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Oboe Concerto

  • Composer:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor:Max Pommer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble:New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
  • Soloists:
    • Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe
  • Capriccio 10069

Schedule for March 28, 2024

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5:01 AM
  • Five Arabesques
  • Composer: Alisson Kruusmaa
  • Conductor: Toomas Vavilov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Orchestra
  • European Broadcasting Union Recording
5:16 AM
  • Ballade No. 2
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Maurizio Pollini, piano
  • DG 11939
5:25 AM
  • Eight Russian Folk Songs
  • Composer: Anatol Liadov
  • Conductor: Enrique Batiz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ASV 657
5:41 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
  • DG 457619
6:01 AM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 2
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society
  • Avie 2065
6:15 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • CBC 5225
6:30 AM
  • Fritiof Suite
  • Composer: Elfrida Andree
  • Conductor: Gustaf Sjokvist
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
  • Sterling 615
7:01 AM
  • Concerto for violin and string orchestra
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Viktoria Mullova, violin
  • Philips 432077
7:25 AM
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Composer: William S Lloyd Webber
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Chandos 9595
7:36 AM
  • Czech Suite
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Lowell Graham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Chamber Players
  • Klavier 11126
8:01 AM
  • Aria in Classic Style
  • Composer: Marcel Grandjany
  • Conductor: Jan-Olav Wedin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Christine Muhlbach, harp
8:07 AM
  • Trio No. 3 "London"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Soloists: Laurel Zucker, flute
  • Cantilena 66013
8:22 AM
  • Symphony
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Thierry Fischer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Utah Symphony
  • Hyperion 68223
8:48 AM
  • Quartet No. 6
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
  • Sony 52524
9:01 AM
  • Consolation
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
9:06 AM
  • Missa Pange lingua: Agnus dei
  • Composer: Josquin des Prez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stile Antico
  • London/Decca 4851340
9:15 AM
  • Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Artur Rubinstein, piano
  • RCA 5617
9:32 AM
  • Concertino for Two Cellos
  • Composer: Nikolaus Kraft
  • Conductor: Alexander Rudin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Music
  • Soloists: Alexander Rudin, cello
  • Naxos 574386
9:48 AM
  • Symphony No. 6: 4th movement
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 423654
10:01 AM
  • Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement
  • Composer: Richard Hol
  • Conductor: Matthias Bamert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Residentie Orchestra The Hague
  • Chandos 9952
10:06 AM
  • Three Preludes
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Modern Mandolin Quartet
  • Windham Hill 11135
10:15 AM
  • Partita No. 2: Courante
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • Sony 98943
10:18 AM
  • The Tempest: Rustic Dance
  • Composer: Ernest Chausson
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of Belgian Radio & TV
  • Chandos 8369
10:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 29
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra
  • Virgin 61132
10:45 AM
  • St. Paul's Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
  • Chandos 9270
11:03 AM
  • For a Moment
  • Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: 12 Ensemble
  • Mercury KX 4843216
11:06 AM
  • Pavane
  • Composer: Gabriel Faure
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • SFS 60
11:13 AM
  • A Chloris (To Chloris)
  • Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
  • Conductor: Mathias Monius
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Soloists: Albrecht Mayer, English horn
11:19 AM
  • Angry Birds Theme
  • Composer: Ari Pulkkinen
  • Conductor: Angele Dubeau
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
  • Analekta 8734
11:22 AM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
  • Conductor: Jahja Ling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
  • Telarc 80232
11:30 AM
  • Fantasy on Polish Airs
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jan Lisiecki, piano
  • DG 4796824
11:46 AM
  • March
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
  • Philips 472678
11:48 AM
  • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Conductor: Tamas Pal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Szeged Symphony Orchestra
  • Hungaroton 12721
12:01 PM
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis: March
  • Composer: Paul Hindemith
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chandos 8766
12:06 PM
  • Xerxes: Largo
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • DG 429390
12:10 PM
  • Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
  • Composer: James Horner
  • Conductor: David Arnold
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Mercury 4812810
12:18 PM
  • Amazing Grace
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Serafin String Quartet
  • Naxos 559752
12:23 PM
  • Musette en rondeau
  • Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Soloists: Christopher O'Riley, piano
  • CPI 3294112
12:26 PM
  • Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Philips 412542
12:39 PM
  • Overture
  • Composer: Robert Volkmann
  • Conductor: Werner Albert
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North West German Philharmonic
  • CPO 999151
12:48 PM
  • Fantasy on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano"
  • Composer: Franz Danzi
  • Conductor: Jorg Faerber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sabine Meyer, clarinet
  • RCA 61976
1:01 PM
  • Cantabile
  • Composer: Niccolo Paganini
  • Soloists: Pekka Kuusisto, violin
  • Ondine 1142
1:06 PM
  • Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Soloists: Wu Han, piano
  • Music@Menlo 20033
1:10 PM
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Composer: Tomaso Albinoni
  • Conductor: Simon Preston
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hannes Laubin, trumpet
  • DG 431817
1:18 PM
  • Concerto Grosso: March
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Conductor: Norman Del Mar
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • EMI 47812
1:24 PM
  • Euryanthe Overture
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Eliahu Inbal
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Philips 426978
1:33 PM
  • Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Karl Bohm
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • DG 419866
1:43 PM
  • La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Conductor: Christian Benda
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
  • Naxos 570933
1:53 PM
  • Serenade: 4th movement
  • Composer: Arthur Bird
  • Conductor: Eugene Corporon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: North Texas Chamber Players
  • Klavier 11071
2:01 PM
  • Sonata No. 1
  • Composer: Heinrich Biber
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Purcell Quartet
  • Soloists: Michael Laird, trumpet
  • Chandos 591
2:08 PM
  • Variations on Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • Composer: Lettie B. Alston
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Rising Sun 74227
2:15 PM
  • Havanaise
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Daniel Harding
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Nicola Benedetti, violin
  • DG 6154
2:27 PM
  • Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Chandos 8524
2:43 PM
  • Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Soloists: Stephen Preston, flute
  • Oiseau-Lyre 414685
2:50 PM
  • Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
  • Composer: George Chadwick
  • Conductor: Jose Serebrier
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic
  • Reference 64
3:01 PM
  • Gold Dust Waltz
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Noriko Ogawa, piano
  • Bis 2215
3:06 PM
  • Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto
  • Composer: Franz & Karl Doppler
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Wiener Virtuosen
  • DG 4811917
3:16 PM
  • Polichinelle
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
  • Telarc 80489
3:23 PM
  • Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • DG 4778117
3:53 PM
  • Festival March
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rochester Philharmonic
  • Nonesuch 79078
3:59 PM
  • Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)
  • Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Soloists: Angel Romero, guitar
  • RCA 68767
4:06 PM
  • Horn Quintet
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Chamber Musicians
  • Summit 461
4:23 PM
  • What Wondrous Love
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Matthew Culloton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: The Singers
  • Singers 3480
4:27 PM
  • Triple Concerto
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jaap ter Linden
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Arion
  • Soloists: Claire Guimond, flute
  • Early-Music.com 7753
4:51 PM
  • The Merchant of Venice: Suite Anglaise No. 2
  • Composer: Henri Rabaud
  • Conductor: Leif Segerstam
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic
  • Marco Polo 223503
5:01 PM
  • Festival Coronation March for Alexander III
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80122
5:06 PM
  • Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
  • Composer: Pietro Mascagni
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • CSO Resound 9011801
5:12 PM
  • Ballet de Cour: Pavane and Saltarelle
  • Composer: Gabriel Pierne
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Music Palm Beach
  • Klavier 11142
5:19 PM
  • Scherzo a la Russe
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Conductor: Michael Gielen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hanssler 93059
5:24 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony 97719
5:50 PM
  • Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • EMI 64357
6:01 PM
  • Views of the Sea (Vistes al Mar): 1st movement
  • Composer: Eduardo Toldra
  • Conductor: Gerard Claret
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Andorra National Chamber Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5482
6:06 PM
  • Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Philips 454363
6:23 PM
  • If Ye Love Me
  • Composer: Thomas Tallis
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cantus
  • Cantus 1212
6:27 PM
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Gilbert Varga
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sophie Rolland, cello
  • ASV 867
6:49 PM
  • Renaissance Scottish Dances
  • Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Unicorn 9070
7:00 PM
  • Biguine
  • Composer: Jerome Moross
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 1400
7:06 PM
  • Folk Suite No. 4
  • Composer: William Grant Still
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Calico Winds
  • Albany 693
7:13 PM
  • Serenade No. 2
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sony 47195
7:49 PM
  • Symphony No. 6 "Dollar": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Kurt Atterberg
  • Conductor: Jun'ichi Hirokami
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 553
8:01 PM
  • Gavotte No. 2
  • Composer: David Popper
  • Soloists: Steven Isserlis, cello
  • Bis 1562
8:06 PM
  • Choro de Saudade
  • Composer: Agustin Barrios
  • Soloists: David Russell, guitar
  • Telarc 80612
8:11 PM
  • Florida Suite: By the River
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
  • Argo 430206
8:20 PM
  • Piano Concerto
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • Sony 3245
8:43 PM
  • Fall Fair
  • Composer: Godfrey Ridout
  • Conductor: Uri Mayer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
  • CBC 5069
8:52 PM
  • Concerto for Two Oboes
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 9815
9:03 PM
  • Canzon "La Serafina"
  • Composer: Pietro Lappi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Brass
  • Linn 581
9:06 PM
  • Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
  • Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Telarc 80115
9:11 PM
  • An 18th Century Scherzo
  • Composer: Haydn Wood
  • Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
  • Naxos 555069
9:19 PM
  • Passion Week: Of Thy Mystical Supper
  • Composer: Alexander Grechaninov
  • Conductor: Charles Bruffy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Phoenix Bach Choir
  • Chandos 5044
9:25 PM
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Conductor: Max Pommer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig
  • Soloists: Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe
  • Capriccio 10069
9:51 PM
  • Minuet
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Conductor: Robert Stankovsky
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223705
9:54 PM
  • Joyous March
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Soloists: Yael Weiss, piano
  • Koch 7651
10:01 PM
  • Symphony "The Cotswolds": 3rd movement
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
  • Naxos 572914
10:06 PM
  • Algerian Suite: French Military March
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Paul Strauss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra de Liege
  • EMI 69120
10:11 PM
  • Assanhado
  • Composer: Jaco do Bandolim
  • Soloists: Plinio Fernandes, guitar
  • London/Decca 4857618
10:16 PM
  • Four South African Folktunes
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Conductor: Peter Marchbank
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.
  • Marco Polo 223709
10:24 PM
  • Harp Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Ernst Eichner
  • Conductor: Stefan Fraas
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Silke Aichhorn, harp
  • CPO 777835
10:49 PM
  • Waltz Fantasy
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • ASV 1075
11:01 PM
  • Dardanus: Overture
  • Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Conductor: Frans Bruggen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century
  • Philips 420240
11:08 PM
  • Simple Gifts
  • Composer: Aaron Copland
  • Soloists: Zuill Bailey, cello, Lara Downes, piano
  • Steinway & Sons 30025
11:11 PM
  • Miserere mei, Deus
  • Composer: Gregorio Allegri
  • Soloists: Ofra Harnoy, cello
  • Analekta 4890728
11:19 PM
  • Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Ivan Moravec, piano
  • Supraphon 110630
11:26 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Monica Huggett
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sonnerie
  • Avie 2171
11:45 PM
  • Little Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Orff
  • Conductor: Klaus Rainer Scholl
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mainz Wind Ensemble
  • Wergo 6174
12:01 AM
  • The Floating One Polka Mazurka
  • Composer: Josef Strauss
  • Conductor: Arthur Kulling
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Marco Polo 223618
12:06 AM
  • Ruy Blas Overture
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Berlin 9157
12:14 AM
  • Concerto for Three Violins
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mutter's Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Elias David Moncado, violin, Mohamed Hiber, violin
  • DG 4865257
12:24 AM
  • Saint Louis Blues
  • Composer: W.C. Handy
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Summit Hill Brass Quintet
  • MPR 20142
12:27 AM
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Conductor: Wayne Marshall
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Orchid 100100
12:45 AM
  • Delights and Dances
  • Composer: Michael Abels
  • Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Sinfonietta
  • Cedille 141
1:01 AM
  • Fantasia
  • Composer: Roberto Gerhard
  • Soloists: Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar
  • Naxos 557596
1:06 AM
  • Piece in the Form of a Habanera
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Seunghee Lee, clarinet, Katrine Gislinge, piano
  • Musica Solis 52915
1:10 AM
  • Quintettino "La musica notturna di Madrid"
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Conductor: Julian Azkoul
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: United Strings of Europe
  • Bis 2529
1:22 AM
  • Nights in the Gardens of Spain
  • Composer: Manuel de Falla
  • Conductor: Juanjo Mena
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
  • Chandos 10694
1:46 AM
  • Tanzwalzer
  • Composer: Ferruccio Busoni
  • Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 572922
2:01 AM
  • Deep River
  • Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Soloists: Randall Goosby, violin, Zhu Wang, piano
  • DG 4851756
2:06 AM
  • In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle
  • Composer: Nathaniel Dett
  • Soloists: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
  • MSR 1091
2:12 AM
  • Rhapsody in Black
  • Composer: Vernon Neal
2:17 AM
  • Love's In Need Of Love Today
  • Composer: Stevie Wonder
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: String Queens
  • Passion Music Group 1632
2:23 AM
  • Symphony No. 6
  • Composer: William Banfield
  • Conductor: Alan Balter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Akron Symphony Orchestra
2:47 AM
  • Tracing Visions
  • Composer: Valerie Coleman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
  • DG 4865014
3:01 AM
  • Nocturne
  • Composer: Cecile Chaminade
  • Soloists: Peter Jacobs, piano
  • Hyperion 66706
3:06 AM
  • Nocturne
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Telarc 80206
3:16 AM
  • Still Point
  • Composer: Judd Greenstein
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: A Far Cry Orchestra
  • Soloists: Awadagin Pratt, piano
  • New Amsterdam 177
3:29 AM
  • Growth
  • Composer: Nasim Khorassani
  • Soloists: Katherine Bormann, violin, Eliesha Nelson, viola, Brian Thornton, cello
  • New Focus 367
3:38 AM
  • Tamara
  • Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Conductor: Thomas Beecham
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI 63375
4:01 AM
  • String Quartet No. 1 "Landscapes": Scenes from a Dark Wood
  • Composer: Gregory J. Harris
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sirius String Quartet
  • Navona 6315
4:06 AM
  • Ballade
  • Composer: Mel Bonis
  • Soloists: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen, piano
  • Ars Produktion 38349
4:14 AM
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 "Narcissus"
  • Composer: Eleanor Alberga
  • Conductor: Joseph Swensen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Soloists: Thomas Bowes, violin
  • Lyrita 405
4:37 AM
  • Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)
  • Composer: Arvo Part
  • Soloists: Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Mina Gajic, piano
  • Dorian 92261
4:48 AM
  • Light: The Peaceful Heart
  • Composer: Ramon Humet
  • Conductor: Sigvards Klava
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Latvian Radio Choir
  • Soloists: Agnese Paunina, soprano
  • Ondine 1389
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.