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Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano

  • Composer:William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Harlem Chamber Players
  • Soloists:
    • Ashley Jackson, harp
  • Bright Shiny Things 188

Schedule for April 25, 2025

(All times are U.S. Central).
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5:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 2 "The Midnight Hour"
  • Composer: Eivind Groven
  • Conductor: Peter Szilvay
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573871
5:54 AM
  • Nacht und Traume (Night and Dreams)
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Mischa Maisky, cello, Daria Hovora, piano
  • DG 449817
6:01 AM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 412726
6:52 AM
  • A Stroll to the Moon
  • Composer: Manos Hadjidakis
  • Soloists: Elena Papandreou, guitar
7:01 AM
  • Bukoolika (Bucolic)
  • Composer: Ester Magi
  • Conductor: Arvo Volmer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
7:10 AM
  • L'Isle joyeuse (Joyous Isle)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Orion Weiss, piano
  • First Hand 129
7:18 AM
  • North Country Sketches
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9355
7:49 AM
  • Turns
  • Composer: Belinda Reynolds
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Citywinds
  • Innova 653
8:01 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
  • EMI 55026
8:35 AM
  • Honeyed Words
  • Composer: Anna Meredith
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet
  • Mercury KX 4845720
8:40 AM
  • Pelleas and Melisande
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Zubin Mehta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sony 45870
9:01 AM
  • Ballade No. 1
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Pascal Roge, piano
  • London/Decca 433849
9:06 AM
  • Suite dramatique: Dance in the moonlight
  • Composer: Lou Koster
  • Conductor: Jonathan Kaell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estro Armonico Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
  • Naxos 573330
9:09 AM
  • Piano Quintet
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet
  • Soloists: Michelle Cann, piano
  • Azica 71346
9:19 AM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Karl Bohm
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 419318
9:44 AM
  • Romantic Pieces
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Philips 464647
10:01 AM
  • Cantilene
  • Composer: Louis Cahuzac
  • Soloists: Ricardo Morales, clarinet
  • Boston 1064
10:06 AM
  • Mandolin Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra
  • Soloists: Avi Avital, mandolin
  • DG 22627
10:14 AM
  • Pastoral
  • Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson
  • Conductor: Andrew Manze
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
10:20 AM
  • Star of the County Down
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Soloists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
  • London/Decca 4853326
10:22 AM
  • The Garden of Fand
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 10362
10:41 AM
  • Piano Sonata No. 5
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Fazil Say, piano
  • Warner 94206
11:03 AM
  • Prelude
  • Composer: Mikalojus Ciurlionis
  • Soloists: Joana Daunyte, harp
  • Naxos 579108
11:06 AM
  • Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI 47001
11:14 AM
  • Nocturne No. 5
  • Composer: John Field
  • Soloists: Alice Sara Ott, piano
  • DG 4866238
11:19 AM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Menuet
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 46356
11:23 AM
  • Brook Green Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7058
11:30 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 7
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Antoine Plante
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mercury Baroque
  • Houston Public Radio 621
11:46 AM
  • Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
  • Telarc 80311
11:54 AM
  • The Tick-Tock Clock
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 435871
12:10 PM
  • The Irish Four Seasons: Spring
  • Composer: Ailbhe McDonagh
  • Conductor: David Brophy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Anamus
  • Soloists: Lynda O'Connor, violin
  • Avie 2688
12:18 PM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish": 1st movement
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • SFS 71
12:29 PM
  • Clarinet Quintet: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacifica String Quartet
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet
  • Cedille 147
12:34 PM
  • My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee
  • Composer: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
  • Conductor: Jason Max Ferdinand
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Aeolians
  • Gia 1087
12:40 PM
  • Symphony No. 1: Scherzo
  • Composer: Ruth Gipps
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Chandos 20284
12:47 PM
  • Dance Intermezzo
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 359
12:50 PM
  • Symphony No. 32
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
  • Philips 422419
1:01 PM
  • Carnival-Waltz
  • Composer: Florent Schmitt
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chandos 8356
1:06 PM
  • Concerto for Two Oboes
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 9815
1:13 PM
  • Song without Words No. 14
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
  • Sony 66511
1:16 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 1st movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Philips 412542
1:29 PM
  • Old Bollnas Polska
  • Composer: Anonymous
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lynx Ensemble
  • Caprice 21930
1:44 PM
  • Ca'azapa (Popular Paraguayan Song)
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: Berta Rojas, guitar
  • ON Music 7488
1:50 PM
  • Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Philips 416380
2:01 PM
  • Le Concert: Overture and Gigue
  • Composer: Mademoiselle Laurant
  • Soloists: Sophie de Bardonneche, violin
  • Alpha 1078
2:06 PM
  • Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
2:12 PM
  • Sing to the Moon
  • Composer: Steven James Brown/Laura Mvula
  • Conductor: Christopher Gabittas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale
  • Signum 885
2:17 PM
  • The Prophet: Ballet of the Skaters
  • Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer
  • Conductor: Michal Nesterowicz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573076
2:37 PM
  • Overture
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Conductor: Thomas Sondergaard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Linn 758
2:43 PM
  • Symphony No. 5: 3rd and 4th movements
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Manfred Honeck
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  • Reference 718
3:01 PM
  • Two Romances
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alexander Kniazev, cello
  • Warner 62061
3:07 PM
  • Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • Composer: Georges Enescu
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80170
3:20 PM
  • Concertante for Flute and Clarinet
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: James Galway, flute
  • RCA 61976
3:41 PM
  • Norwegian Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Duo Turgeon
  • Marquis 241
3:48 PM
  • Violin Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
  • Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin
  • Cedille 232
4:01 PM
  • Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet
  • Composer: Joseph Marx
  • Conductor: Steven Sloane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bochum Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573832
4:06 PM
  • Priere du Matin (Morning Prayer)
  • Composer: Johann Altenburg
  • Conductor: Leonhard Leeb
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Art of Trumpet Vienna
  • Naxos 555879
4:08 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Morning"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
  • Denon 9612
4:28 PM
  • Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Elim Chan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
  • Alpha 1038
4:46 PM
  • Armenian Folk Songs and Dances
  • Composer: Gomidas Vartabed
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Avos Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Alessio Pianelli, cello
  • Rubicon 1051
5:01 PM
  • Sinfonia No. 3: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Amandine Beyer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gli Incogniti
  • Harmonia Mundi 905321
5:06 PM
  • Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants)
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 46508
5:18 PM
  • Bellissima Naomi!
  • Composer: Frantisek Janoska
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Janoska Ensemble
  • DG 4596207
5:23 PM
  • Evergreen
  • Composer: Kevin Puts
  • Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Conspirare
  • Delos 3601
5:30 PM
  • Bright Blue Music
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Argo 452101
5:41 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: (Marie) Clemence de Grandval
  • Conductor: Andrey Boreyko
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Lajos Lencses, oboe
  • Hanssler 98295
6:01 PM
  • Sonata
  • Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
  • Soloists: Angela Hewitt, piano
  • Hyperion 68184
6:06 PM
  • Overture No. 2
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Conductor: Christoph Konig
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg
  • Naxos 574094
6:15 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Gidon Kremer, violin
  • DG 413461
6:48 PM
  • Concert Waltz No. 2
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Orfeo 157101
7:01 PM
  • Old Hungarian Dances: selections
  • Composer: Ferenc Farkas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frosunda Wind Quintet
  • Bis 136
7:06 PM
  • Spring Overture
  • Composer: Hermann Goetz
  • Conductor: Kimbo Ishii
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 573327
7:19 PM
  • Violets
  • Composer: Julio Sagreras
  • Soloists: Christoph Denoth, guitar
  • Signum 538
7:23 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Yefim Bronfman, piano
  • Sony 60677
7:44 PM
  • The Flight of the Bumblebee/Green Hornet
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Billy May
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salut Salon
  • Warner 93076
7:47 PM
  • Winged Creatures
  • Composer: Michael Abels
  • Conductor: Allen Tinkham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Anthony McGill, clarinet
  • Cedille 187
8:06 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 8
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Warner 66656-2
8:12 PM
  • Estonian Dance Suite
  • Composer: Eduard Tubin
  • Conductor: Hans-Peter Frank
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Big Ben 851002
8:25 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 9154
8:51 PM
  • La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Jaime Laredo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5078
9:03 PM
  • Three Pieces: Toque je-je (Laughing game)
  • Composer: Cesar Guerra-Peixe
  • Soloists: Francesca Anderegg, violin
  • Naxos 573923
9:07 PM
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
  • Composer: Otto Nicolai
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • EMI 64107
9:16 PM
  • Pest Waltzes
  • Composer: Joseph Lanner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Koln
  • Archiv 4765
9:25 PM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"
  • Composer: Francois-Joseph Gossec
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • CBC 5225
9:41 PM
  • Aria in Classic Style
  • Composer: Marcel Grandjany
  • Conductor: Jan-Olav Wedin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christine Muhlbach, harp
9:49 PM
  • Swedish Judge's Dance (Domaredansen)
  • Composer: Otto Olsson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chanticleer
  • Teldec 16676
9:51 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 4th movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Alan Gilbert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Dacapo 220623
10:01 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Antonio Leal Moreira
  • Conductor: Alvaro Cassuto
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Algarve Orchestra
  • Naxos 557207
10:07 PM
  • Rodeo: Hoe-Down
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Delos 3163
10:11 PM
  • How the West Was Won
  • Composer: Alfred Newman
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80141
10:19 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 110969
10:26 PM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Naxos 574306
10:40 PM
  • Master Francis Sitwell/The Marquis of Tullibardine/Miss Cameron of Balvenie
  • Composer: Nathaniel Gow/Niel Gow/William Marshall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Maxwell Quartet
  • Linn 741
10:47 PM
  • Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Berlin 2057
11:01 PM
  • Lute Suite No. 4: Prelude
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Ronn McFarlane, lute
  • Dorian 90242
11:07 PM
  • By the Still Waters
  • Composer: Amy Beach
  • Soloists: Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • London/Decca 4851683
11:10 PM
  • Poem for Flute and Orchestra
  • Composer: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
  • Conductor: Paul Freeman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mary Stolper, flute
  • Cedille 46
11:22 PM
  • Preludio Sinfonico
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Claudio Scimone
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
  • Erato 55026
11:32 PM
  • Sonata No. 4 "La Castella"
  • Composer: Giovanni Pandolfi Mealli
  • Conductor: Stephen Stubbs
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacific MusicWorks
  • Soloists: Tekla Cunningham, Baroque violin
  • Reference 742
11:42 PM
  • Horn Concerto No. 4
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jose Antonio Mendez Padron
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Havana Lyceum Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Willis, horn
  • Alpha 937
12:01 AM
  • Intermezzo for String Trio
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Domus
12:06 AM
  • Jean de Paris: Overture
  • Composer: Francois Boieldieu
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra
  • CPO 555244
12:15 AM
  • Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (My heart at thy sweet voice)
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 12949
12:23 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 415364
12:52 AM
  • Prelude and Fugue No. 13
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Hanssler 98530
1:01 AM
  • Poem
  • Composer: Zdenek Fibich
  • Conductor: Vaclav Smetacek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 101429
1:06 AM
  • Romance No. 1
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Daniel Dodds
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings
  • Soloists: Midori, violin
  • Warner 17920
1:14 AM
  • Adagio
  • Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Heather Schmidt, piano
  • Naxos 570825
1:19 AM
  • String Quartet No. 6
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ebene Quartet
  • Virgin 64546
1:46 AM
  • Introduction and Allegro
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Antonio Pappano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Cecilia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jan Lisiecki, piano
  • DG 4795327
2:01 AM
  • Violin Sonata: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Frantisek Jiranek
  • Soloists: Lenka Torgersen, violin
  • Supraphon 4151
2:06 AM
  • Serenade for Winds
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Alexei Ogrintchouk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Winds
  • Soloists: Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
  • Bis 2163
2:55 AM
  • Prelude No. 2
  • Composer: William Baines
  • Soloists: Eric Parkin, piano
  • Lyrita 266
3:01 AM
  • Notes in the Margin
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Soloists: John Williams, guitar
  • JCW 1
3:06 AM
  • Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80164
3:12 AM
  • Fantaisie
  • Composer: Philippe Gaubert
  • Soloists: Robert Langevin, flute
  • Bridge 9555
3:20 AM
  • Oriane et le Prince d'Amour Suite
  • Composer: Florent Schmitt
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 574138
3:39 AM
  • Romantic Song No. 1
  • Composer: Reza Vali
  • Soloists: Charles Wetherbee, violin
  • MSR 1738
3:42 AM
  • Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
  • Composer: Kayhan Kalhor
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 89782
4:01 AM
  • Sanctus
  • Composer: Ola Gjeilo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tenebrae
  • London/Decca 24646
4:06 AM
  • Written on the Sky
  • Composer: Max Richter
  • Soloists: Feico Deutekom, piano
  • Zefir 9654
4:10 AM
  • Symphony No. 22 "City of Light"
  • Composer: Alan Hovhaness
  • Conductor: Alan Hovhaness
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3137
4:41 AM
  • Ennanga for String Quartet, Harp, and Piano
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players
  • Soloists: Ashley Jackson, harp
  • Bright Shiny Things 188
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.