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Bourree Fantasque

  • Composer:Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor:Armin Jordan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:French National Orchestra
  • Erato 88018

Schedule for November 25, 2024

(All times are U.S. Central).
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6:01 AM
  • Petite Symphony
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • London/Decca 430231
6:23 AM
  • 10 Preludios
  • Composer: Carlos Guastavino
  • Soloists: Mirian Conti, piano
  • Albany 1642
6:44 AM
  • Plow That Broke the Plains Suite
  • Composer: Virgil Thomson
  • Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony of the Air
  • Vanguard 8013
7:01 AM
  • Introduction, Theme, and Variations
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  • Soloists: David Shifrin, clarinet
  • Delos 3194
7:12 AM
  • Andean Folk Dances
  • Composer: Celso Garrido-Lecca
  • Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
7:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 471488
8:01 AM
  • Blue Skies
  • Composer: Irving Berlin
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Dorian 92207
8:05 AM
  • The Geniuses, or Love's Characters Ballet: Suite
  • Composer: Mademoiselle Duval
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Women's Philharmonic
  • Newport 60102
8:18 AM
  • Three Spanish Pieces
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Soloists: Julian Bream, guitar
  • RCA 33705
8:34 AM
  • Intermezzo: Interludes
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3052
9:01 AM
  • Wine, Women, and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang)
  • Composer: Johann StraussJr.
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  • DG 463667
9:16 AM
  • Shades of Darkness: Indigo
  • Composer: Stefania de Kenessey
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Andiamo Chamber Ensemble
  • North/South 1023
9:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Franz Welser-Most
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 54898
10:01 AM
  • Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 68774
10:06 AM
  • Maxixe
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: Xuefei Yang, guitar
  • London/Decca 4858195
10:09 AM
  • The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite
  • Composer: Leos Janacek
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9080
10:29 AM
  • Eine kleine Nachtmusik
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Bobby McFerrin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Sony 64600
10:48 AM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Grand Pas de Deux
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
11:01 AM
  • Blacksmith's Tune
  • Composer: Bengt Hallberg
  • Conductor: Jorma Panula
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scandinavian Brass Ensemble
  • Bis 265
11:06 AM
  • Consecration of the House: Overture
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Philips 438706
11:16 AM
  • Scherzando No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Haydn Ensemble Berlin
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • EMI 56577
11:25 AM
  • Prelude No. 1
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Soloists: Nicholas Canellakis, cello
  • First Hand 134
11:27 AM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Delos 3021
11:41 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 5
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 410048
12:03 PM
  • Song without Words No. 48
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Javier Perianes, piano
  • Harmonia Mundi 902195
12:06 PM
  • Memories of the Alhambra
  • Composer: Francisco Tarrega
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Warner 24364
12:11 PM
  • Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Roger Norrington
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Classical Players
  • EMI 49541
12:18 PM
  • Caitlin
  • Composer: Chris Marshall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Claire Jones, harp
  • Silva 6050
12:24 PM
  • The Triumph of Bacchus (Le Triomphe de Bacchus)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Louis de Froment
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio Luxembourg Orchestra
  • Vox 5053
12:29 PM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Sony 66289
12:46 PM
  • Bourree Fantasque
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Armin Jordan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • Erato 88018
12:53 PM
  • Slavonic Dance No. 6
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Philips 464601
1:01 PM
  • Sunday Rag
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: Sarah Nicolls, piano
  • Signum 58
1:06 PM
  • The Prince of Denmark's March
  • Composer: Jeremiah Clarke
  • Soloists: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet, Michael Murray, organ
  • Telarc 80341
1:09 PM
  • Andersen: Entr'acte
  • Composer: Oskar Nedbal
  • Conductor: Miroslav Homolka
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
  • Supraphon 111413
1:17 PM
  • The Lark in the Clear Air
  • Composer: Peter Hope
  • Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • ASV 2155
1:20 PM
  • Concert Polonaise
  • Composer: Henryk Wieniawski
  • Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Bomsori Kim, violin
  • DG 4860789
1:26 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 18
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Ingrid Haebler, piano
  • Denon 73087
1:44 PM
  • Thrills
  • Composer: Charles Ancliffe
  • Conductor: Ronald Corp
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Orchestra
  • Hyperion 67400
1:50 PM
  • African Suite: Joyful Day
  • Composer: Fela Sowande
  • Conductor: Mario Bernardi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • CBC 5135
2:01 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Lelio Colista
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
  • Brilliant 96033
2:06 PM
  • Fantasia on Greensleeves
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 442406
2:11 PM
  • King Arthur: Chaconne
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oslo Circles
  • Simax 1367
2:16 PM
  • Aladdin: Dances
  • Composer: Ernest Tomlinson
  • Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223513
2:23 PM
  • Bethena
  • Composer: Scott Joplin
  • Soloists: Joshua Rifkin, piano
  • Nonesuch 79159
2:29 PM
  • Carmen Fantasy
  • Composer: Franz Waxman
  • Conductor: Andrew Litton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
  • Nonesuch 79464
2:42 PM
  • Sinfonia
  • Composer: Johann Christian Bach
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  • Philips 442275
2:50 PM
  • Halcyon Days
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Malcolm Nabarro
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: East of England Orchestra
  • ASV 2053
3:01 PM
  • Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Paul Galbraith, guitar
  • Mashulka 6695
3:06 PM
  • Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 410026
3:11 PM
  • Jubilate
  • Composer: Alec Roth
  • Conductor: Andrew Carwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral
  • Hyperion 68058
3:19 PM
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trondheim Soloists
  • Soloists: Alisa Weilerstein, cello
  • Pentatone 717
3:42 PM
  • Tales of Hoffmann: Intermezzo and Barcarolle
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de la Suisse Romande
  • Chandos 5160
3:48 PM
  • Danzon No. 2
  • Composer: Arturo Marquez
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
  • DG 11340
4:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 247
4:06 PM
  • Clap Yo' Hands
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Lark Quartet
  • Endeavour 1018
4:09 PM
  • Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra
  • Composer: Alice Mary Smith
  • Conductor: Howard Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • Soloists: Angela Malsbury, clarinet
4:18 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 24
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony 8253
4:52 PM
  • Eugene Onegin: Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Morton Gould
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 60134
5:01 PM
  • Transcendental Etude No. 10 "Allegro agitato molto"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Haochen Zhang, piano
  • Bis 2681
5:06 PM
  • Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Keith Brion
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Michigan State Symphonic Band
  • Delos 3101
5:14 PM
  • Children's Games: Hide and Seek
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30043
5:18 PM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Scott Yoo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
  • Archetype 60105
5:49 PM
  • Javelin
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Sony 62592
6:01 PM
  • Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite: March
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80107
6:06 PM
  • Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Rheims): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 400049
6:14 PM
  • Waltz No. 2
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66584
6:21 PM
  • Octet: 5th movement
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players
  • Nonesuch 79046
6:27 PM
  • Capriol Suite
  • Composer: Peter Warlock
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Christopher Parkening, guitar
  • EMI 55052
6:40 PM
  • Concert Piece for Four Horns
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3084
7:01 PM
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis: March
  • Composer: Paul Hindemith
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80606
7:06 PM
  • Paulus (St. Paul): Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Edward Gardner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 5235
7:13 PM
  • Prelude No. 1 "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"
  • Composer: Wallace Cheatham
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1708
7:16 PM
  • Violin Concerto
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Daniel Harding
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Janine Jansen, violin
  • London/Decca 4780651
7:53 PM
  • Serenade No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442068
8:01 PM
  • Sing Ye Praises
  • Composer: Ruth Watson Henderson
  • Conductor: Lydia Adams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Elmer Iseler Singers
  • CBC 1167
8:06 PM
  • Polonaise
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 414370
8:13 PM
  • Prince and the Mermaid Suite
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Oregon String Quartet
  • Koch 7546
8:21 PM
  • Double Concerto
  • Composer: Elias Parish-Alvars
  • Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Marielle Nordmann, harp, Francois-Rene Duchable, piano
  • FNAC 592266
8:44 PM
  • Ballet Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 68304
9:01 PM
  • Enchantment: Song of the Shrine
  • Composer: Nathaniel Dett
  • Soloists: Clipper Erickson, piano
  • Navona 6013
9:06 PM
  • Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
  • Composer: Enrique Granados
  • Soloists: Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
  • London/Decca 417618
9:11 PM
  • Flute Quartet No. 2
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Jasmine Choi, flute, Florian Zwiauer, violin, Vera Reigersberg, viola, Attila Szekely, cello
  • Sony 75349
9:23 PM
  • English Idyll No. 1
  • Composer: George Butterworth
  • Conductor: Mark Elder
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Halle Orchestra
  • Halle 7503
9:28 PM
  • Simple Symphony
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 45121
9:47 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Two Pictures
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91494
10:03 PM
  • Othello Suite: Willow Song
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Concert Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223516
10:06 PM
  • An Irish Symphony: The Fair Day
  • Composer: Hamilton Harty
  • Conductor: Keith Lockhart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • RCA 68901
10:10 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Leopold Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
  • Soloists: Stewart Rose, horn
  • Arabesque 6750
10:28 PM
  • Romantic Pieces: Cavatina
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Soloists: Josef Suk, violin, Alfred Holecek, piano
  • Supraphon 110703
10:32 PM
  • Capriccio Italien
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Eduardo Mata
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 63586
10:48 PM
  • Te Deum: Prelude
  • Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Sony 44650
10:51 PM
  • Petite Suite: Finale
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Chandos 9386
11:01 PM
  • Torre Bermeja (Vermillion Tower)
  • Composer: Isaac Albeniz
  • Soloists: Stephen Marchionda, guitar
  • Dabringhaus 9031739
11:06 PM
  • Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8524
11:15 PM
  • Dala Suite: Rustic Dances
  • Composer: Helena Munktell
  • Conductor: Tobias Ringborg
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gavle Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 1066
11:22 PM
  • Concerto for Two Violins
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
  • Soloists: Jennifer Koh, violin, Jaime Laredo, violin
  • Cedille 146
11:39 PM
  • Your Hands In Mine
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Flipside 18
11:43 PM
  • Second Rhapsody
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Telarc 80445
12:01 AM
  • Beatrix' Dance
  • Composer: Adolphe Adam
  • Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223772
12:06 AM
  • Dance of the Shepherd Girl
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Soloists: Christian Lindberg, trombone, Roland Pontinen, piano
  • Bis 298
12:10 AM
  • Acis and Galatea: Sinfonia
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Naxos 573488
12:18 AM
  • A Downland Suite
  • Composer: John Ireland
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Chandos 9376
12:37 AM
  • Symphony No. 7: Scherzo
  • Composer: Emilie Mayer
  • Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Philharmonic
  • CPO 555511
12:46 AM
  • Sonata for Flute and Orchestra
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Conductor: Steuart Bedford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jennifer Stinton, flute
  • Collins 1210
1:01 AM
  • Child Grove; Easter Thursday; The Beggar Boy
  • Composer: Anonymous
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: King's Noyse
  • Harmonia Mundi 907101
1:06 AM
  • Sacred and Profane Dances
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Edmon Colomer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Vanessa McKeand, harp
  • Virgin 59695
1:17 AM
  • Seven Popular Spanish Songs: El pano moruno (The Moorish Cloth)
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Soloists: Tabea Zimmermann, viola, Javier Perianes, piano
  • Harmonia Mundi 902648
1:20 AM
  • Sextet
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Linos Ensemble
1:47 AM
  • Four Seasons: Summer
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Guitar Trio
  • RCA 5466
2:01 AM
  • Chilean Dance
  • Composer: Andrew York
  • Soloists: Andrew York, guitar
  • GSP 1019
2:06 AM
  • Waltz No. 6 "Minute"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Ingrid Fliter, piano
  • VAI 1250
2:09 AM
  • Madame Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (One fine day)
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Conductor: Edward Downes
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano
  • RCA 5999
2:16 AM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Muzio Clementi
  • Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia
  • ASV DCA 802
2:34 AM
  • Philomena: Suite
  • Composer: Alexandre Desplat
  • Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • London/Decca 20213
2:51 AM
  • Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Charles Munch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61400
3:01 AM
  • Two Ballades: No. 1
  • Composer: Fazil Say
  • Conductor: Scott Yoo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
  • Cambria 1404
3:06 AM
  • Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
3:14 AM
  • Danzas Argentinas: Dance of the outlaw cowboy
  • Composer: Alberto Ginastera
  • Soloists: Lise de la Salle, piano
  • Naive 5468
3:19 AM
  • Suite of Brawles
  • Composer: Matthew Locke
  • Conductor: Peter Holman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
  • Hyperion 66667
3:25 AM
  • String Trio
  • Composer: Jean Cras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Black Oak Ensemble
  • Cedille 212
3:51 AM
  • Symphony: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Dora Pejacevic
  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Chandos 5299
4:01 AM
  • Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri's Theme
  • Composer: John Williams
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 30629
4:06 AM
  • Transylvanian Dances
  • Composer: Sandor Veress
  • Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Bern
  • ECM 1714
4:21 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Soloists: Elena Urioste, violin, Tom Poster, piano
  • Chandos 20275
4:46 AM
  • Four Souvenirs: Tin Pan Alley
  • Composer: Paul Schoenfield
  • Soloists: Elena Urioste, violin, Tom Poster, piano
  • Chandos 20248
4:49 AM
  • Oceana: Chorale of the Reef
  • Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
  • Conductor: Eric Banks
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Esoterics
  • Terpischore 1715
5:01 AM
  • Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 13
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Chris Thile, mandolin, Edgar Meyer, bass
  • Nonesuch 558933
5:06 AM
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Jaap van Zweden
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • DSO Live 1978
5:51 AM
  • Elegy
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ahn Trio
  • EMI 56674
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.