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Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel to celebrate September birthdays in the world of film, including Robert Wise, Peter Sellers, Mitzi Gaynor, Laruen Bacall and Elia Kazan. Listen now!


Saturday Cinema - Sept. 28, 2024

Saturday Cinema

September birthdays

Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a legend of jazz, Herb Alpert, who has just released his 50th album. It is called "50."


Jazz legend Herb Alpert releases his 50th album

Jazz player Herb Alpert performs on stage

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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

Guest host Julie Amacher fills in for Steve Staruch on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ playing listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music. Listen now! 


Friday Favorites - Sept. 27, 2024

Friday Favorites

YourClassical MPR

Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Julie Amacher

Nate Chinen

In ‘The Listeners,’ a seductive cult leader and an unexplainable noise divides an innocent community and warps reality. Missy Mazzoli's opera receives its U.S. premiere in Philadelphia.


The Listeners Opera U.S. Premiere

The Listeners | Opera Philadelphia

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A mysterious hum and a charismatic leader stoke chaos in Missy Mazzoli's opera

The BBC Proms concerts return to YourClassical for the 2024 season. Enjoy live performances featuring world-class ensembles, conductors and soloists from London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Listen at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays through Sept. 27 — plus on-demand audio for 30 days afterward.




Listen to the 2024 BBC Proms on YourClassical

Vernon Neal is the host of the podcast ‘Rhapsody in Black,’ where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.


Host/Producer

Vernon Neal

Michelle Cann is a trailblazing African American concert pianist and teacher who is inspiring the next generation of musicians at the Manhattan School of Music and the Curtis Institute.  Find out more in the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.


Where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music, with host Vernon Neal.

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Price: Piano Sonata in E Minor

Rhapsody in Black - Michelle Cann

Rhapsody in Black

Steven Mareazi Willis

Pianist Michelle Cann inspires next generation as a noted music teacher

On this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel features a selection from Julia Wolfe’s ‘Fire in My Mouth’ in an hour devoted to contemporary women composers, which also showcases music by Meredith Monk, Paola Prestini, Gala Flagello and more. Listen now!


Extra Eclectic - Sept. 25, 2024

Extra Eclectic

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Women composers bring the fire

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, Wis. 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 Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.


Julie Amacher

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ pipa player Gao Hong and flamenco guitarist Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde improvise together on their new album, ‘Alondra.’ Find out more!


New Classical Tracks (extended interview) - Gao Hong

New Classical Tracks - Gao Hong

Gao Hong - Selections

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Gao Hong and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde improvise together on their new album

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel as she highlights the films of James Stewart, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda and more. Listen now!



Saturday Cinema - Sept. 21, 2024

Great actors of the 30s and 40s

Jonaki Mehta

Patrick Jarenwattananon

Ailsa Chang

The London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the diverse sounds on her new album Odyssey. It's her first time writing for and conducting strings.


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