Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on 

Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.


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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 Seel

We celebrate the Lunar New Year with a program filled with lunar-themed music. 


Lunar Themed Music

Happy Lunar New Year

Extra Eclectic

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Jonny Greenwood’s award-winning score for ‘There Will be Blood’ is featured.


There Will Be Blood

The Lure of the West

Miramax

It’s a program of pairs, and birds, and pairs of birds this week.


Two Birds with One Show

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John Adams’ “City Noir” explores 1940s California and the genre of film noir.


City Noir

A black and white image of a hand holding a gun.

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John Tavener’s radiant work “The Protecting Veil” is our centerpiece.


The Sound of the Divine

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We welcome the season with music on themes of snow, light, and celebration.


A Shimmering Solstice

The northern lights over a snowy landscape.

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Terry Riley’s first collaboration with Kronos Quartet was 40 years ago.


Terry Riley Meets Kronos

Walker Art Center

Kronos Meets Terry Riley

Glenn Branca’s goal was musical ecstasy through sensory assault.


Glenn Branca's Aural Epiphanies

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The annual migration of the birds inspires this week’s program.


Flying South

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 There’s one way to deal with the shorter days: celebrate the darkness.


Celebrating the Night

Night sky and stars and stuff behind some evil trees

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