Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, the members of string trio Time for Three talk about their new recording, which features concertos by two Pulitzer Prize-winning composers. Watch as one of them, Kevin Puts, performs with the ensemble in two exclusive videos for YourClassical MPR.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, cellist Clair Bryant talks about her work with incarcerated musicians who gave her the courage to release her debut album, ‘Whole Heart.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Orli Shaham continues her project of recording all of Mozart’s piano sonatas with her latest album, ‘Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 & 3.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Avlana Eisenberg and Celeste Headlee, granddaughter of composer William Grant Still, talk about a new album that boasts 13 world premieres of Still's music.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, double bassist Julius Darvas of the Janoska Ensemble talks about performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and others in the group’s latest album, ‘The Big B’s.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Itamar Zorman found creative ways to continue performing during the pandemic. One of those became the inspiration for his latest album, ‘Violin Odyssey.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes says he loves to do deep dives into the lives of composers. He explores Mozart’s life for the second time on his latest album, ‘Mozart Momentum: 1786.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Frederic Hand, the official guitarist for the Metropolitan Opera, tells amazing stories and celebrates an outstanding 40-year career with his latest recording, “Across Time.”
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, cellist Ani and pianist Marta Aznavoorian celebrate the sounds of their ancestral homeland on their debut album, Gems From Armenia.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan leave their “permanent stamp” on Beethoven’s complete cello sonata cycle.
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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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.
