PM
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 66646
7:12 PM
  • Traveling Song
  • Composer: Carlos Simon
  • Soloists: Carlos Simon, piano
  • London/Decca 4854768
7:18 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mito Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboe
  • Sony 61884
7:45 PM
  • Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Telarc 80439
8:01 PM
  • Madame Bovary: Waltz
  • Composer: Miklos Rozsa
  • Conductor: John Mauceri
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • Philips 438685
8:06 PM
  • Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Robert DeGaetano, piano
  • Crystonyx 1004
8:12 PM
  • Euphonium Concerto
  • Composer: Amilcare Ponchielli
  • Conductor: Matthias Foremny
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mecklenburg Staatskapelle Schwerin
  • Soloists: Roland Froscher, euphonium
  • Dabringhaus 9011642
8:27 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 4
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Julia Fischer, violin
  • PentaTone 64
8:52 PM
  • Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • EMI 94399
9:03 PM
  • Tango en Skai
  • Composer: Roland Dyens
  • Soloists: Jason Vieaux, guitar
  • Azica 71287
9:06 PM
  • Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Antonin Kubalek, piano
9:11 PM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra
  • Naxos 572583
9:24 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 11
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano
  • DG 439864
9:43 PM
  • Presto No. 2
  • Composer: Miguel del Aguila
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata San Antonio
  • Bridge 9302
9:50 PM
  • Dashing away with the smoothing iron
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Singers
  • Collegium 120
9:52 PM
  • Sellinger's Round
  • Composer: William Byrd
  • Soloists: Glenn Gould, piano
  • Sony 52589
10:01 PM
  • African Suite: Waltz
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
10:06 PM
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80334
10:14 PM
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet
  • Naxos 574360
10:23 PM
  • The Planets: Jupiter
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Michael Stern
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kansas City Symphony
  • Reference 146
10:32 PM
  • Concerto for Two Violins
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jonathan Rees
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
  • Soloists: Jonathan Rees, violin, Jane Murdoch, violin
  • Virgin 91453
10:48 PM
  • Symphony No. 8: 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 4863413
11:01 PM
  • The Color Purple: Theme
  • Composer: Quincy Jones
  • Conductor: David Newman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Belinda Broughton, violin
  • Varese Sarabande 6151155
11:06 PM
  • Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail
  • Composer: Ferde Grofe
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80086
11:15 PM
  • Zapateado
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Soloists: Xuefei Yang, guitar
  • EMI 70714
11:19 PM
  • Idyll
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marie Luise Neunecker, horn
  • Schwann 313572
11:27 PM
  • Siegfried Idyll
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 431680
11:47 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Franz Schmidt
  • Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 570828
12:01 AM
  • Sursum Corda
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Soloists: Catherine Manoukian, violin, Satoshi Sando, piano
  • Marquis 81281
12:06 AM
  • Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves
  • Composer: David Bedford
  • Conductor: Clark Rundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
12:21 AM
  • Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon
  • Composer: Jian-Zhong Wang
  • Soloists: Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano
  • Blue Griffin 633
12:26 AM
  • Symphony No. 52
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 429400
12:48 AM
  • Miniature Suite
  • Composer: Cyril Rootham
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia of England
  • Soloists: Alan Fearon, piano
  • EMI 49021
1:01 AM
  • Tarantella
  • Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Soloists: Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar
1:06 AM
  • Overture No. 5
  • Composer: William Smethergell
  • Conductor: Douglas Bostock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Southwest German Chamber Orchestra
  • CPO 555540
1:19 AM
  • Nonet for Strings and Winds
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Philippe Bernold, flute, Francois Leleux, oboe, Romain Guyot, clarinet, Andre Cazalet, horn, Gilbert Audin, bassoon, Guillaume Sutre, violin
  • Naive 5033
1:49 AM
  • Lullaby
  • Composer: Andre Bangambula Vindu
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1708
1:52 AM
  • Nocturne
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
2:01 AM
  • El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)
  • Composer: Pablo Casals
  • Conductor: Antonio Pappano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Cecilia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Han-Na Chang, cello
  • EMI 82390
2:06 AM
  • Suite dramatique: The evening song
  • Composer: Lou Koster
  • Conductor: Jonathan Kaell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 573330
2:11 AM
  • Summer Evening
  • Composer: John Ireland
  • Conductor: David Curtis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Swan
  • Naxos 571372
2:17 AM
  • Horn Concerto No. 10
  • Composer: Giovanni Punto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Barry Tuckwell, horn
  • EMI 69395
2:34 AM
  • Concertstuck
  • Composer: Anton Rubinstein
  • Conductor: Oliver Dohnanyi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joseph Banowetz, piano
  • Marco Polo 223190
3:01 AM
  • Columba aspexit (The Dove Peered In)
  • Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
  • Conductor: Ragnar Bohlin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella SF
  • Delos 3553
3:06 AM
  • Trio Sonata No. 8
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Conductor: Pavlo Beznosiuk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Avison Ensemble
  • Linn 413
3:14 AM
  • La Paloma (The Dove)
  • Composer: Sebastian Iradier
  • Soloists: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar
  • Sony 92811
3:18 AM
  • The Tempest
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 15296
3:45 AM
  • Ballade
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Soloists: Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin, Mihae Lee, piano
  • EDI 9259
4:01 AM
  • Humoresque No. 3
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Pekka Kuusisto, violin
  • Ondine 1074
4:06 AM
  • Piano Trio No. 7 "Archduke"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trio Sora
  • Naive 7085
4:50 AM
  • For Mattia
  • Composer: Douwe Eisenga
  • Soloists: Lauren Scott, harp
  • Avie 2417
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.