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Solitary Highland Song

  • Composer:Howard Skempton
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Schedule for July 13, 2025

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5:01 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 2
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Arabella Steinbacher, violin
  • PentaTone 367
5:24 AM
  • Symphony No. 9: Adagio
  • Composer: Anton Bruckner
  • Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Reference 81
5:51 AM
  • Musical Moment No. 2
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Mitsuko Uchida, piano
  • Philips 470164
6:01 AM
  • String Quintet
  • Composer: Maria Bach
  • Soloists: Christine Busch, violin
  • CPO 555341
6:23 AM
  • Orphee Suite: Orphee and the Princess
  • Composer: Philip Glass
  • Soloists: Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos
  • DG 4875373
6:28 AM
  • Fairy Tale
  • Composer: Josef Suk
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 572323
7:01 AM
  • Consolation No. 3
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Lang Lang, piano
  • Sony (7) 89141
7:06 AM
  • The Forest
  • Composer: Howard Shore
  • Conductor: Alexander Shelley
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • Soloists: Milos Karadaglic, guitar
  • London/Decca 4851525
7:28 AM
  • Evergreen
  • Composer: Kevin Puts
  • Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Conspirare
  • Delos 3601
7:35 AM
  • String Quartet
  • Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Parisii Quartet
8:01 AM
  • Miniature Suite
  • Composer: Poldowski
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sylvan Winds
8:13 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Antonio Pappano
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  • EMI 40516
8:56 AM
  • Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Emmanuelle Bertrand, cello
  • Harmonia Mundi 902387
9:01 AM
  • Cello Suite No. 5: Gavottes
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Christopher Parkening, guitar
  • EMI 47191
9:06 AM
  • Thais: Meditation
  • Composer: Jules Massenet
  • Soloists: Andrew von Oeyen, piano
  • Warner 90848
9:12 AM
  • A Song Before Sunrise
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Naxos 557143
9:19 AM
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4782721
9:43 AM
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Eduard Melkus
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Academica, Vienna
  • Soloists: Ingrid Haebler, piano
  • Philips 422507
10:01 AM
  • Wind Quintet: 2nd movement
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Carion Wind Quintet
  • Odradek 321
10:06 AM
  • The White-Haired Girl Suite: Greeting the Sun
  • Composer: Yan Jinxuan
  • Conductor: Zuohuang Chen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: China National Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 536326
10:13 AM
  • Five Yunnan Folk Songs
  • Composer: Jian-Zhong Wang
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet
  • Delos 3308
10:22 AM
  • Aladdin Suite
  • Composer: Carl Nielsen
  • Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • London/Decca 425857
10:49 AM
  • Rondino Valse
  • Composer: Louise Farrenc
  • Soloists: Maria Stratigou, piano
  • Grand Piano 942
10:51 AM
  • Nocturnes: Fetes (Festivals)
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Orchestra
  • DG 437934
11:01 AM
  • A Night in Lisbon: Barcarolle
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conductor: Laurent Petitgirard
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of France
  • Adda 590064
11:06 AM
  • Fantasy-Impromptu
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Daniil Trifonov, piano
  • DG 4797518
11:13 AM
  • Kanon Pokajanen (Canon of Repentance): Prayer
  • Composer: Arvo Part
  • Conductor: Daniel Reuss
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella Amsterdam
  • Harmonia Mundi 905274
11:25 AM
  • Symphony No. 4: Andantino
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London/Decca 4834942
11:36 AM
  • Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
  • Composer: Rebecca Clarke
  • Soloists: Julian Farrell, clarinet
  • Dutton 7105
11:48 AM
  • Brazilian Suite: Dawn at the Mountains
  • Composer: Alberto Nepomuceno
  • Conductor: Fabio Mechetti
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 574067
12:01 PM
  • Schnofler-Dance
  • Composer: Johann Mayer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Bella Musica Vienna
  • Harmonia Mundi 901013
12:06 PM
  • Invitation to the Dance
  • Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
  • Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • London/Decca 430201
12:16 PM
  • String Quartet No. 8
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet
  • DG 423300
12:31 PM
  • Nocturne No. 3
  • Composer: John Field
  • Soloists: Alice Sara Ott, piano
  • DG 4866238
12:35 PM
  • Prague Waltzes
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • London/Decca 414370
12:45 PM
  • Noble Waltz No. 4
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin
  • DG 471568
12:47 PM
  • Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
  • Composer: Alexander Borodin
  • Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • DG 419407
1:01 PM
  • Piano Trio No. 6: Allegretto
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Florestan Trio
  • Hyperion 67327
1:06 PM
  • Reveille
  • Composer: Tony Banks
  • Conductor: Nick Ingman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
  • BMG 56892
1:16 PM
  • Songs of a Wayfarer: Ging heut Morgen ubers Feld (Morning Walk)
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Soloists: Claudius Tanski, piano
  • Dabringhaus 9121489
1:22 PM
  • Concerto Grosso No. 11
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Conductor: Martin Pearlman
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Baroque
  • Telarc 80688
1:39 PM
  • Scherzo
  • Composer: (Marie) Clemence de Grandval
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Strings
  • Soloists: Lajos Lencses, oboe
  • Hanssler 98295
1:45 PM
  • Introduction and Allegro
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: William Boughton
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: English String Orchestra
  • Nimbus 5008
2:01 PM
  • Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Claudio Arrau, piano
  • Philips 432303
2:06 PM
  • Le Roi d'Ys Overture
  • Composer: Edouard Lalo
  • Conductor: Roberto Benzi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra
  • Forlane 16564
2:19 PM
  • Le Bal: Polka-Mazurka
  • Composer: Anton Rubinstein
  • Soloists: Warren Lee, piano
  • Naxos 574216
2:26 PM
  • Sinfonia Concertante
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Soloists: Marieke Blankestijn, violin
  • DG 4778117
2:48 PM
  • Guitar Concerto
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Sharon Isbin, guitar
  • Warner 24364
3:01 PM
  • Andantino
  • Composer: Alfredo Catalani
  • Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573072
3:06 PM
  • The Shepherd Girl's Sunday
  • Composer: Ole Bull
  • Conductor: Bjarte Engeset
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Henning Kraggerud, violin
  • Naxos 554497
3:09 PM
  • Sheep
  • Composer: Connor Chee
  • Soloists: Connor Chee, piano
  • Wild Saguaro 2020
3:14 PM
  • Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli"
  • Composer: Louis Ballard
  • Conductor: John Jeter
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Fort Smith Symphony
  • Naxos 559923
3:28 PM
  • Piano Sonata No. 5
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Soloists: Fazil Say, piano
  • Warner 94206
3:47 PM
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Composer: Paul Dukas
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: French National Orchestra
  • RCA 68802
4:01 PM
  • Canzon No. 3
  • Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Brass
  • Linn 581
4:07 PM
  • Magnificat
  • Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
  • Conductor: Franz Hauk
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus
  • Naxos 573910
4:13 PM
  • Cortege Solennel No. 1
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Conductor: Konstantin Krimets
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 553538
4:21 PM
  • Three Botticelli Pictures
  • Composer: Ottorino Respighi
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  • Albany 416
4:40 PM
  • Transcendental Etude No. 2 "Molto vivace"
  • Composer: Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Haochen Zhang, piano
  • Bis 2681
4:44 PM
  • Concertino
  • Composer: Josef Myslivecek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Koln
  • Archiv 4776418
5:01 PM
  • Tarantela
  • Composer: Lucas de Ribayaz
  • Soloists: Petter Udland Johansen, Hardanger fiddle
  • ECM 2227
5:07 PM
  • Roman Carnival Overture
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8316
5:16 PM
  • Eight Piano Pieces: No. 1
  • Composer: Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
  • Soloists: Natasa Veljkovic, piano
  • CPO 777789
5:20 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 4
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Analekta 3134
5:41 PM
  • Horn Concerto
  • Composer: Ruth Gipps
  • Conductor: Rumon Gamba
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Martin Owen, horn
  • Chandos 20284
6:01 PM
  • Bella Bocca Polka
  • Composer: Emil Waldteufel
  • Conductor: Erich Kunzel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • Moss Music 10025
6:06 PM
  • La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3
  • Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  • Soloists: Monica Huggett, violin
  • Oiseau-Lyre 417502
6:16 PM
  • Sentimental Waltz
  • Composer: Ricardo Castro
  • Soloists: Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
  • Cedille 132
6:20 PM
  • Suite Concertino
  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Giuseppe Ciabocchi, bassoon
  • Naxos 572921
6:47 PM
  • Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Conductor: Lorin Maazel
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • RCA 63143
7:01 PM
  • Four English Country Dances
  • Composer: John Playford
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Hesperus
  • Maggie's Music 216
7:06 PM
  • Overture on a Spanish March Theme
  • Composer: Mily Balakirev
  • Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR Symphony Orchestra
  • Melodiya 100153
7:20 PM
  • Viejo Zortzico
  • Composer: Jesus Guridi
  • Soloists: Xavier de Maistre, harp
  • Sony 50452
7:28 PM
  • Ports of Call (Escales)
  • Composer: Jacques Ibert
  • Conductor: John Wilson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London
  • Chandos 5252
7:43 PM
  • Ciaconna
  • Composer: Andrea Falconieri
  • Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
  • Avie 2544
7:47 PM
  • Symphonic Dances: 1st movement
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Mariss Jansons
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • BR Klassik 900154
8:01 PM
  • Symphony Concertante: Rondeau
  • Composer: Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Conductor: Michael Halasz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
  • Soloists: Yury Revich, violin
  • Naxos 574306
8:06 PM
  • Orchestral Suite No. 2 "Characteristic": Waltz
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
  • Supraphon 110969
8:14 PM
  • Six Piano Pieces: Remembrance
  • Composer: Adolf Barjansky
  • Soloists: Julia Severus, piano
  • Grand Piano 796
8:18 PM
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet
  • Arte Nova 63637
8:45 PM
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80289
9:01 PM
  • Fantasie Negre No. 4
  • Composer: Florence Price
  • Soloists: Lara Downes, piano
  • Flipside 18
9:07 PM
  • Movement for String Trio
  • Composer: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
  • Soloists: Sanford Allen, violin
  • Cedille 87
9:16 PM
  • Solo Flute Partita: Corrente
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Brandon Patrick George, flute
  • Profil 18039
9:21 PM
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Composer: Adolphus Hailstork
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stewart Goodyear, piano
  • Naxos 559925
9:46 PM
  • Lost Illusions
  • Composer: Jeremiah Evans
  • Soloists: Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
  • Warner 57842
9:48 PM
  • Divided
  • Composer: Jessie Montgomery
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi
  • Soloists: Thomas Mesa, cello
  • DG 4865014
10:01 PM
  • Pavanas and Canarios
  • Composer: Gaspar Sanz
  • Soloists: Lynn Harting-Ware, guitar
  • Acoma 5735
10:06 PM
  • Kamarinskaya
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Conductor: Donald Barra
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: San Diego Chamber Orchestra
  • Koch 7042
10:14 PM
  • Images, Book 2
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Steven Osborne, piano
  • Hyperion 68161
10:28 PM
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Suite
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi
  • Conductor: Joe Hisaishi
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • DG 4877352
10:40 PM
  • Symphony No. 28
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Conductor: Jane Glover
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Mozart Players
  • ASV 762
11:01 PM
  • Gumboots: Dance No. 1
  • Composer: David Bruce
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Carducci Quartet
  • Soloists: Julian Bliss, clarinet
  • Signum 448
11:03 PM
  • Gumboots: Dance No. 5
  • Composer: David Bruce
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Carducci Quartet
  • Soloists: Julian Bliss, clarinet
  • Signum 448
11:06 PM
  • African Sketches: Dusk
  • Composer: Nkeiru Okoye
  • Soloists: Isabel Dobarro, piano
  • Grand Piano 944
11:10 PM
  • A Ballet Through Mud: The Night Dances When You Least Expect It
  • Composer: RZA
  • Conductor: Christopher Dragon
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • 36 Chambers 22
11:19 PM
  • Symphony No. 8 "Evening"
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Philips 411441
11:38 PM
  • In The South Overture (Alassio)
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Conductor: Alexander Gibson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
  • Chandos 8309
12:01 AM
  • Sinfonia in Classic Mode: Minuet
  • Composer: Joseph Marx
  • Conductor: Steven Sloane
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Bochum Symphony Orchestra
  • Naxos 573832
12:06 AM
  • Gymnopedies
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Sharon Bezaly, flute
  • Platoon 2025
12:13 AM
  • Summer Scenes from Hame
  • Composer: Vaino Raitio
  • Conductor: Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
  • Ondine 975
12:31 AM
  • Scenes from Childhood
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Martha Argerich, piano
  • DG 4795096
12:50 AM
  • Inside Out: The Joy of Credits
  • Composer: Michael Giacchino
  • Conductor: Tim Simonec
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
  • Walt Disney 2064702
1:01 AM
  • Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Conductor: Howard Griffiths
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
  • Naxos 553566
1:06 AM
  • Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante defunte)
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • DG 2121
1:14 AM
  • Violin Sonata No. 3: Adagio
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Vikingur Olafsson, piano
  • DG 4863390
1:20 AM
  • Four Last Songs
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Conductor: Kurt Masur
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Jessye Norman, soprano
  • Philips 411052
1:46 AM
  • Lonely Angel
  • Composer: Peteris Vasks
  • Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mari Samuelsen, violin
  • DG 4835869
2:01 AM
  • Contemplation
  • Composer: Henriette Renie
  • Soloists: Naoko Yoshino, harp
  • Philips 446064
2:07 AM
  • Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Conductor: Robert Shaw
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Telarc 80176
2:24 AM
  • Ballad Without Words
  • Composer: Kurt Atterberg
  • Conductor: Jun'ichi Hirokami
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
  • Bis 553
2:44 AM
  • Solitary Highland Song
  • Composer: Howard Skempton
  • Soloists: William Howard, piano
  • Orchid 100083
2:48 AM
  • Elegy
  • Composer: Herbert Howells
  • Conductor: Marc Decio Taddei
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Helen Callus, viola, Vesa-Matti Leppanen, violin, David Gilling, violin, Vyvyan Yendoll, viola, David Chickering, cello
  • Naxos 573876
3:01 AM
  • Pol
  • Composer: Johann Johannsson
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Echo Collective
  • DG 4837218
3:06 AM
  • Impromptu No. 3
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Soloists: Vladimir Horowitz, piano
  • DG 474334
3:18 AM
  • Evocation (Yizkor)
  • Composer: Paul Ben-Haim
  • Conductor: Philippe Bach
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Soloists: Itamar Zorman, violin
  • Bis 2398
3:39 AM
  • Four Paths of Light
  • Composer: Pat Metheny
  • Soloists: Jason Vieaux, guitar
  • BMG Modern 63932
4:01 AM
  • Elegy
  • Composer: Elliott Carter
  • Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Nonesuch 79002
4:06 AM
  • Vespers: Gladsome Light
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Conductor: Nikolai Korniev
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir
  • Philips 442344
4:10 AM
  • Cello Sonata
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Soloists: Matt Haimovitz, cello, Christopher O'Riley, piano
  • Pentatone 608
4:48 AM
  • Ode
  • Composer: Lukas Foss
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Naxos 559938
Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, WI. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Classical 24 in 1997 as a host and producer. She has managed the service since 2007.

Jake Armerding

Jake Armerding

Jake Armerding grew up playing classical violin and listening to ‘80s pop radio. He spent 20 years on the road as an instrumentalist, appearing on such revered stages as Carnegie Hall and the Newport Folk Festival, before pivoting toward local musical work. He was thrilled to land a spot on the YourClassical team in the last days of 2024. He and his wife oversee the developing rowdiness of their three boys.

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy

Jeff Esworthy has been a host of Classical 24 since 1996. He’s a public radio veteran with more than 20 years behind the microphone, where he’s hosted everything from folk to jazz to progressive rock. A hobbyist musician and collector of instruments from around the world, Jeff has what he describes as a “passable” command of southern string-band music on fiddle and banjo, and he is a long-time student of the classical music of Northern India on instruments such as the sitar, sarangi and tabla.

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson

Ward Jacobson has enjoyed a radio career spanning over two decades as a morning show host and sportscaster, as well as producer/host of an interview program where he chatted with authors, musicians, politicians and newsmakers.

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler

Valerie Kahler started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade, but didn't officially fall under the spell of classical music until high school when she began exploring her parents' LP collection. There, tucked between the Herb Alpert and an abandoned children's record, she found an album of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. She played the A side (Ravel's Bolero and Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave) over and over again, mesmerized by the changes of color the composers could produce with different instruments, and by the images the music conjured in her imagination.  Thanks to teachers and professors with high expectations and a taste for demanding repertoire, Valerie was able to explore orchestral, chamber and vocal music from the inside out, all through high school and college. At some point during an unfocused pursuit of a bachelor's degree, she wandered into the studios of KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona. A stint as a volunteer in the music library inevitably led to being placed, unwillingly, in front of a microphone. It became surprisingly less terrifying each time, so she stayed. Ten years later, she packed her bike and her cat into a small pickup truck and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota to work for Classical24. When she's not playing classical music or talking about classical music, she's likely to be reading, sewing, singing or cooking. Valerie shares her life with her partner John, an artist, and their two cats: Mirra and Dieter.

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan

Jillene Khan works for Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media as an overnight classical host. She studied radio broadcasting at Brown College in St. Paul and kept her Midwestern roots after graduation by hosting at radio stations in Minneapolis; Milwaukee; Davenport, Iowa; and Madison, Wisconsin. She has received local and national recognition for her work from the Country Music Association and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. She recently won the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Outside of radio, her favorite things include spending time with loved ones, a great hug, an animal of any kind, and the thrill of a new experience. She absolutely loves doing things for the first time or going places she has never been before. She also enjoys being outdoors, no matter what the weather. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing,” she says.

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon joins the classical ranks as our assistant program director and fill-in host after six years working for us as a master control specialist, board operator and producer. Her new role combines her love of working technically, behind-the-scenes, as well as stepping in front of the microphone to share her favorite music. As the assistant program director, she coordinates programming, serves as an on-air host and dips her toes in every part of the department. That’s what she loves most about working in radio: “It’s like a river you flow on and you don’t know where you’ll end up, but you love the ride.” Although a violinist by training, her favorite classical composers are tied to her roots in choral music. When not doing all things audio, she can be found hiking, reading, or volunteering with programs that benefit children.

Bonnie North

Bonnie North

For host Bonnie North, classical music is more than just a genre — it's a way of life. She stumbled into the world of radio after responding to a newspaper ad for Vermont Public Radio seeking a classical music DJ for its Sunday afternoon show. Despite having no previous radio experience, she was confident in her knowledge of classical music and took a chance. She created an audition tape, and the rest is history. Her favorite composer depends on her mood. Sometimes she seeks the meditative sounds of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, while other times she craves the angular compositions of Igor Stravinsky. Of course, she also loves the classics by composers who include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. But she is always looking for contemporary composers and is eager to discover new musical talents. Outside of work, she loves to attend live music events. She also enjoys traveling and having friends and family scattered throughout the United States and Europe. But her love for animals is just as strong, and she often volunteers at animal shelters. She is an avid duathlon participant, combining her love for running and biking in one exciting event.

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor grew up in a household where his father and boisterous Irish uncles would often noisily debate what was to be played on the turntable: Between the three brothers, and depending on the mood of the day, it wavered between Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson and Gordon Lightfoot. (The brothers also hailed from Toronto). Kevin's career arc seemed to follow suit, spinning and selling classical, jazz, folk and pop music on the radio, and briefly in retail, for the past three decades.  A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he migrated do the Pacific Northwest, landing the requisite free-form overnight shift at his college station, KBSU, Boise. This was the first among many rungs in a public radio career that has always permitted him to express his passions for great music and explore his mercenary tendency toward spreading the message to anyone who will listen. For the past 18 years, he has served as music director and afternoon host at KBEM. He is also an avid cyclist and walker.

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley

Melissa Ousley stumbled into a career in broadcasting many years ago when she moved to Wichita, Kansas to be near her soon-to-be husband. The attraction (to radio work, that is) was immediate and the chance to be around great music without having to practice was irresistible. After establishing herself as a host and producer in Kansas, Melissa moved to Minnesota and continued her work at WCAL in Northfield and Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul. Her morning classical show at WCAL was twice named "Best Classical Radio Program" by the Twin Cities paper City Pages. Melissa grew up near New York City. As a teenager, she attended the Preparatory Division of the Manhattan School of Music. Her bachelor's degree is from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. When she's away from the airwaves, Melissa loves to run, read, and spend time with her family.

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner

Mindy Ratner fell hopelessly in love with radio as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she volunteered at an on-campus student station. She worked at the local public television station and began her career in earnest as an announcer at Wisconsin Public Radio. The native New Yorker moved on to stations in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1983. April 1998 marked the beginning of a great life adventure, as Ratner began work as a music host and producer on the English Service of China Radio International in Beijing before a return to MPR. Her extracurricular interests include international travel; folk, ballroom and contra-dancing; choral singing; hanging out with her amazing Chinese cat; and trying to stay ahead of the weeds in her garden…with varying degrees of success!

Melanie Renate

Melanie Renate

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.

Steve Seel

Steve Seel

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense. In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Friday Favorites, as well as nationally during those times. Before joining MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, he enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. He and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel celebrates 30 years as a broadcaster in 2014. She started in Los Angeles in 1984 at the venerable commercial classical station KFAC, and also worked at KUSC. She then lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years working in a classic rock format at Radio Forth in Edinburgh before returning to the States and joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1993. Lynne trained as an actor, graduating from Northwestern University and also trained at Second City Workshop. She's a 35 year member of Actor's Equity and Screen Actors' Guild. She finished a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Her interests and passions include: laughing, dog rescue, her Collies and Gordon Setters, her Lipizzan horse, Teddy and her two extremely funny, smart and sweet sons, Peter and Josh.