Each Friday at 3 p.m. central, host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share? 

Each Friday at 3 p.m. central, host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share? Send us your request!


Friday Favorites - Oct. 06, 2023

Sweet memories of Octobers past turn the latest episode of 'Friday Favorites' into a pumpkin spice party! Listen now with host Steve Staruch as he plays listener requests.


Friday Favorites

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It's a pumpkin spice party 

Project DJ - Sept. 29, 2023

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

Steve Seel is the guest host for the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ featuring listener requests for the music of composers Alexander Glazunov and Max Bruch, and pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Listen now.


Friday Favorites- Sept. 29, 2023

Listener requests include Glazunov, Bruch and Horowitz

Project DJ - Sept. 22, 2023

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Music with Minnesotans, Regional Spotlight and Friday Favorites. Prior to joining the staff of 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, Steve also enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. Steve and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.


Steve Staruch

Imagine a cozy fire, a cup of cocoa, the northern lights and Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. Rachel Peterson, the Project DJ co-host on the Sept. 22, 2023, episode of Friday Favorites, shared a story that will make you want to live close to the Arctic Circle. Listen now with host Steve Staruch.


Getting cozy with Elgar's Cello Concerto

Friday Favorites - Sept. 15, 2023

Elmer Bernstein’s theme from ‘The Magnificent Seven’ is a wonderful way to celebrate a retirement with the hope of new (western) adventures ahead! Last week’s Friday Favorites also marked the end of the summer season with music that sounded like a walk in an apple orchard. Listen now.

 


Hurrah for autumn!

Classical Programs - Friday Favorites, Sept. 08, 2023

From an all-Dvorak hour celebrating his 182nd birthday to a walk through an autumn apple orchard, the Friday Favorites program for Sept. 8, 2023, was a sweet treat for the ear (and the imagination!). Listen now with host Steve Staruch.





A celebration of Dvorak and autumn

Friday Favorites - Sept. 1, 2023

Steve Staruch hosted a live recording of Friday Favorites at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 24 with Project DJ co-hosts Charity Duran and Jacob Barsness. That special edition was aired Sept. 1. Listen now.


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Friday Favorites visits the State Fair, with Project DJ co-hosts Charity Duran and Jacob Barsness

Friday Favorites - August 25, 2023

Host Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the Aug. 25, 2023, episode of Friday Favorites. Listen now.


Classical Programs - Friday Favorites August 25, 2023

Friday Favorites for Aug. 25

Classical Programs - August 18, 2023

Host Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the Aug. 18, 2023, episode of Friday Favorites. Listen now.


Friday Favorites for Aug. 18

Friday Favorites - August 11, 2023

Host Steve Staruch takes your requests on Friday Favorites for Aug. 11, 2023, including a dedication of a waltz by Johann Strauss Jr. Joining as a guest is Project DJ (Plus) co-host Mark Scannell.



Friday Favorites: Listener requests and Project DJ (Plus) co-host Mark Scannell

Friday Favorites - August 04, 2023

Enjoy listener requests with host Steve Staruch on Friday Favorites for Aug. 4, 2023. Joining him for Project DJ is Luke Baker-Trinity from Shoreview.
