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.


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 Rivers, literally and metaphorically, are explored.


Up the River

A river with mountains in the background.

Extra Eclectic

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 Sounds from Indian-American composer Reena Esmail and others.


Reena Esmail's Global Village

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Themes of waters, oceans, and their mysteries are showcased. 


Wistful Waters

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A survey of women composers at the forefront of today’s new music.


Women Lead the Way

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Selections of a spiritual nature fill this week’s show.


Sounds of the Spirit

Accentus Music -- from "The Lost Paradise," an upcoming documentary about Arvo Pärt by Günter Atteln

English composer Tansy Davies has written more than one work dealing with September 11. This week, Steve Seel plays her piece, “What Did We See?” as well as selections from the new release by the Attacca Quartet, “Real Life.” 


Tansy Davies' "What Did We See?"

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Bassist Edgar Meyer’s Quintet for Bass and Strings is featured, as well as works by Veljo Tormis, Peteris Vasks, and more. Scott Blankenship hosts. 


New Music for Double Bass

Jim McGuire

It’s two hours of contemporary American sounds this week, as we look forward to the July 4th holiday.


An American Canvas

An American flag by artist Jasper Johns. 

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It’s an exploration of composers “getting outside” some of the standard assumptions and approaches of Western classical music on this weeks show - including a few examples of non-Western tuning and alternate scales.


Open Minded Approaches

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Canadian composer Colin McPhee was the first Westerner to begin exploring the traditional music of Indonesia in the 1930s, and his best known work, "Tabuh Tabuhan" helped set the stage for the exploration of world-music sounds in classical music thereafter. Guest host Bill Morelock showcases McPhee’s work on this edition of the program.
