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Impressions: Quiet Art

  • Composer:Jennifer Higdon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Cypress String Quartet
  • Naxos 559298

Schedule for November 20, 2024

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6:01 AM
  • Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 420201
6:15 AM
  • Amelie: Comptine d'un autre ete
  • Composer: Yann Tiersen
  • Soloists: Plinio Fernandes, guitar
  • London/Decca 5721874
6:20 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Paul Dukas
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • RCA 68802
7:01 AM
  • The Magic Harp
  • Composer: Ina Boyle
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
7:11 AM
  • Harp Sonata
  • Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  • Soloists: Alessandra Ziveri, harp
  • Da Vinci 168
7:23 AM
  • Clarinet Quintet
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hawthorne String Quartet
  • Soloists: Harold Wright, clarinet
  • Koch 7056
8:01 AM
  • light everlasting
  • Composer: Carlos Simon
  • Soloists: Carlos Simon, piano
  • London/Decca 4852942
8:05 AM
  • Fratres (Brothers)
  • Composer: Arvo Part
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Arabella Steinbacher, violin
  • PentaTone 7017
8:19 AM
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eroica Quartet
  • Harmonia Mundi 907287
8:50 AM
  • Two Elegiac Melodies
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 437520
9:01 AM
  • First Snow
  • Composer: Ola Gjeilo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: 12 Ensemble
  • Soloists: Ola Gjeilo, piano
9:04 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Mariss Jansons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 8672
9:50 AM
  • A Night Piece
  • Composer: Arthur Foote
  • Soloists: Carol Wincenc, flute
  • Bridge 9373
10:01 AM
  • Dance of the Orange Blossoms
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
  • ASV 2075
10:07 AM
  • The Oak
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen
10:18 AM
  • Peek-a-boo Waltz
  • Composer: Justin Holland
  • Soloists: Jiji, guitar
10:22 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 17
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Orli Shaham, piano
  • Canary 19
10:44 AM
  • Concertino
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Koln
  • Archiv 4776418
11:01 AM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63025
11:06 AM
  • Humoresque No. 7
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • Sony 42175
11:10 AM
  • Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson
  • Conductor: Hans-Peter Frank
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 426
11:19 AM
  • Flute Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 26332
11:46 AM
  • 12 German Dances
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Wien
  • Sony 48386
12:03 PM
  • Liu Yang River
  • Composer: Bi-Guang Tang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
12:06 PM
  • Pastoral Suite: Scherzo-valse
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8852
12:12 PM
  • Sheep
  • Composer: Connor Chee
  • Soloists: Connor Chee, piano
  • Wild Saguaro 2020
12:16 PM
  • Viola Concerto
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, viola
  • DG 4795983
12:31 PM
  • From Italy (Aus Italien): In the Campagna
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425941
12:41 PM
  • Ballet de Cour: Pavane and Saltarelle
  • Composer: Gabriel Pierne
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Music Palm Beach
  • Klavier 11142
12:49 PM
  • Abdelazar: Suite
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo Circles
  • Simax 1367
12:54 PM
  • Nursery Suite: Awake
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  • Koss 1014
1:00 PM
  • Bella Bocca Polka
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 10025
1:06 PM
  • Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Delos 3205
1:09 PM
  • i thank You God for most this amazing day
  • Composer: Eric Whitacre
  • Conductor: Noel Edison
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers
  • Naxos 559677
1:17 PM
  • Piano Quartet: Scherzo
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Isabelle Faust, violin
  • Harmonia Mundi 902695
1:21 PM
  • Violin Concerto "Per la Sra Chiara"
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Fabio Biondi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Europa Galante
  • Glossa 923401
1:32 PM
  • Jazz Suite: Polka
  • Composer: Alexander Tsfasman
  • Conductor: Karl-Heinz Steffens
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Zlata Chochieva, piano
  • Naive 8448
1:37 PM
  • Prince Igor: Overture
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic Brass
  • London/Decca 4854168
1:48 PM
  • Othello Suite: Dance
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223516
1:50 PM
  • Huapango
  • Composer: Jose Moncayo
  • Conductor: Keith Lockhart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 63717
2:01 PM
  • Il delirio amoroso: Introduction
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Emmanuelle Haim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astree
  • Erato 32624
2:06 PM
  • Dreams of Love No. 3 (Liebestraum)
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Jutta Zoff, harp
  • Berlin 2018
2:13 PM
  • Ballet Scenes: Mazurka
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8804
2:18 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4782721
2:22 PM
  • Oboe Concertino
  • Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
  • Conductor: Patrick Strub
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lajos Lencses, oboe
  • Hanssler 98467
2:29 PM
  • Six Pieces: Little Waltz
  • Composer: Paul Viardot
  • Soloists: Reto Kuppel, violin
  • Naxos 573749
2:33 PM
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Mathieu Herzog
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Appassionato
  • Soloists: Jinjoo Cho, violin
  • Naive 7422
2:44 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: Mauro Giuliani
  • Soloists: David Leisner, guitar
  • Azica 71368
2:49 PM
  • L'assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Christian Benda
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
  • Naxos 570933
3:01 PM
  • Le Concert: Overture and Gigue
  • Composer: Mademoiselle Laurant
  • Soloists: Sophie de Bardonneche, violin
  • Alpha 1078
3:06 PM
  • Hungarian March
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 45734
3:13 PM
  • String Quartet: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Ernst von Dohnanyi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
  • Hyperion 68215
3:21 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Morning"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Harry Christophers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society
  • Coro 16113
3:45 PM
  • Navarra
  • Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
  • Soloists: Itzhak Perlman, violin
  • RCA 62516
3:51 PM
  • Images for Orchestra: Iberia: On Highways and Byways
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 49947
4:00 PM
  • Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Claudio Arrau, piano
  • Philips 432303
4:06 PM
  • Tales from the Vienna Woods
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
  • EMI 65141
4:19 PM
  • Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon
  • Composer: Jian-Zhong Wang
  • Soloists: Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang, piano
  • Blue Griffin 633
4:23 PM
  • Duet-Concertino
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
  • London/Decca 436415
4:45 PM
  • Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 1
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 63073
5:01 PM
  • Ae Fond Kiss
  • Composer: Robert Burns
  • Conductor: Rory Macdonald
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 21290
5:06 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": Rondo
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
  • Soloists: Stefan Vladar, piano
  • Naxos 556651
5:16 PM
  • Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Camerata Montreal
  • CBC 1112
5:22 PM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Otmar Suitner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra
  • Berlin 9040
5:51 PM
  • Magic Flute: Overture
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 47014
6:01 PM
  • Butterfly's Day Out
  • Composer: Mark O'Connor
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 93927
6:06 PM
  • Rounds for String Orchestra
  • Composer: David Diamond
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Nonesuch 79002
6:22 PM
  • Sextet
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Soloists: Sally Walker, flute
  • Avie 2698
6:35 PM
  • Arabesque No. 1
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Helene Grimaud, piano
  • DG 29051
6:41 PM
  • Overture, Scherzo and Finale
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Johannes Wildner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish National Radio Orchestra
  • Naxos 550608
7:01 PM
  • Maghera Mountain
  • Composer: Martin Hayes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider
  • Soloists: Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle
  • In a Circle 012
7:06 PM
  • Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 46536
7:19 PM
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Juanjo Mena
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Chandos 10748
7:42 PM
  • Les vents en couroux (The Angry Winds)
  • Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin
  • Soloists: Pola Baytelman, piano
  • Centaur 4005
7:48 PM
  • Sinfonietta
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Conductor: Lukasz Blaszczyk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Primuz Chamber Orchestra
  • Dux 1793
8:01 PM
  • Gold Dust Waltz
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Noriko Ogawa, piano
  • Bis 2215
8:06 PM
  • Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 11
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players
  • Soloists: Monica Huggett, violin
  • Virgin 90803
8:19 PM
  • Froissart Overture
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8309
8:33 PM
  • Stardust
  • Composer: Taylor Scott Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Voces8
  • London/Decca 4870459
8:40 PM
  • La Dolce Vita
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
  • Sony 63359
8:41 PM
  • Bassoon Concerto
  • Composer: Nino Rota
  • Conductor: Marzio Conti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Virtuosi Italiani
  • Soloists: Paolo Carlini, bassoon
  • Chandos 9954
9:01 PM
  • Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos: Waltz
  • Composer: Anton Arensky
  • Soloists: Aglika Genova, piano
  • CPO 777651
9:06 PM
  • Serenade
  • Composer: Roman Hoffstetter
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 438748
9:23 PM
  • Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Andre Watts, piano
  • EMI 54151
9:26 PM
  • Introduction and Allegro
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet
  • Soloists: Vanessa McKeand, harp
  • Virgin 90721
9:39 PM
  • Symphony No. 21
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Ton Koopman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
  • Erato 45544
10:03 PM
  • Rainbow Waltz
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Michael Clark, piano
  • Navona 6591
10:06 PM
  • Donna Diana Overture
  • Composer: Emil von Reznicek
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80116
10:13 PM
  • Three Mexican Folk Songs
  • Composer: Manuel Ponce
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 31979
10:20 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Soloists: Fumika Mohri, violin
  • Naxos 574452
10:45 PM
  • Minuet
  • Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • Soloists: Liana Serbescu, piano
  • CPO 999327
10:48 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Giovanni Antonini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico
  • Teldec 98442
11:06 PM
  • Suite: Overture
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Elizabeth Wallfisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wallfisch Band
  • Soloists: Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
  • CPO 777881
11:15 PM
  • St. Paul's Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5032
11:29 PM
  • And Crimson Roses Once Again Be Fair: Elegy - Perhaps
  • Composer: Joseph Turrin
  • Conductor: Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Orchestra
  • Soloists: Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
  • Naxos 559944
11:38 PM
  • Concertante for Flute and Clarinet
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Conductor: Allen Tinkham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet
  • Cedille 187
12:01 AM
  • Lyric Waltz
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 384
12:06 AM
  • Four Seasons: Autumn
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Eduardo Marturet
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lara St. John, violin
  • Ancalagon 134
12:17 AM
  • Eternal Song
  • Composer: Gerard Drozd
  • Soloists: Lily Afshar, guitar
  • Archer 31926
12:23 AM
  • Piano Trio No. 3
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • Sony 78333
12:46 AM
  • Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • PentaTone 518
1:01 AM
  • String Quartet No. 2: Scherzo
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
  • DG 4795982
1:06 AM
  • Coppelia: Waltz of The Hours
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Conductor: Heinz Fricke
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Capriccio 10073
1:13 AM
  • Song without Words No. 36 "Cradle Song"
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4870463
1:17 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Ehnes, violin
  • Chandos 10309
1:50 AM
  • Fantasy Overture
  • Composer: York Bowen
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Chandos 10898
2:01 AM
  • Flute Quartet: Minuet
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Martinu Quartet
  • Soloists: Robert Stallman, flute
  • Bogner's Cafe 103
2:07 AM
  • Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 435617
2:22 AM
  • Adoration
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Randall Goosby, violin
  • DG 4851756
2:27 AM
  • Six Dances for String Orchestra
  • Composer: Ulysses Kay
  • Conductor: Paul Freeman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen
  • Vox 5157
2:47 AM
  • Aire de Vidalita
  • Composer: Maria Luisa Anido
  • Soloists: Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar
  • Acqua 173
2:52 AM
  • Long Road
  • Composer: Eriks Esenvalds
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Polyphony
  • Hyperion 67796
3:01 AM
  • Nocturne No. 15
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Maria Joao Pires, piano
  • DG 4776607
3:06 AM
  • Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Heinrich Biber
  • Conductor: Roy Goodman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
  • Hyperion 66145
3:11 AM
  • Prelude and Fugue
  • Composer: Marion Bauer
  • Conductor: Charles Adler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Orchestra
  • CRI 714
3:23 AM
  • String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dover Quartet
  • Cedille 167
3:49 AM
  • Viennese Waltzes
  • Composer: Emma Kodaly
  • Soloists: Hiroko Ishimoto, piano
  • Grand Piano 844
4:01 AM
  • Road Movies: Relaxed Groove
  • Composer: John Adams
  • Soloists: Jennifer Koh, violin
  • Cedille 103
4:06 AM
  • Pacific Coast Highway
  • Composer: David Crowell
  • Soloists: Daniel Lippel, guitar
  • Better Company
4:46 AM
  • Atlas: Night Travel
  • Composer: Meredith Monk
  • Conductor: Wayne Hankin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • ECM 1491
4:50 AM
  • Tango for the Road
  • Composer: Ofer Ben-Amots
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Quattro Mani
  • Bridge 9496
5:01 AM
  • Light in Darkness
  • Composer: Kerensa Briggs
  • Soloists: Anna Lapwood, organ
  • Signum 688
5:06 AM
  • Impressions: Quiet Art
  • Composer: Jennifer Higdon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet
  • Naxos 559298
5:15 AM
  • Loss
  • Composer: Alissa Firsova
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tippett Quartet
  • Soloists: Mark van de Wiel, clarinet
  • Vivat 115
5:24 AM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Julia Perry
  • Conductor: James Blachly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Experiential Orchestra
  • Soloists: Curtis Stewart, violin
  • Bright Shiny Things 200
5:48 AM
  • Skylark Lullaby
  • Composer: Jennifer Bellor
  • Conductor: Chien-Kwan Lin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Eastman Saxophone Project
  • Innova 45
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.