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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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The Sound of the Divine

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

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


Extra Eclectic

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A Shimmering Solstice

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


The northern lights over a snowy landscape.

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Terry Riley Meets Kronos

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


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Kronos Meets Terry Riley

Glenn Branca's Aural Epiphanies

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


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Flying South

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


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Celebrating the Night

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


Night sky and stars and stuff behind some evil trees

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Salonen Composes

Esa-Pekka Salonen finishes a composition some 20 years in the making. 


Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

Andrew Eccles

Salonen Composes 

Virtuosic Variety

An assortment of dynamic works featuring solo virtuosity this week.


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Michael Harrison's Harmonic Piano

The standard piano has 8 notes per octave, but Michael Harrison’s has a whopping 24.


Composer Michael Harrison sits at a piano.

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John Adams' "Harmonium" at 40

Adams’ early work remains a fan favorite.


John Adams' latest album is inspired by Beethoven

Extra Eclectic

The Sound of the Divine

A Shimmering Solstice

Kronos Meets Terry Riley

Glenn Branca's Aural Epiphanies

Flying South

Celebrating the Night

Salonen Composes

Virtuosic Variety

Michael Harrison's Harmonic Piano

John Adams' "Harmonium" at 40

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