Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, composer James Newton Howard reimagines the music from director M. Night Shyamalan’s movies on ‘Night After Night,’ an album featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Hilary Hahn and Maya Beiser. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, pianist Awadagin Pratt, string ensemble A Far Cry and vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth collaborate in ‘Stillpoint,’ an album featuring six newly commissioned works inspired by five lines from a poem by T.S. Eliot. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes combines Bach and Brazilian music with help from composer Sergio Assad on his new album, ‘Bacheando.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, conductor Simone Menezes collaborates with soprano Camila Provenzale and the Philharmonic Zurich on ‘Amazonia,’ a new album honoring the Amazon rainforest. Find out more!
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, the lute and viola da gamba duo Carolyn Surrick and Ronn McFarlane share the music of their lives on their latest album, 'And So Flows the River.'
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, vocal ensemble Conspirare, led by music director Craig Hella Johnson, collaborate with the Miró Quartet in their debut joint album, ‘House of Belonging.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, violinist Rachel Barton Pine combines classical music and metal in her latest recording, ‘Dependent Arising,’ featuring concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich and Earl Maneein. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, cellist Clancy Newman and pianist Natalie Zhu explore the beauty of America through the combination of emotion and structure on their debut album, ‘From Method to Madness.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin presents his latest recording, ‘Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles,’ featuring music by Gabriel Faure, as well as a collaboration with pianist and radio host-producer Cathy Fuller. Find out more!
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, the Sphinx Virtuosi ensemble presents its debut album, ‘Songs for Our Times,’ featuring Black and Latin American composers, present and past.
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.
