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Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March

  • Composer:Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor:David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80164

Schedule for April 02, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Nocturnes: Sirenes
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • DG 435069
5:13 AM
  • Eight Russian Folk Songs
  • Composer: Anatol Liadov
  • Conductor: Enrique Batiz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ASV 657
5:29 AM
  • String Quartet No. 1 "Accordion"
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ying String Quartet
  • Telarc 80685
6:01 AM
  • Birdflight
  • Composer: Christopher Gunning
  • Conductor: Christopher Gunning
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Signum 621
6:15 AM
  • Suite of Three Pieces
  • Composer: Benjamin Godard
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Susan Milan, flute
  • Chandos 8840
6:27 AM
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • EMI 57445
7:01 AM
  • Two Waltzes
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Mark Clinton, piano
  • Elan 82278
7:05 AM
  • Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 439933
7:17 AM
  • Aires Tropicales: Contradanza
  • Composer: Paquito D'Rivera
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7599
7:20 AM
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Andres Orozco-Estrada
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
  • PentaTone 578
8:07 AM
  • Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 80
8:21 AM
  • Suite in the Old Style
  • Composer: Alfred Schnittke
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • RCA 60370
8:37 AM
  • Flute Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 60244
9:01 AM
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
  • Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
  • London/Decca 470477
9:07 AM
  • Scotch Strathspey and Reel
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
  • Hyperion 66884
9:12 AM
  • Andante and Allegro molto
  • Composer: Niels Gade
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kontra Quartet
  • Soloists: Hans Nygaard, cello
  • Bis 545
9:27 AM
  • Concert Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Conductor: Ernest Martinez Izquierdo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Navarra Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Tianwa Yang, violin
  • Naxos 572275
9:42 AM
  • Les Preludes
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 413587
10:01 AM
  • The Shining Shore
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Anonymous 4
  • Harmonia Mundi 907400
10:06 AM
  • Berenice: Overture, Minuet and Gigue
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Oiseau-Lyre 410553
10:13 AM
  • Symphonic Scherzo
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 8464
10:23 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Carlo Fabiano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mantova Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 67840
10:45 AM
  • The Mission: Suite
  • Composer: Ennio Morricone
  • Conductor: Ennio Morricone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 90567
11:03 AM
  • Serenade No. 1: Scherzo
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111992
11:06 AM
  • Humoresque No. 7
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: David Golub, piano
  • Arabesque 6706
11:11 AM
  • Les Troyens (The Trojans): Trojan March
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80164
11:17 AM
  • Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Matthias Maute
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice
  • Analekta 9919
11:25 AM
  • Three Pieces for Strings: Reel
  • Composer: Thomas C. Kelly
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
11:28 AM
  • Variations on a Rococo Theme
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Double Sens
  • Soloists: Nemanja Radulovic, viola
  • DG 4798089
11:47 AM
  • Calliope
  • Composer: Julie Cooper
  • Conductor: Jessica Cottis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble
  • Signum 364
11:51 AM
  • Concerto for Two Trumpets
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Simon Preston
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet, Hannes Laubin, trumpet
  • DG 431817
12:01 PM
  • From Olden Times: Intrada
  • Composer: Johan Halvorsen
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10614
12:06 PM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 68260
12:12 PM
  • Petite Suite: Menuet
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Yoav Talmi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quebec Symphony Orchestra
  • Atma 2671
12:17 PM
  • The Merrymakers
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Adrian Boult
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Lyrita 246
12:22 PM
  • Impromptu No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
  • Ancalagon 141
12:28 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
  • Ondine 980
12:43 PM
  • Welcome the Queen
  • Composer: Arthur Bliss
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9896
12:51 PM
  • The Red Pony Suite: selections
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 559240
1:01 PM
  • O sole mio
  • Composer: Eduardo Di Capua
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Players
  • Navona 5941
1:06 PM
  • Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Philips 438706
1:13 PM
  • Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 508018
1:17 PM
  • Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
  • Bis 1518
1:25 PM
  • Three Shanties
  • Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet
  • Simax 1094
1:32 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 4th movement
  • Composer: Hubert Parry
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5296
1:45 PM
  • Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 415363
1:54 PM
  • Scherzo a la Russe
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80587
2:01 PM
  • Youthful Suite: English Waltz
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Soloists: Martin Jones, piano
  • Nimbus 5220
2:06 PM
  • Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • DG 471332
2:18 PM
  • The Love for Three Oranges: March
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Lisa Batiashvili, violin
  • DG 4798529
2:21 PM
  • Symphony No. 25
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 422502
2:43 PM
  • Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Rafal Blechacz, piano
  • DG 18883
2:50 PM
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI 69465
3:01 PM
  • French Suite No. 4: Allemande; Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • DG 4796565
3:06 PM
  • Harold in Italy: March of the Pilgrims
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gerard Causse, viola
  • Philips 446676
3:14 PM
  • Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
  • Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Brass
  • Linn 581
3:19 PM
  • Guitar Quintet No. 4 "Fandango"
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:39 PM
  • New Zealand Suite
  • Composer: Ron Goodwin
  • Conductor: Ron Goodwin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223518
4:01 PM
  • Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Armin Jordan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • Erato 88018
4:06 PM
  • D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)
  • Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • Soloists: Katharina Wimmer, violin, Ingrid Wendel, piano
  • Naxos 551438
4:11 PM
  • Grand Duchess of Gerolstein: Overture
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • Chandos 5160
4:19 PM
  • Piano Concerto
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • Sony 3245
4:43 PM
  • Harvest Dance Suite
  • Composer: Ilmari Hannikainen
  • Conductor: Petri Sakari
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • YLE 9703
5:01 PM
  • African Suite: Waltz
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
5:06 PM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 6
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  • Archiv 413727
5:13 PM
  • Agincourt Overture
  • Composer: Walter Leigh
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 10898
5:27 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Marieke Blankestijn, violin, William Conway, cello, Douglas Boyd, oboe, Matthew Wilkie, bassoon
  • DG 4778117
5:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 7: 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Beau Fleuve 23250
6:01 PM
  • Abbywood Trail
  • Composer: Dale Kavanagh
  • Soloists: Dale Kavanagh, guitar
6:06 PM
  • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Berlin 9157
6:19 PM
  • The Lark
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Soloists: Sasha Boldachev, harp
  • SELF PROD 464
6:22 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Reinhold Gliere
  • Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marie Luise Neunecker, horn
  • Schwann 313572
6:48 PM
  • Cantilena and Finale
  • Composer: Carlos Guastavino
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bariloche
  • Dorian 90202
7:01 PM
  • Barcarolle
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38349
7:06 PM
  • Symphonic Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 44722
7:14 PM
  • Piano Sonata: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Michelle Cann, piano
  • Curtis Studio 2
7:24 PM
  • Cello Concerto
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Colin Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 42663
7:51 PM
  • Danse Macabre
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Kent Nagano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Andrew Wan, violin
  • London/Decca 4830396
8:01 PM
  • Impromptu No. 3
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Artur Rubinstein, piano
  • RCA 5617
8:06 PM
  • Bartered Bride: Overture
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Miklos Rozsa
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
8:13 PM
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet
8:23 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yundi Li, piano
  • DG 8236
8:42 PM
  • Lincolnshire Posy
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Denis Wick
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Wind Orchestra
  • ASV 2067
9:03 PM
  • Virgilio
  • Composer: Antonio Lauro
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • Sony 90451
9:06 PM
  • Trumpet Voluntary
  • Composer: John Stanley
  • Conductor: Anthony Newman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Sony 66244
9:10 PM
  • In Nature's Realm Overture
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Jun Markl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 32927
9:27 PM
  • Requiem: Pie Jesu
  • Composer: John Rutter
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Soloists: Caroline Ashton, soprano
  • Collegium 103
9:31 PM
  • Andante and Hungarian Rondo
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Niklas Willen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christian Davidsson, bassoon
  • Bis 705
9:43 PM
  • Dance-Song
  • Composer: Sirvart Karamanuk
  • Soloists: Sahan Arzruni, piano
  • AGBU 2024
9:47 PM
  • Snowflake Ballet
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gulbenkian Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5303
10:06 PM
  • Academic Festival Overture
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 557428
10:17 PM
  • Wind Octet
  • Composer: Franz Krommer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
10:35 PM
  • L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • First Hand 129
10:43 PM
  • The Kitchen Review
  • Composer: Bohuslav Martinu
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lahti Chamber Ensemble
  • Bis 653
11:01 PM
  • Landler
  • Composer: Anton Wunderer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detmold Horn Quartet
  • Dabringhaus 3324
11:06 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": After the Sea-ship
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Benita Valente, soprano, Thomas Allen, baritone
  • RCA 61197
11:14 PM
  • Viola Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ars Antigua
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, viola d'amore
  • Cedille 159
11:25 PM
  • Sevillana
  • Composer: Joaquin Turina
  • Soloists: Manuel Barrueco, guitar
  • EMI 66574
11:31 PM
  • Daphnis and Chloe: Part 3
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio France Chorus
  • DG 5075
11:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 4: Finale
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • DG 429778
12:01 AM
  • Bassoon Concerto: Allegro
  • Composer: Christoph Graupner
  • Conductor: Genevieve Soly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses
  • Soloists: Mathieu Lussier, bassoon
  • Analekta 3162
12:06 AM
  • The Maids at the Headlands
  • Composer: Vaino Raitio
  • Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • YLE 9804
12:15 AM
  • Triple Concerto
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Alan Gilbert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Inon Barnatan, piano, Stefan Jackiw, violin, Alisa Weilerstein, cello
  • PentaTone 817
12:53 AM
  • Overture
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 5316
1:01 AM
  • Canzon No. 29
  • Composer: Samuel Scheidt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Fretwork
  • Soloists: Silas Wollston, organ
  • Signum 684
1:06 AM
  • Froissart Overture
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8309
1:21 AM
  • Sussex Landscape
  • Composer: Avril Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Roderick Cox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Chineke! Records 4853322
1:36 AM
  • Fantasie No. 2
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Randall Goosby, violin, Zhu Wang, piano
  • DG 4851756
1:43 AM
  • Doce de coco
  • Composer: Jaco do Bandolim
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Paquito d'Rivera, clarinet, Romero Lubambo, guitar
  • Sony 2668
1:49 AM
  • Fairy Tales (Feen-Marchen) Waltz
  • Composer: Johann Strauss, Jr.
  • Conductor: Alfred Eschwe
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223217
2:01 AM
  • Hot-Time Dance
  • Composer: George Antheil
  • Conductor: John Storgards
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Chandos 10982
2:06 AM
  • Jazz Suite No. 2: March
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • London/Decca 433702
2:10 AM
  • Portraits of Josephine: Paris 1925
  • Composer: Valerie Coleman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Koch 7696
2:18 AM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ebene Quartet
2:49 AM
  • Harp Sonata
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Maria Graf, harp
  • Philips 432103
3:01 AM
  • Hudson Preludes: Take Care
  • Composer: Nico Muhly
  • Soloists: Benjamin Nicholas, organ
  • Delphian 34232
3:06 AM
  • Gnarly Buttons: Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
  • Composer: John Adams
  • Conductor: John Adams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Sinfonietta
  • Soloists: Michael Collins, clarinet
  • Nonesuch 79453
3:17 AM
  • BeLonging: Longing
  • Composer: Andy Akiho
  • Soloists: Andy Akiho, steel pan
  • Aki Rhythm
3:24 AM
  • BeLonging: BeLonging
  • Composer: Andy Akiho
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
  • Soloists: Andy Akiho, steel pan
  • Aki Rhythm
3:32 AM
  • Synched
  • Composer: Cristina Spinei
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Michel Strings
  • Toccata 371
3:45 AM
  • Be Kind to One Another (Rag)
  • Composer: Terry Riley
  • Soloists: Sarah Cahill, piano
  • Other Minds 1022
4:01 AM
  • Miniatures: A Piacere
  • Composer: Vivian Fung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Maia String Quartet
  • Soloists: John Bruce Yeh, clarinet, Maia Quartet
  • Cedille 100
4:06 AM
  • Spring Song
  • Composer: Gordon Getty
  • Soloists: Matt Haimovitz, cello
  • Pentatone 293
4:09 AM
  • Verdant cycles of deepening spring
  • Composer: Jeffrey Mumford
  • Conductor: Allen Tinkham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Composers' Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christine Wu, violin
  • Albany 1948
4:28 AM
  • Just Constellations: The Acoustic Constellation: Spring
  • Composer: Michael Harrison
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth
  • New Amsterdam 134
4:34 AM
  • Child: Sweet Air
  • Composer: David Lang
  • Conductor: Carlo Baccadoro
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sentieri Selvaggi
  • Cantaloupe 21013
4:43 AM
  • O'Keeffe Images: Sky Above Clouds
  • Composer: Elena Ruehr
  • Conductor: Gil Rose
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
  • BMOP/sound 1039
4:53 AM
  • Vespers for Violin
  • Composer: Missy Mazzoli
  • Soloists: Olivia de Prato, violin
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.