Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Hilary Hahn explores her musical heritage through a new recording of sonatas by Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, cellist Maya Beiser explores J.S. Bach’s suites in her new album, ‘Infinite Bach.’
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Randall Goosby collaborates with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra for a new recording that explores concertos by Florence Price concerti and Max Bruch.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Lara Downes delves into her new release, ‘Love at Last,’ an album featuring music of healing and hope.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Tessa Lark combines bluegrass and classical on her latest recording, ‘The Stradgrass Sessions.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Osmo Vänskä explores how Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 carries a message of life in his latest recording with the Minnesota Orchestra.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Turkish American composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol tells how he found jazz in his new recording with the chamber orchestra A Far Cry, ‘A Gentleman of Istanbul.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Brooklyn Rider violist Nicholas Cords discusses the themes and opportunities involved in the group’s latest album, ‘The Wanderer.’
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor JoAnn Falletta features the work of American composers Danny Elfman and Adolphus Hailstork on her latest recording.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang release four-hand piano music from around the world on their first album, ‘Connecting Cultures.’
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.
