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Friday Favorites

Friday Favorites: Mozart's birthday, busy Ravel and co-host Colleen Bur

Friday Favorites - Jan. 27, 2023

On Friday Favorites for Jan. 27, 2023, there were 267 candles on Mozart’s birthday cake. Sarah in Northfield won the unofficial award for best description of a piece of music: “The first part of the Ravel Piano Concerto is earth-shatteringly beautiful. It takes the cold out of winter. Then it gets all busy, like Target on a Saturday.” And Project DJ co-host Colleen Bur, a recent vocal performance graduate from Lawrence University, shared her favorite bubble tea recipe (while also defining the term bubble tea)!

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Latest Friday Favorites Episodes

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Latest Friday Favorites Episodes

Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Project DJ co-host Mya Temanson
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Make a request for Friday Favorites

Make a request for Friday Favorites

Each Friday from 3 to 7 p.m., host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Start your weekend with the classical or choral music you love. Make a request, then tune in to Friday Favorites on YourClassical MPR.

Friday Favorites: a piano-filled selection of listener requests

Friday Favorites: a piano-filled selection of listener requests

The piano is center stage for this week’s episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition,’ Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with other heroic piano gems, made this a monster of a piano show! Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the end of January
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Project DJ co-host Anna Tessman
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for a chilly weekend
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for mid-January

Friday Favorites: Listener requests for mid-January

This week’s ‘Friday Favorites’ is an exploration of styles. From a gospel version of a chorus from Handel’s ‘Messiah’ to a piece that celebrates the sea and all its ferociousness, “eclectic” is ‘Friday Favorites’’ middle name! Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the New Year
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Project DJ co-host Jericho Juenemann
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Project DJ co-host Samantha Forgosh
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