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As You Like It: Suite

  • Composer:Roger Quilter
  • Conductor:Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223444

Schedule for March 19, 2024

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5:01 AM
  • String Symphony No. 1
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Ensemble
  • Europa 350204
5:15 AM
  • Suite Compostelana: Cancion
  • Composer: Federico Mompou
  • Soloists: Joao Luiz, guitar
  • Zoho 202204
5:19 AM
  • Piano Sonata
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
  • Chandos 10807
6:01 AM
  • Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Charles Neidich, clarinet
  • DG 435875
6:16 AM
  • Symphony for Strings
  • Composer: Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Conductor: Lukasz Blaszczyk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Primuz Chamber Orchestra
  • Dux 1793
6:40 AM
  • The Birds
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: Louis Lane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80443
7:01 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 8
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Vienna
  • Teldec 35603
7:20 AM
  • Roses in a Box
  • Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
  • Soloists: William Howard, piano
  • Orchid 100083
7:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
  • DG 4865137
8:01 AM
  • Kikujiro: Summer
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Joe Hisaishi, piano
  • London/Decca 803489
8:06 AM
  • String Quartet No. 5
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet
  • DG 423300
8:22 AM
  • Minuets and Trios
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
  • RCA 60452
8:40 AM
  • Lieutenant Kije Suite
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Thierry Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony
  • Reference 735
9:36 AM
  • Play of the Elves
  • Composer: Franz Berwald
  • Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Brilliant 93699
9:47 AM
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
  • Harmonia Mundi 902176
10:01 AM
  • Impromptu-Caprice
  • Composer: Gabriel Pierne
  • Soloists: Susann McDonald, harp
  • Klavier 11004
10:06 AM
  • Ave Maria
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
  • Sony 10316
10:09 AM
  • Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: John Hebden
  • Conductor: Adrian Shepherd
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantilena
  • Chandos 8339
10:20 AM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 61682
10:26 AM
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 434321
10:44 AM
  • Provence Suite
  • Composer: Darius Milhaud
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Toulouse
  • DG 435437
11:03 AM
  • Mac Ananty's Reel
  • Composer: John Larchet
  • Conductor: Fionnuala Hunt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Irish Chamber Orchestra
  • Black Box 1003
11:06 AM
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
  • London/Decca 470291
11:11 AM
  • Concerto for Strings
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Andrea Marcon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra
  • Archiv 6728
11:18 AM
  • As You Like It: Suite
  • Composer: Roger Quilter
  • Conductor: Adrian Leaper
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223444
11:28 AM
  • Lyric Pieces: To Spring
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Soloists: Alice Sara Ott, piano
  • DG 4794631
11:32 AM
  • Prince Igor: Overture
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 435757
11:44 AM
  • Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
  • Koch 7576
11:53 AM
  • Billy the Kid: Conclusion
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
  • Sony 63082
12:01 PM
  • Czech Suite: Sousedska
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: David Golub
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Padua Chamber Orchestra
  • Arabesque 6697
12:06 PM
  • Trumpet Voluntary
  • Composer: John Stanley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Brass
  • Teldec 43923
12:10 PM
  • Serenade No. 2: 4th movement
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Philips 442068
12:17 PM
  • Hansel and Gretel: Overture
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 91494
12:25 PM
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!
  • Composer: William Dawson
  • Conductor: Anton Armstrong
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Olaf Choir
  • Saint Olaf 2159
12:29 PM
  • Concerto for Oboe and Violin
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Nigel Kennedy, violin, Albrecht Mayer, oboe
  • EMI 57091
12:45 PM
  • Prelude No. 5
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano
  • Bridge 9348
12:50 PM
  • Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 2
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Thomas Schippers
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Vox 5140
1:01 PM
  • Il delirio amoroso: Introduction
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Emmanuelle Haim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astree
  • Erato 32624
1:06 PM
  • Springtime Suite: Fresh Morning
  • Composer: Eric Coates
  • Conductor: Andrew Penny
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 555194
1:10 PM
  • Antoinette Polka Mazurka
  • Composer: Alfred Pease
  • Soloists: Christopher Mallett, guitar
  • Naxos 559924
1:18 PM
  • The Barber of Seville: Sinfonia
  • Composer: Giovanni Paisiello
  • Conductor: Giuliano Carella
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra
  • Dynamic 417/1-2
1:23 PM
  • Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away)
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Keith Brion
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Michigan State Symphonic Band
  • Delos 3101
1:31 PM
  • Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 439933
1:44 PM
  • Symphonic Dance No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Virgin 44722
1:52 PM
  • Symphony No. 4 "Italian": Saltarello
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonic of La Scala
  • London/Decca 4852971
2:01 PM
  • The Running Set
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: George Hurst
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8432
2:09 PM
  • Fancy Free Ballet: Danzon
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 508018
2:13 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Yeol Eum Som, piano
  • Naive 8049
2:35 PM
  • The Good-humored Ladies
  • Composer: Vincenzo Tommasini
  • Conductor: Robert Irving
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concert Arts Orchestra
  • EMI 65911
2:50 PM
  • Hary Janos Suite: Intermezzo and Entrance
  • Composer: Zoltan Kodaly
  • Conductor: George Szell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Sony 38527
3:01 PM
  • Symphony No. 2: Scherzo
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 62406
3:06 PM
  • The Capricious One
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Soloists: Itzhak Perlman, violin, Samuel Sanders, piano
  • EMI 83196
3:10 PM
  • In Spring Overture
  • Composer: Karl Goldmark
  • Conductor: Andras Korodi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Hungaroton 12552
3:22 PM
  • Aranjuez Concerto
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Conductor: Eiji Oue
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Xuefei Yang, guitar
  • EMI 98361
3:45 PM
  • "Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: White Mischief
  • Composer: Simon Jeffes
  • Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425218
3:52 PM
  • The Garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss
  • Composer: William Bolcom
  • Soloists: Logan Skelton, piano
  • Centaur 2474
4:01 PM
  • Characteristic Suite: Scherzo
  • Composer: Henry Schoenefeld
  • Conductor: Reuben Blundell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gowanus Arts Ensemble
  • New Focus 166
4:06 PM
  • Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
  • Composer: Franz von Suppe
  • Conductor: Paul Paray
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Mercury 434309
4:14 PM
  • The Rill
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Soloists: Peter Kairoff, piano
  • Albany 745
4:19 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Marieke Blankestijn, violin, William Conway, cello, Douglas Boyd, oboe, Matthew Wilkie, bassoon
  • DG 4778117
4:41 PM
  • Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"
  • Composer: Alan Hovhaness
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
  • Delos 3157
5:01 PM
  • Etiolles (Valse)
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
5:06 PM
  • Five Pieces
  • Composer: Anthony Holborne
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Empire Brass
  • Telarc 80257
5:17 PM
  • Last Spring
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Christian Kluxen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arctic Philharmonic
  • Soloists: Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
  • Sony 93608
5:22 PM
  • Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic
  • Berlin 1126
5:42 PM
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Eugene List, piano
  • Telarc 80058
6:01 PM
  • English Suite: Prelude and Round Dance
  • Composer: John Duarte
  • Soloists: Stein-Erik Olsen, guitar
  • Simax 1084
6:06 PM
  • Overture di Ballo
  • Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 434916
6:18 PM
  • The Ash Grove
  • Composer: Traditional Welsh
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Salzedo Harp Duo
  • Azica 71246
6:23 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Eivind Aadland
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Baiba Skride, violin
  • Orfeo 997201
6:44 PM
  • Ballet Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA 68304
7:01 PM
  • Sleeping Beauty: Entry of the Fairies
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 425468
7:06 PM
  • Dances in the Canebrakes: Tropical Noon
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1242
7:11 PM
  • Frostiana: The Pasture
  • Composer: Randall Thompson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantus
  • Cantus 4
7:15 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Berlin Philharmonic 140011
7:48 PM
  • A Night at Karlstein
  • Composer: Zdenek Fibich
  • Conductor: Frantisek Vajnar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 7909
8:01 PM
  • Shepherd's Song
  • Composer: Han-Kun Sha
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
8:06 PM
  • Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
  • Composer: Aram Khachaturian
  • Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Ondine 938
8:18 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
8:28 PM
  • Four Seasons: Spring
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sarah Chang, violin
  • EMI 94431
8:41 PM
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Orfeo 91841
9:03 PM
  • Polka
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 414370
9:06 PM
  • Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)
  • Composer: Fritz Kreisler
  • Soloists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
  • London/Decca 470291
9:12 PM
  • Sonata for Flute and Orchestra
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Conductor: Steuart Bedford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jennifer Stinton, flute
  • Collins 1210
9:26 PM
  • Im Fruhling (In the Spring)
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Ian Bostridge, tenor, Julius Drake, piano
  • EMI 56347
9:31 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 30
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Alexandre Tharaud, piano
  • Erato 33820
9:51 PM
  • Country Gardens
  • Composer: Percy Grainger
  • Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Chandos 8377
9:54 PM
  • Dance of the Shepherd Girl
  • Composer: Hugo Alfven
  • Conductor: James DePreist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Malmo Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 570
10:01 PM
  • String Quintet No. 1: Finale
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Magnifica Comunita
  • Brilliant 93820
10:06 PM
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80334
10:14 PM
  • Presto
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 384
10:22 PM
  • Three Short Pieces
  • Composer: Jacques Ibert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Woodwind Quintet
  • Boston Skyline 139
10:29 PM
  • Symphony No. 33
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 717
10:51 PM
  • Orb and Sceptre
  • Composer: William Walton
  • Conductor: John Williams
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
  • Philips 420804
11:01 PM
  • Waltz No. 4
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66846
11:09 PM
  • Romeo and Juliet: Folk Dance
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573534
11:13 PM
  • Fantasy on La Traviata
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Emmanuel Pahud, flute
  • EMI 57814
11:25 PM
  • Miss Sally's Party
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Conductor: Philip Brunelle
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: VocalEssence Orchestra
  • Clarion 905
11:45 PM
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mutter's Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 4865257
12:01 AM
  • Out of the Night
  • Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8738
12:06 AM
  • Pastoral Suite: Villagers' Dance
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8852
12:11 AM
  • Melancolie
  • Composer: Francis Poulenc
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Hyperion 67890
12:19 AM
  • Souvenirs
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish Orchestra
  • Naxos 559044
12:41 AM
  • A Little Chaos
  • Composer: Peter Gregson
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Soloists: Angele Dubeau, violin
  • Analekta 8748
12:47 AM
  • Melee Fantastique
  • Composer: Arthur Bliss
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic
  • Chandos 10981
1:01 AM
  • Summer Evening: Waltz
  • Composer: Oscar Merikanto
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ondine 932
1:06 AM
  • Froissart Overture
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Hyperion 66515
1:20 AM
  • The Cathedral (La Catedral)
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: Thibaut Garcia, guitar
  • Erato 60526
1:29 AM
  • D'un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)
  • Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Neave Trio
  • Chandos 20238
1:33 AM
  • D'un soir triste (Of a sad evening)
  • Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Neave Trio
  • Chandos 20238
1:45 AM
  • Harpsichord Concerto
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Benjamin Alard, harpsichord
  • Harmonia Mundi 902653
2:01 AM
  • Chorale Prelude: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now comes the Savior)
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Hannah Roberts, cello, Ben Davies, cello, Max Ruisi, cello
  • London/Decca 4853326
2:06 AM
  • Morceaux de Fantaisie: Elegie
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Yuja Wang, piano
  • DG 16606
2:11 AM
  • Wind Concertino
  • Composer: Szymon Laks
  • Soloists: Joaquin Valdepenas, clarinet, Sarah Jeffrey, oboe, Frank Morelli, bassoon
  • Chandos 10983
2:26 AM
  • Violin Sonata
  • Composer: Viktor Kosenko
  • Soloists: Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin, Steven Beck, piano
  • Naxos 579146
2:45 AM
  • Overture
  • Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
  • Hyperion 66074
3:01 AM
  • What Inspires Poetry: About Rain and Storm
  • Composer: Jorge Grundman
  • Soloists: Ara Malikian, violin, Daniel Del Pino, piano
  • Non Profit Music 911
3:06 AM
  • Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Theme and Variations
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
3:18 AM
  • Blueprint
  • Composer: Caroline Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Aizuri Quartet
  • New Amsterdam 104
3:27 AM
  • Mathis der Maler (Mathis the Painter)
  • Composer: Paul Hindemith
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 429404
3:56 AM
  • Timelapse
  • Composer: Uno Helmersson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Trondheim Soloists
  • Soloists: Mari Samuelsen, violin, Hakon Samuelsen, cello
  • London/Decca 4814879
4:01 AM
  • Beyond the Fog: Mist
  • Composer: Gary Schocker
  • Soloists: Emily Mitchell, harp, Gary Schocker, flute
  • Azica 71272
4:06 AM
  • Spring Breeze
  • Composer: Wei-Chieh Lin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Formosa Quartet
  • Bridge 9519
4:12 AM
  • Piano Sonata "Night Wind"
  • Composer: Nikolai Medtner
  • Soloists: Kenny Broberg, piano
  • Steinway and Sons 30198
4:47 AM
  • Violin Concerto: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • London/Decca 4850949
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.