Explore the legendary career of Stevie Wonder, the influential artist who transformed R&B and funk music. From his soulful voice to his groundbreaking compositions, learn about his classical music roots, record-breaking hits and his magnum opus. Find out more on the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux started writing the music for his latest recording in 2020. The record is titled ‘Gratitude,’ and recently premiered at the Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

Minnesota Orchestra and YourClassical MPR's broadcast partnership continues for the 2026-27 season. This page features a schedule of the upcoming concerts that you can hear on YourClassical MPR, and when possible, on-demand audio of the performance available for 30 days after the broadcast. Bookmark this page for updates throughout the season!

Born in 2011, violinist Himari has been described as a “once-in-a-generation” talent. She was 13 when she made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic. Now, it’s your turn to find out what makes her playing so extraordinary in this Minnesota Orchestra program featuring guest conductor Kahchun Wong. Next, imagine yourself in a Russian art gallery as music dramatically unleashes a collection of paintings in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, on YourClassical MPR.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Kahchun Wong, conductor
Himari, violin *

AKIRA IFUKUBE Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto *
MODEST MUSSORGSKY/MAURICE RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

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Minnesota Orchestra continues season-opening celebration with Stefan Jackiw

American violinist Stefan Jackiw — praised for his poetic performances — made his Minnesota Orchestra debut in 1997 and last performed with the ensemble seven years ago. This time, he returned in his first collaboration with Thomas Søndergård to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s sunny Violin Concerto No. 5, before the season-opening concerts ended with the tension and power of Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 6. At the top of the program, Gabriella Smith’s evocative nature-scape Tumblebird Contrails — a sonic depiction of the composer “imagining the ecstasy of wind in the wings.” Listen to the concert now!

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin *

GABRIELLA SMITH Tumblebird Contrails
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish) *
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6

Minnesota Orchestra and Sondergard open new season with pianist Kholodenko

The world premiere of Stravinsky’s first ballet, The Firebird, made him famous overnight. For the Minnesota Orchestra’s season-opening celebrations, the creativity of video designer and director Tal Rosner adds thrilling dimension to Stravinsky’s luminous score. Also on the program, Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko’s technical brilliance will dazzle in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Listen to the concert now!

Program

Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano *
Tal Rosner, video designer and director

JOHN STAFFORD SMITH ARR. STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI The Star-Spangled Banner
GEORGE WALKER Icarus in Orbit
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 *
Encore: SERGEI PROKOFIEV Gavotte from 10 Pieces Op. 12
IGOR STRAVINSKY The Firebird

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Friday, Oct. 23 — Haydn and Liszt

When Franz Liszt saw that the language of music was changing, he felt that forms should change, too. His Piano Concerto No. 2 is constructed in six musical scenes. After Simon Trpčeski and the Minnesota Orchestra bring them to life, hear how Mendelssohn quotes Martin Luther in a symphony written to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Jaime Martin, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano *

JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 6 (Le Matin)
FRANZ LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 (Reformation)

Friday, Nov. 6 — Nordic Soundscapes Festival: Søndergård, Parker and Sibelius

Audience favorite Jon Kimura Parker returns to Orchestra Hall to play Swedish composer Anders Hillborg’s seamless MAX Concerto, written for Emanuel (Manny) Ax and titled after a shortened version of his name: M. Ax. Then, Thomas Søndergård leads the Orchestra in Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, a work the composer began writing in 1901 while on holiday in Italy.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano *

EDVARD GRIEG Selections from Norwegian Dances
ANDERS HILLBORG Piano Concerto No. 2 (MAX Concerto) *
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Friday, Nov. 13 — Nordic Soundscapes Festival: Vänskä, Chen and Nielsen

The flags of Finland and Denmark fly high with the Violin Concerto by Osmo Vänskä’s beloved late friend, Jaakko Kuusisto, and the last symphony by Carl Nielsen. At first, Nielsen thought it would be “completely idyllic” in character, a Sinfonia semplice. When it was finished 16 months later, he wasn’t sure the name still made sense. Come discover its complexities alongside the Minnesota Orchestra.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Stella Chen, violin *

OUTI TARKIAINEN Songs of the Ice
JAAKKO KUUSISTO Violin Concerto *
CARL NIELSEN Symphony No. 6 (Sinfonia semplice)

Friday, Nov. 20 — Elgar and Dvořák

Minnesota Orchestra’s special guest for this concert — mezzo Sasha Cooke — compares Elgar’s Sea Pictures to entering a painting by J.M.W. Turner: “They are very dark and murky, but beautiful with radiant, shimmering light.” They’ll ease audiences into Antonin Dvořák’s nature-infused Symphony No. 8, composed when one of his biggest fans, Johannes Brahms, said that Dvořák’s head was “full of ideas.”

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Dinis Sousa, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo

KAIJA SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver
EDWARD ELGAR Sea Pictures *
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

Friday, Dec. 18 — Handel’s Messiah

Dame Jane Glover — a specialist in Baroque-era and vocal music — returns to Orchestra Hall to lead the Minnesota Orchestra and various special guests in Handel’s Messiah, a piece that has been an integral part of her decades-long career.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo
Eric Ferring, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Minnesota Chorale

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah

Friday, Jan. 1 — A New Year’s celebration with the Minnesota Orchestra

The 47 strings of the harp are notoriously difficult to keep in tune, something that is not evident when listening to Principal Harpist Cheryl Losey Feder play with the Orchestra each week. This time, she makes her debut as soloist in dances by Debussy. After intermission, hear how Ravel builds excitement as the theme from his Boléro makes its way around the Minnesota Orchestra.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Cheryl Losey Feder, harp *

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Danse sacrée et Danse profane
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images *
ISAAC ALBENIZ/FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS Selections from Suite Española
MAURICE RAVEL Boléro

Friday, Jan. 8 — Mozart, Haydn and Shostakovich

Conductor David Afkham leads a program spanning the emotional range from Mozart’s thrillingly theatrical Don Giovanni Overture to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, a profound reflection on suffering and hope. Cellist Zlatomir Fung makes his Minnesota Orchestra debut with Haydn’s radiant Cello Concerto in D major. The youngest artist to win first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Fung combines dazzling virtuosity with exquisite sensitivity, establishing him as one of the most exciting rising stars of his generation.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
David Afkham, conductor
Zlatomir Fung, cello *

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni
JOSEPH HAYDN Cello Concerto in D Major *
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

Friday, Jan. 22 — Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Sergey Khachatryan was 15 when he became the youngest-ever winner of the International Sibelius Competition. Now a seasoned professional, he’ll play Tchaikovsky for his Minnesota Orchestra debut. John Corigliano believes that music enables us to keep the people we’ve lost alive in our thoughts. This deeply personal symphony, composed when the AIDS epidemic was rampant, explores the excess of rage and the tenderness of remembrance.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Sergey Khachatryan, violin *

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto *
JOHN CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 1

Friday, Feb. 12 — Søndergård, Hadelich and Prokofiev

In this Fire and Water Minnesota Orchestra program, the heat comes from a Dante-inspired ballet by Thomas Adès and Augustin Hadelich’s ability to make Sergei Prokofiev’s music sear itself into your consciousness. The water flows from Claude Debussy’s childhood fascination with the sea and an orchestral interlude from Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes that deepens our understanding of the story and its characters.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin *

THOMAS ADÈS Inferno Suite
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 *
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La Mer

Friday, Feb. 19 — Lunar New Year Concert

Celebrate the Year of the Goat with conductor Molly Turner and the Minnesota Orchestra! Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring, with all the color and festive moods of the season of rebirth. Family traditions and themes of unity and health take center stage in this vibrant and compelling program.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Molly Turner, conductor
Silver Ainomäe, cello *
Ziniu Zhou, bass
Fei Xie, artistic consultant

JI SOO LEE Arirang Rhapsody
TAN DUN Crouching Tiger Concerto, for Solo Cello and Orchestra *
IGOR STRAVINSKY Fireworks
SUNGHYUN LEE Clockworks and Fireworks
GRACE ANN LEE Tiger's Pipe
TRADITIONAL Chinese Folk Song Selections
AN-LUN HUANG Saibei Dance from Saibei Suite No. 2

Friday, March 12 — Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s fascination with bells dates to his childhood, when his grandmother would take him to town on church festival days. That special sound permeates his rarely performed choral symphony, The Bells. At the center of these Minnesota Orchestra concerts, First Associate Concertmaster Susie Park takes the spotlight in Karol Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 — the composer’s last major work — in her first solo concerto collaboration with Music Director Thomas Søndergård.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Susie Park, violin *
Felicia Moore, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone
Minnesota Chorale

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet, Fantasy-Overture
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2 *
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF The Bells

Friday, April 2 — Keefe, Shostakovich and Ravel

The role of concertmaster requires many non-musical skills: leadership, diplomacy and confidence, among them, and for 16 years, Erin Keefe has demonstrated them all. Hearing her tackle the demands of Shostakovich’s first violin concerto is a reminder that she’s an extraordinary soloist, too. The second half of this Minnesota Orchestra program presents one of the most brilliant depictions of daybreak ever composed in Ravel’s ballet, Daphnis and Chloé.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Erin Keefe, violin *

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 *
FLORENT SCHMITT The Tragedy of Salome
MAURICE RAVEL Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé

Friday, April 9 — Beethoven Symphony No. 7

The first few minutes of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 hold so much promise, it’s hard to imagine how he could possibly sustain that level of intensity. He does exactly that with an exquisitely structured symphony of dances. Violinist Veronika Eberle makes her Minnesota Orchestra debut alongside first-time guest conductor Anja Bihlmaier in performances of Karl Hartmann’s Concerto funebre, an emotional work that embodies resistance, remembrance and resilience.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin *

RICHARD WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
KARL HARTMANN Concerto funebre *
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Friday, April 16 — Ross, Beethoven and Sibelius

In this Minnesota Orchestra program of real and imagined heroes, audiences meet Lemminkäinen, a star of Finnish mythology. In the eyes of Sibelius, he was “fair of cheek and comely beneath his brows.” Then, Principal Cello Anthony Ross’ artistry is a perfect fit for Bloch’s concerto Schelomo, which depicts the cello as the “voice” of the biblical King Solomon.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Elias Grandy, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello *

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
ERNEST BLOCH Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque *
JEAN SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Suite

Friday, April 30 — Søndergård conducts Future Classics

The future of classical music will be stronger if we nurture the next generation of creative minds. In the Composer Institute, some of the nation’s top emerging composers experience a week-long residency with Thomas Søndergård and the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra. The week is capped off by this concert, when they (and Minnesota audiences) experience the thrill of hearing their pieces played brilliantly.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Kevin Puts, host and Composer Institute director

TBD

Friday, May 8 — Puccini’s Tosca

Puccini’s impeccable sense of timing and detail allows him to tap into our rawest emotions, capturing attention and illuminating the complexities of his title character, Tosca, a gifted, temperamental opera singer who lives her art for God. This story of passion and tragedy is filled with powerful moments, including her despairing aria “Vissi d’arte,” as she struggles to come to grips with what is happening around her, showcasing why Puccini remains one of opera’s greatest composers more than a century later. Offered as part of the Sound Unbound series — a multi-year series offering highly visual, imaginative treatments in the concert hall — this production will feature creative direction from Adam Larsen, who will incorporate lighting design and digital projections to create atmospheric, immersive experiences for audiences.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Adam Larsen, creative director
Ailyn Pérez, soprano (Tosca)
Joshua Guerrero, tenor (Cavaradossi)
Gevorg Hakobyan, baritone (Scarpia)
Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone (Angelotti)
Minnesota Chorale
Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs

GIACOMO PUCCINI Tosca

Friday, May 14 — Gershwin Concerto in F

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, whose playing has been called “calmly commanding” and “unfailingly subtle” by The New York Times, makes her debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program that embraces the blues with George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. Then, Wynton Marsalis’ playful concerto for the entire orchestra that is structured around the language of jazz.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano *

CARLOS SIMON Hellfighters’ Blues
GEORGE GERSHWIN Concerto in F *
WYNTON MARSALIS Concerto for Orchestra

Friday, June 4 — Dvořák Symphony No. 7

After Dvořák composed his first set of Slavonic Dances, his publisher was desperate for more. He liked that they were short, popular and lucrative. While Dvořák understood the attraction, he was determined to follow his own North Star with his Symphony No. 7. Minnesota Orchestra’s Principal Bassoon Fei Xie takes on a new concerto by Puts that was co-commissioned by three orchestras, including your Minnesota Orchestra.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Fei Xie, bassoon *

SOOMIN KIM World Premiere (MinnOrch Commission)
KEVIN PUTS Bassoon Concerto *
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Friday, June 11 — Søndergård conducts Mahler Symphony No. 5

Thomas Søndergård draws attention to Burleske, Richard Strauss’ only work for piano and orchestra with decorated soloist Yeol Eum Son making her Minnesota Orchestra debut. There are many great moments in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, including a moving Adagietto which some scholars have described as a love letter to his wife, Alma.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Yeol Eum Son, piano *

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Variations on a Theme by Paganini
RICHARD STRAUSS Burleske
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Thursday, June 17 — Juneteenth with the Minnesota Orchestra

Kellen Gray conducts this annual Minnesota Orchestra Juneteenth concert that honors the rich legacy of Black artistry and creative expression.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Kellen Gray, conductor
Imani-Grace Cooper, vocals

DUKE ELLINGTON King of the Magi, from Three Black Kings
FLORENCE PRICE Juba, from Symphony No. 3
MARY ANN COOPER/BRUCE GREER Blessed Assurance
DUKE ELLINGTON/BRUCE GREER Caravan
MARGARET BONDS Prayer Meeting, from Montgomery Variations
BILLY STRAYHORN/GERI ALLEN Lush Life
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Autochthonous, from Symphony No. 4

Friday, July 16 — Beethoven and Barber

Nature is at the core of this program as Samuel Barber elevates a poem by James Agee to conjure nostalgic childhood memories of long summer evenings. Then, the Minnesota Orchestra will wander the countryside with Beethoven as he captures how it feels to listen to a nearby brook, gather with friends and experience a thunderstorm in his Pastoral Symphony.

Program

Minnesota Orchestra
Molly Turner, conductor
Ellie Dehn, soprano *

JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA’ TATE Pisachi (Reveal)
SAMUEL BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)

Minnesota Orchestra - Listening Project will be recorded to be post produced on another date.

When the Minnesota Orchestra launched its Listening Project in 2021, our goal was to present and record top-notch performances of music by underrepresented composers—in other words, to share music that many of us were not hearing. The project continues this season with Music Director Thomas Søndergård and soprano Janai Brugger.

‘Thomas Søndergård: Taken by the Sound’

Melissa Ousley joined Minnesota Orchestra music director Thomas Søndergård in his native Denmark in 2024 to explore some of the most important places in his life. Join them as they walk through his memories, musical and otherwise, in this documentary short.

‘Celebrating a Century on the Airwaves’

On most Friday nights, no matter where you are in the state — or in the world, for that matter — you can look forward to tuning into YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio to hear a live concert. From a radio debut in 1923 under Bruno Walter to television transmissions in the 1950s and the ensemble’s unprecedented international broadcast from Havana in 2015, the orchestra has always been on the forefront of finding new ways to connect audiences with music.

Reflecting on 100 years of radio broadcast history, MPR host Melissa Ousley sat down with historian John Michel, technical director Michael Osborne and former broadcast host and current orchestra staffer Brian Newhouse for a spirited retelling of this vital history.

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel features works by Maurice Jarre, including music from Dead Poets Society, North by Northwest, Doctor Zhivago and more. Listen now!

Playlist

Witness: Building the Barn
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Lawrence of Arabia: Suite
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Milan 35980

The Man Who Would Be King: Suite
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Milan 35980

Doctor Zhivago: Suite
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Topaz: March
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1030

Ryan’s Daughter: Suite
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

A Passage to India: Suite
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Milan 35980

Ghost: End Credits
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Fatal Attraction
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Is Paris Burning?
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra
Milan 35980

The Night of the Generals
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Villa Rides
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

El Condor: Main Title
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1047

Dead Poets Society: Keating’s Triumph
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Milan 35980

Grand Prix
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Orchestra/Ensemble: American West Orchestra
Vocacion Musical 2013

On the Waterfront: Love Theme
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
DG 459552

Raintree County: Overture
Composer: Johnny Green
Conductor: Johnny Green
Orchestra/Ensemble: MGM Studio Orchestra
Rhino 72847

North by Northwest: Conversation Piece
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1101

North by Northwest: Finale Suite
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Primary Wave 500609

Pamela Z is a visionary artist who embraces new ideas about identity and technology in her music. Find out more in the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Violinist María Dueñas’ latest recording pays homage to Jascha Heifetz, one of the greatest violinists of all time, and reunites her with Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel shares music from detective tales and murder mysteries, including Knives Out, Murder on the Orient Express, The Fugitive and more. Listen now!

Playlist

Bullitt: Main Title
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
Conductor: Lalo Schifrin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Aleph 18

Knives Out!
Composer: Nathan Johnson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Ensemble
Mondo 111

Knives Out! Part II: The Will
Composer: Nathan Johnson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Ensemble
Mondo 111

Murder on the Orient Express: Justice
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 46634

Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz
Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 438685

The Fugitive: Main Titles
Composer: James Newton Howard
Conductor: Marty Paich
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Elektra 61592

Dick Tracy: Main Titles
Composer: Danny Elfman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sire 26264

The Maltese Falcon: Main Title
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Conductor: William Stromberg
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 557701

In the Heat of the Night
Composer: Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman/Quincy Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Primary Wave 500609

The Big Sleep: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 136

Body Heat: Main Title
Composer: John Barry
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 442425

Sleuth: Overture
Composer: John Addison
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80189

Sherlock Holmes: Discombobulate
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
WaterTower 36175

Vertigo: Suite
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1051

Dial M for Murder: Suite
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1101

Charade: Charade
Composer: Henry Mancini
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Soloists: Henry Mancini, piano
Denon 2320

The Naked Gun: Theme from the Motion Picture and “Police Squad” TV Series
Composer: Ira Newborn
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
BSX 2012

The Inspector Clouseau Theme
Composer: Henry Mancini
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 2320

The Godfather: A Symphonic Portrait
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
LPO 86

Composer and pianist Julius Eastman’s personal philosophy was, “To be what I am to the fullest.” A graduate of the Curtis Institute, his music was highly acclaimed and challenged racist and homophobic stereotypes. Find out more in the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ violinist Ariana Kim sews an ‘(un)common thread,’ connecting a collage of composers through the art of improvisation, on her latest album. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!

As Steve Seel bids farewell to evenings on YourClassical for a new shift in the daylight hours, Extra Eclectic completes its decade-long run with a playlist of some of his favorite 21st-century classical music discoveries of over the years — and, works that elicited particular enthusiasm from listeners as well. Composers and musicians featured include Clarice Jensen, John Luther Adams, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Dobrinka Tabakova, Meredith Monk, Steve Tibbetts and many others. Listen now!

Playlist

Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars
Composer: John Luther Adams
Conductor: Hans Jorgen Jensen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Northwestern University Cello Ensemble
Cold Blue 41

The Dharma at Big Sur: A New Day
Composer: John Adams
Conductor: John Adams
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Tracy Silverman, violin
Nonesuch 512396

In Paradisum
Composer: Galina Grigorjeva
Conductor: Paul Hillier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Ondine 1245

Sky
Composer: Jane Antonia Cornish
Soloists: Vicky Chow, piano
Canteloupe 21174

Truro Canticles
Composer: Dobrinka Tabakova
Conductor: Christopher Gray
Orchestra/Ensemble: Truro Cathedral Choir
Soloists: Joseph Wicks, organ
Regent 530

Final
Composer: Clarice Jensen
Soloists: Clarice Jensen, cello
130701 1339

Life of Joel
Composer: Steve Tibbetts
Soloists: Steve Tibbetts, guitar and piano
ECM 2599

Rainbows, I
Composer: Stephen Scott
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Bowed Piano Ensemble
New Albion 107

Mass for the Endangered: Alleluia
Composer: Sarah Kirkland Snider
Conductor: Gabriel Crouch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Gallicantus
Nonesuch 791998

In This Life
Composer: Sophia Subbayya Vastek
Soloists: Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
SELF PROD 2022

Salt Air, Salt Earth
Composer: Clarice Jensen
Soloists: Maya Beiser, cello
Islandia 16

To the Hands: Ever Ever Ever
Composer: Caroline Shaw
Conductor: Donald Nally
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Crossing
Innova 912

Nightfall
Composer: Meredith Monk
Soloists: Sean Shibe, electric guitar
PentaTone 988

Canticles of the Sky: Sky with Endless Stars
Composer: John Luther Adams
Conductor: Hans Jorgen Jensen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Northwestern University Cello Ensemble
Cold Blue 41

The BBC Proms concerts return to YourClassical for the 2026 season. Enjoy live performances featuring world-class ensembles, conductors and soloists from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Listen at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Central on weekdays through Friday, Sept. 25 — plus on-demand audio for 30 days afterward.

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Friday, Sept. 25 – 10 p.m. Central

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Prom 65: Dvořák's New World Symphony | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo, conductor | Jess Gillam, saxophone | Ben Goldscheider, horn | Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 25 – 10 a.m. Central

BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Prom 65: Dvořák's New World Symphony | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo, conductor | Jess Gillam, saxophone | Ben Goldscheider, horn | Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 24 – 10 p.m. Central

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs

Prom 69: Strauss' Four Last Songs | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Paweł Kapuła, conductor | Natalya Romaniw, soprano

Recorded Sept. 9, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 24 – 10 a.m. Central

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Prom 69: Strauss' Four Last Songs | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Paweł Kapuła, conductor | Natalya Romaniw, soprano

Recorded Sept. 9, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 23, – 10 p.m. Central

MAHLER: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me

Prom 69: Strauss' Four Last Songs | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Paweł Kapuła, conductor | Natalya Romaniw, soprano

Recorded Sept. 9, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 23 – 10 a.m. Central

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Prom 62: Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Manze, conductor | Simone Lamsma, violin: Vaughan Williams, Britten, Smickersgill

Recorded Sept. 4, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 22 – 10 p.m. Central

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2

Prom 66: Rattle conducts Schumann | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle, conductor | Isabelle Faust, violin

Recorded Sept. 7, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 22 – 10 a.m. Central

SCHUMANN: Genoveva: Overture

Prom 66: Rattle conducts Schumann | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle, conductor | Isabelle Faust, violin

Recorded Sept. 7, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 21 – 10 p.m. Central

SIMCOCK: Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn, and Cello

Prom 65: Dvořák's New World Symphony | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo, conductor | Jess Gillam, saxophone | Ben Goldscheider, horn | Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 21 – 10 a.m. Central

BERKELEY: Serenade for Strings

Prom 64: Matinee - John Wilson and Sinfonia of London Strings | Julie Roset, soprano: Berkeley, Bridge, Britten, I. Holst

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 18 – 10 p.m. Central

SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto

Prom 66: Rattle conducts Schumann | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle, conductor | Isabelle Faust, violin

Recorded Sept. 7, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 18 – 10 a.m. Central

JANACEK: Sinfonietta

Prom 58: Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša conductor | Lukáš Vondráček, piano: Kaprálová, Rachmaninov, Janáček

Recorded Sept. 1, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 17 – 10 p.m. Central

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

Prom 64: Matinee - John Wilson and Sinfonia of London Strings | Julie Roset, soprano: Berkeley, Bridge, Britten, I. Holst

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 17 – 10 a.m. Central

IMOGEN HOLST: Suite for String Orchestra

Prom 64: Matinee - John Wilson and Sinfonia of London Strings | Julie Roset, soprano: Berkeley, Bridge, Britten, I. Holst

Recorded Sept. 6, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 16 – 10 p.m. Central

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 9

Prom 62: Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Manze, conductor | Simone Lamsma, violin: Vaughan Williams, Britten, Smickersgill

Recorded Sept. 4, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 16 – 10 a.m. Central

MOZART: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

Prom 47: Matinee - Mozart's Haffner Symphony | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, direction | Amy Harman, bassoon and Felix Klieser, French horn: Britten, Mozart, Musgrave, Elgar

Recorded Aug. 23, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 15 – 10 p.m. Central

BRITTEN: Violin Concerto

Prom 62: Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Manze, conductor | Simone Lamsma, violin: Vaughan Williams, Britten, Smickersgill

Recorded Sept. 4, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 15 – 10 a.m. Central

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Prom 48: Gautier Capuçon plays Dvořák | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Alain Altinoglu, conductor: Stravinsky, Dvořák, Debussy, Varèse

Recorded Aug 23, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 14 – 10 p.m. Central

TORVUND: Symphonic Poem No. 1 "Forest Morning"

Prom 55: Stravinsky and Prokofiev with the Oslo Philharmonic | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor | Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

Recorded Aug 29, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 14 – 10 a.m. Central

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite

Prom 51: The Met Orchestra plays Strauss | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor | Elza van der Heever, soprano

Recorded Aug 26, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 11 – 10 p.m. Central

WALLER-BRIDGE: Solitudes

Prom 53: Late Night - Ultimate Calm with Erland Cooper

Recorded Aug 27, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 11 – 10 a.m. Central

ELGAR: Enigma Variations

Prom 59: Elgar and Tchaikovsky | Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko, conductor

Recorded Sept 2, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 10 – 10 p.m. Central

HAYDN: Symphony No. 45 "Farewell"

Prom 45: Mahler's Song of the Earth | BBC Philharmonic | Anja Bihlmaier, conductor | Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano | Clay Hilley, tenor: El-Turk, Haydn, Mahler

Recorded Aug 21, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 10 – 10 a.m. Central

KAPRALOVA: Rustic Suite

Prom 58: Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša conductor | Lukáš Vondráček, piano: Kaprálová, Rachmaninov, Janáček

Recorded Sept. 1, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 9 (Extra Eclectic) – 10 p.m. Central

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

Prom 49: American Classics | Philharmonia Orchestra | Marin Alsop, conductor | Marcus Roberts Trio: Tower, Bernstein, Gershwin, Moross, Copland, Grant Still

Recorded Aug. 24, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 9 – 10 a.m. Central

BERNSTEIN: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

Prom 49: American Classics | Philharmonia Orchestra | Marin Alsop, conductor | Marcus Roberts Trio: Tower, Bernstein, Gershwin, Moross, Copland, Grant Still

Recorded Aug. 24, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 8 – 10 p.m. Central

DVORAK: Cello Concerto

Prom 48: Gautier Capuçon plays Dvořák | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Alain Altinoglu, conductor: Stravinsky, Dvořák, Debussy, Varèse

Recorded Aug. 23, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 8 – 10 a.m. Central

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue

Prom 49: American Classics | Philharmonia Orchestra | Marin Alsop, conductor | Marcus Roberts Trio: Tower, Bernstein, Gershwin, Moross, Copland, Grant Still

Recorded Aug. 24, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 7 – 10 p.m. Central

MARSALIS: Concerto for Orchestra

Prom 37: Gershwin's Piano Concerto | BBC Symphony Orchestra | James Gaffigan, conductor | Yeol Eum Son, piano: Marsalis, Gershwin, Barber

Recorded Aug. 13, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Sept. 7 – 10 a.m. Central

GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto

Prom 37: Gershwin's Piano Concerto | BBC Symphony Orchestra | James Gaffigan, conductor | Yeol Eum Son, piano: Marsalis, Gershwin, Barber

Recorded Aug. 13, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 4 – 10 p.m. central

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

Prom 33: Dudamel and the LA Phil 1 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Gustavo Dudamel, conductor: Beethoven and Adès

Recorded Aug. 11, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Sept. 4 – 10 a.m. Central

BERNSTEIN: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

Prom 49: American Classics | Philharmonia Orchestra | Marin Alsop, conductor | Marcus Roberts Trio: Tower, Bernstein, Gershwin, Moross, Copland, Grant Still

Recorded Aug. 24, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 3 – 10 p.m. Central

DVORAK: Symphony No. 8

Prom 46: Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue | Jonathon Heyward, conductor: Thornton Jenkins, Barber, Dvořák

Recorded Aug. 22, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Sept. 3 – 10 a.m. Central

MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 3

Prom 47: Matinee - Mozart's Haffner Symphony | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, direction | Amy Harman, bassoon and Felix Klieser, French horn: Britten, Mozart, Musgrave, Elgar

Recorded Aug. 23, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 2 (Extra Eclectic) – 10 p.m. Central

BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Prom 46: Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue | Jonathon Heyward, conductor: Thornton Jenkins, Barber, Dvořák

Recorded Aug. 22, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Sept. 2 – 10 a.m. Central

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony

Prom 47: Matinee - Mozart's Haffner Symphony | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, direction | Amy Harman, bassoon and Felix Klieser, French horn: Britten, Mozart, Musgrave, Elgar

Recorded Aug. 23, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 1 – 10 p.m. Central

BARBER: Symphony No. 1

Prom 37: Gershwin's Piano Concerto | BBC Symphony Orchestra | James Gaffigan, conductor | Yeol Eum Son, piano: Marsalis, Gershwin, Barber

Recorded Aug. 13, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Sept. 1 – 10 a.m. Central

JENKINS: Dance Suite

Prom 46: Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue | Jonathon Heyward, conductor: Thornton Jenkins, Barber, Dvořák

Recorded Aug. 22, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Aug. 31 – 10 p.m. Central

HOWARD: Concerto for Brass "SIGNAL"

Prom 22: Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Paavo Järvi, conductor | Leonidas Kavakos, violin: Howard, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin

Recorded Aug. 2, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Aug. 31 – 10 a.m. Central

COPLAND: Billy the Kid: Suite

Prom 41: Copland and Stravinsky | BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Ryan Bancroft, conductor | Anthony McGill: clarinet: Copland, Kahane, Stravinsky

Recorded Aug. 17, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Aug. 28 – 10 p.m. Central

BOULANGER: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

Prom 25: Rachmaninov's Second | Hallé | Kachun Wong, conductor | Alexandra Dariescu, piano: Ravel, Boulanger, Rachmaninov

Recorded Aug. 5, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Friday, Aug. 28 – 10 a.m. Central

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto

Prom 24: Dvořák and Mendelssohn | BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Elena Schwarz, conductor | Alina Ibragimova, violin

Recorded Aug. 4, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Aug. 27 – 10 p.m. Central

DVORAK: Symphony No. 7

Prom 24: Dvořák and Mendelssohn | BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Elena Schwarz, conductor | Alina Ibragimova, violin

Recorded Aug. 4, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Thursday, Aug. 27 – 10 a.m. Central

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4

Prom 19: Bruch's Violin Concerto | German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen | Omer Meir Wellber, conductor | Daniel Lozakovich, violin: Haydn, Bruch, Schumann

Recorded July 31, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Aug. 26 (Extra Eclectic) – 10 p.m. Central

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto

Prom 22: Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Paavo Järvi, conductor | Leonidas Kavakos, violin: Howard, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin

Recorded Aug. 2, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Wednesday, Aug. 26 – 10 a.m. Central

TABAKOVA: Orpheus' Comet

Prom 18: Korngold's Violin Concerto | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Delyana Lazarova, conductor | Alena Baeva, violin: Tabakova, Korngold, Prokofiev

Recorded July 30, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Aug. 25 – 10 p.m. Central

POULENC: Sinfonietta

Prom 14: Poulenc and Adams | City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra | Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus | Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos

Recorded July 26, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Tuesday, Aug. 25 – 10 a.m. Central

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1

Prom 19: Bruch's Violin Concerto | German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen | Omer Meir Wellber, conductor | Daniel Lozakovich, violin: Haydn, Bruch, Schumann

Recorded July 31, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Aug. 24 – 10 p.m. Central

TJOGERSON: Between Trees

Prom 15: From the Alps to the Auvergne | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Edward Gardner, conductor: Tjøgersen, Canteloube, Strauss

Recorded July 27, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

Monday, Aug. 24 – 10 a.m. Central

POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos

Prom 14: Poulenc and Adams | City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra | Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus | Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos

Recorded July 26, 2026, Royal Albert Hall, London

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel Music shares music from films that feature sweeping stories and great costumes, including Elizabeth and Essex, The Lord of the Rings, Titanic and How the West Was Won. Listen now!

Playlist

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Overture
Composer: Erich Korngold
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 185

The Lord of the Rings: Suite
Composer: Howard Shore
Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: James Galway, flute
DG 3024

Black Panther: United Nations/End Credits
Composer: Ludwig Goransson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Hollywood 2018

Phantom Thread: Phantom Thread I
Composer: Jonny Greenwood
Conductor: Robert Ames
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Contemporary Orchestra
Nonesuch 564777

The Heiress Suite
Composer: Aaron Copland
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 61699

Cleopatra: Main Title
Composer: Alex North
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460

My Fair Lady: Main Title
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops 4

Henry V: Non nobis domine
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49919

The English Patient: Convento di Sant’Anna
Composer: Gabriel Yared
Conductor: Angele Dubeau
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Pieta
Analekta 8733

The Last Emperor: Theme
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62788

Titanic: Hymn to the Sea
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: James Horner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Sissel, soprano
Sony 91475

Memoirs of a Geisha: Sayuri’s Theme and End Credits
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sony 74708

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Suite
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Conductor: Mark Graham
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
ABKCO 81302

Death on the Nile
Composer: Nino Rota
Soloists: Massimo Palumbo, piano
Chandos 9771

Shakespeare in Love: Main Title
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80535

All About Eve: Main Title
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 183

The Entertainer
Composer: Scott Joplin
Orchestra/Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble
EMI 47193

Minnesota Winds, the state's brand-new professional concert band, takes the stage for an unforgettable season finale concert. Led by powerhouse guest conductor Cynthia Johnston Turner — known for her electric style, international leadership and deep commitment to the concert band art form — this concert features an army of brass, chorus of woodwinds and battery of percussion. Revel in the joy, virtuosity and sheer exhilaration of band at its finest! Listen to the concert now through the player above.

Program

Minnesota Winds
Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor

JOSEPH WILLCOX JENKINS American Overture
KATHERINE BERGMAN Unfurl (world premiere)
ALFRED REED Armenian Dances, Part 1
MICHAEL BARRY Boomba
ADAM SCHOENBERG Cool Cat
VIET CUONG Deciduous
KEVIN DAY Concerto for Wind Ensemble

For more information regarding this concert, please visit the official website.

Katherine Bergman Interview

Katherine Bergman is a Minnesota-based composer who draws on nature, environmentalism, and the intersection between art and science to create music described as hypnotic and visceral. She is also co-founder and artistic director of the Minnesota Winds, a professional concert band with a vision to embrace the dynamic energy and inclusive culture of school band and bring it to the professional level.

Host Vernon Neal joins Bergman at her home to talk about her latest composition for the Minnesota Winds, Unfurl.

What is a piece of classical music that makes you feel good whenever you hear it? Share it with YourClassical MPR.

For the Fall Member Drive — which runs Monday, Oct. 5, through Friday, Oct. 9 — YourClassical is creating a feel-good playlist with your help.

To submit your song, fill out the form below by the end of the day on Monday, Sept. 28. Then, listen during the Fall Member Drive to hear the playlist we built together.

Clarinetist Anthony McGill is the principal clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic, the first Black musician to hold a principal chair in the orchestra’s 178 year history. During his time there, he has wowed audiences and impressed critics with his technique and silky tone, but he has also used the platform to promote social justice issues, specifically racial equity in classical music. Find out more in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Pianist Alice Sara Ott recently returned to Iceland to record the music of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. The resulting record features some of Jóhannsson’s orchestral works reimagined for solo piano, including some of his film scores. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Partner Gábor Takács-Nagy returns for another consecutive season finale leading the orchestra in a program that touches on many of its 2025-26 season themes, including the idea of music and art as hope and light. Written in the final and darkest days of World War II, Richard Strauss’ monumental and emotional Metamorphosen mourns the corruption and destruction of German culture. This musical response to fascism, written for 23 strings, depicts a transformation from pain and darkness to hope and light, with homages to his German predecessors including Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. To close out the program, Robert Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony references the flow of the Rhine River and the ceaseless flow of time — a natural bookend to the season, which is framed by a quote from Schumann himself: “To send light into the depths of the human heart — this is the artist’s calling.” Listen to the concert now!

Program

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy, conductor

ZOLTÁN KODÁLY Summer Evening
RICHARD STRAUSS Metamorphosen
ROBERT SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)

For more information regarding this concert, please visit the official website.

Extra Eclectic continues our replay of recordings from the 2026 BBC Proms Festival this week with Welsh composer Gwilym Simcock’s Triple Concerto for Saxophone, Horn and Cello — a thrilling and frequently gorgeous work performed by the three soloists who premiered it 10 years ago: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. It’s an opportunity for a full first-hour of works by composers from the U.K., which also includes music by Huw Watkins, Will Gregory and others. In the second hour, host Steve Seel plays music by Brian Eno, Jane Antonia Cornish, Max Richter and more.

Playlist

Spring
Composer: Huw Watkins
Soloists: Krysia Osostowicz, violin
Somm 181

Triple Concerto
Composer: Gwilym Simcock
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
BBC Proms 2026 Recording

Orbit
Composer: Will Gregory
Orchestra/Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble
Soloists: Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
DG 4851062

Antiarkie
Composer: Ryan Latimer
Conductor: Pierre-Andre Valade
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
NMC 267

fields of forever
Composer: Chad Lawson
Soloists: Chad Lawson, piano
London/Decca 4563275

Honeyed Words
Composer: Anna Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet
Mercury KX 4845720

Fullness of Wind; French Catalogues
Composer: Brian Eno
Conductor: Gavin Bryars
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cockpit Ensemble
Virgin 66493

Sleep: Path 19
Composer: Max Richter
Orchestra/Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Soloists: Max Richter, electronics
DG 4795258

Sky
Composer: Jane Antonia Cornish
Soloists: Vicky Chow, piano
Canteloupe 21174

The Day Dawn
Composer: Sally Beamish
Conductor: Ola Rudner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Bis 1161

Giddens sings and plays music throughout this interview. Click the audio link above to get the full experience.

Musician Rhiannon Giddens describes herself as "a folkie to the bone."

"There's times I'm playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors. Like, I feel the spirits come through," she says. "And it's like, that's the only thing that's kept me going in this industry is knowing that I'm connected in that way to the people who came before."

Giddens plays music from the Black string band tradition dating back to slave times, and she played banjo on Beyoncé's hit "Texas Hold 'Em." She's also the artistic director of the Silk Road Ensemble, which was founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and is dedicated to playing with musicians from around the world, drawing on their musical traditions.

Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem. For Giddens, the theme of hope connects directly to her ancestors, who lived lives of extreme poverty in the American South.

"What right do I have to not have hope when I don't have to worry ... about starving?" she says. "I'm not saying I'm a Pollyanna, because I don't have a lot of faith in humanity, but I have a faith in humans."

Therese Madden and Nico Gonzalez Wisler produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz and Molly Seavy-Nesper adapted it for the web.

Copyright 2026, NPR, Fresh Air

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel celebrates famous folks born in September, including Mitzi Gaynor, Robert Wise, Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr and Lauren Bacall. Listen now!

Playlist

Star Trek: Main Theme
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Telarc 80433

Star Trek: Main Theme
Composer: Alexander Courage
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411185

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Epilogue/End Credits
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80146

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: Main Title
Composer: Leonard Rosenman
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80146

Star Trek: Theme
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Conductor: John Morris Russell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Fanfare Cincinnati 15

There’s No Business Like Show Business
Composer: Irving Berlin
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 438070

Gigi: I Remember It Well
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Andre Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: MGM Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Maurice Chevalier, vocals
Rhino 71962

The Big Sleep: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 136

Someone to Watch Over Me
Composer: George Gershwin
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Koch 7792

The Great Escape
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288

The Black Stallion: Main Theme
Composer: Carmine Coppola
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
MGM 2008

The Black Stallion: The Ride
Composer: Carmine Coppola
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
MGM 2008

Our Town
Composer: Aaron Copland
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 61699

Medley of Gershwin Tunes
Composer: George Gershwin
Soloists: William Bolcom, piano
Nonesuch 79151

An Affair to Remember
Composer: Harry Warren
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 446681

The King and I: Medley
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80278

Jeff Scott’s 2024 Grammy-nominated oratorio is full of inspiration from two giants of music — Johann Sebastian Bach and John Coltrane. Passion for Bach and Coltrane with the Imani Winds is an innovative and surprising confluence of classical and jazz. Scott is the founding horn player of the Imani Winds, and along with the Harlem Jazz Quartet, jazz soloists and spoken word by A.B. Spellman, Passion for Bach and Coltrane offers an intimate perspective on the group’s most personal recording in its 25-year history. Listen now with host Toyin Spellman-Diaz in celebration of Coltrane’s 100th anniversary!

Playlist

Hour 1

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 1, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

• A.B. Spellman: Dear John, Part 1, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — A.B. Spellman, spoken

• Jeff Scott: Aria, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• A.B. Spellman: Dear John, Part 2, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — A.B. Spellman, spoken

• Jeff Scott: Psalm, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• Jeff Scott: Resolution, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• Jeff Scott: Out of Nazareth, Part 1, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 2, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

• Jeff Scott: Out of Nazareth, Part 2, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

Intermission

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 29, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

Hour 2

• John Coltrane: Acknowledgement, from A Love Supreme — John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 4, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

• A.B. Spellman: Among the Things I Must Have Known, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — A.B. Spellman

• Jeff Scott: Interlude, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez, and Neal Smith

• Jeff Scott: A Hug for Gonzalo, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 13, from Goldberg Variations — Glenn Gould, piano

• Jeff Scott: Variation No. 13 from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

• Jeff Scott: Acknowledgement, from Passion for Bach and Coltrane — Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Alex Brown, Edward Perez and Neal Smith

Randall Goosby has been playing violin since he was 7, including studying with legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, and the trajectory of his career shows no signs of slowing down. Find out more in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Concert Master Steven Copes and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra join pianist and composer Stephen Prutsman for a new project that takes works by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and reimagines them for chamber orchestra. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

The Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) is a youth orchestra powerhouse, the largest youth orchestra program in the nation, with 11 orchestras graded from beginners to experienced players. The top GTCYS orchestra, Symphony, wowed audiences in New Zealand and Australia this past summer. Their tour program, which includes an award-winning new piece by high school student Luke Soneral, was rebroadcasted on Tuesday, Sept. 15. YourClassical MPR is proud to present the GTCYS Symphony send-off concert — recorded at Orchestra Hall — from this past June. Listen to the concert, hosted by Steve Staruch, through the player above.

Program

GTCYS Symphony
Mark Russell Smith, GTCYS Artistic Director and Conductor

RICHARD WAGNER Prelude from Die Meistersinger
MICHAEL ABELS Delights & Dances
JOHN WILLIAMS With Malice Towards None from Lincoln
LUKE SONERAL An Overture: The Mouse and Its Shadow
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet

For more information regarding this concert, please check out the official program.

The Secret Life of GTCYS

During preparations for the send-off concert, host Vernon Neal spoke to three members of GTCYS' Symphony ensemble at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis about their instruments and experiences, as well as how GTCYS is helping shape their future. Watch the complete interview below!

Join two of today’s most compelling chamber ensembles, Cantus and Imani Winds, for My Ancestors Speak, a powerful joint concert that unites a stunning vocal octet and a dynamic wind quintet. Through a compelling fusion of story and song, this unique collaboration celebrates the rich, diverse cultural lineages of both ensembles, exploring deeply rooted connections to identity, tradition and history. The concert features two newly commissioned works: My Ancestors Speak, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alex Weiser, and Left, by 2022 Hermitage Greenfield Prize winner Angélica Negrón, alongside repertoire that highlights a global array of musical traditions and voices. Listen to the concert now through the player above!

Program (Highlights)

Cantus
Imani Winds

ALEX WEISER My Ancestors Speak
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN Left
FREDDY MORGAN AND NORMAN MALKIN (ARR. JEFF SCOTT) Mr. Banjo
ROBERT LOWRY (ARR. STEPHEN CARACCIOLO) How Can I Keep From Singing?
PRINCESS MIRIAM LIKELIKE (ARR. MARSHA SCHWEITZER) Ku’u Ipo Ka He’e Pu’e One (My Sweetheart in the Rippling Hills of Sand)
GLORIA ESTEFAN AND ESTÉFANO (ARR. YOSVANY ESTEPE DIÁZ) Mi Tierra (My Homeland)

For more information regarding this concert, please visit the official website.

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel shares music from films that won Oscars for Best Supporting Actress/Actor, including Grumpier Old Men, West Side Story and Shakespeare in Love. Listen now!

Playlist

The Apartment: Main Theme
Composer: Charles Williams
Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA 60393

Mr. Roberts: Suite
Composer: Franz Waxman
Conductor: Franz Waxman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 5257

The Odd Couple: Theme
Composer: Neal Hefti
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1309

Grumpier Old Men: End Credits
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80440

Stagecoach: Narrative for Orchestra
Composer: Richard Hageman
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

It’s A Wonderful Life
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: David Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc 88801

It’s A Wonderful Life: Love Sequence
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: David Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc 88801

The Quiet Man: Suite
Composer: Victor Young
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

Sayonara: Suite
Composer: Franz Waxman
Conductor: Franz Waxman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
RCA 2283

West Side Story: Overture
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Johnny Green
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Sony 89226

Spartacus: Main Title
Composer: Alex North
Conductor: Eric Stern
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Nonesuch 79446

Since You Went Away: Love Theme
Composer: Max Steiner
Soloists: Gregg Nestor, guitar
Cambria 1030

The Best Years of Our Lives: Theme
Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62788

West Side Story: Mambo
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

Jezebel: Waltz
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 438685

Glory: Closing Credits
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: James Horner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Virgin 86150

The Cider House Rules: Suite
Composer: Rachel Portman
Conductor: David Snell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra

On the Waterfront: Love Theme
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
DG 459552

Shakespeare in Love: The End
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Ensemble
Sony 63387

At this time of year, Jews around the world gather together to celebrate new beginnings. Host Mindy Ratner guides us in a musical observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, known in Hebrew as Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. Listen now to Music for the Days of Awe: An Observance of the Jewish High Holidays.

Playlist

• Solomon Braslavsky (arr. Bruce Ruben): M’chalkeil Chayim – Kathryn Andersen, violin; Steven Lyon, clarinet; Judith Clurman, conductor

• Paul Schoenfield: Achat Sha’alti – Carol Wincenc, flute; Paul Schoenfield, piano

• Salamone Rossi: Lamnatseach ‘al hagitit mizmor l’David (Psalm 8) – New York Baroque; Eric Milnes, conductor

• Max Janowski (arr. Raymond Goldstein): Avinu Malkeinu – Cantors Azi Schwartz, Shira Lissek and Rachel Brook; Alexander Scheirele, cello; Colin Fowler, piano

• Alessandro Scarlatti: Excerpt from Agar et Ismaele Esiliati – Karina Gauvin (Sara); Nathaniel Watson (Abramo); Seattle Baroque; Byron Schenkman and Ingrid Matthews, conductors

• Igor Stravinsky: Abraham and Isaac (Part 3: “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked”) – David Wilson-Johnson, bass-baritone; London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen, conductor

• Traditional: Four Shofar Sounds – Cantor Hans Bloemendal; BW de Jong, shofar

• Joseph Kurland (arr. Max Janowski): Hineni – Trevor Mitchell, cantor; Chicago a cappella

• Traditional: Excerpt from Avinu Malkeynu – Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

• Sarah Gurowitsch: Kol Nidrej – Dieter Klöcker, clarinet; Vlach Quartet Prague

• Judith Clurman (arr. Ryan Nowlin): Ki Hineih Kachomer – James Cunningham, piano; Daniel Miller, cello; Essential Voices USA; Judith Clurman, conductor

• Louis Lewandowski: Ki K’shimcha – Hazzan Steven C. Berke; Madrigalchor der Hochschule fur Musik, Munchen

• Traditional: El Nora Alilah – Galeet Dardashti and Divahn

• Traditional: T’kiah g’dolah – Collegium Musicum Judaicum Amsterdam; Chaim Storosum, conductor

Food during the High Holidays

“It wouldn't be a Jewish holiday without food! Jewish communities around the world share some food traditions and still offer their own unique recipes and food preparation methods. As in any household, there are cherished family recipes that make the holidays special. In my family, it was a moist and spicy honey cake that my paternal grandmother made." — Mindy Ratner

High Holy Days Recipes

The Most Important Jewish Holidays and their Foods

Rosh Hashanah Recipes From Around the World

Surprising suggestions for dishes to break the Yom Kippur fast

The Righteousness of Pomegranate on Rosh Hashanah

Special thanks

Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker

Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm

Rabbi Sharon Stiefel

Cantorial Soloist David Jordan Harris

Beth Jacob Congregation, Mendota Heights, MN

Heritage Judaica

Sonya Rapport

Dan Nass

Jacob Aloi

Ines Guanchez

Violinist and composer George Bridgetower was good friends with Ludwig Van Beethoven. So much so that Beethoven wrote a violin sonata just for him. Find out more in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra present their new release featuring music by Antonin Dvorak and Carlos Simon recorded live in the historic Heinz Hall. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

A performance of Wynton Marsalis’ Concerto for Orchestra recorded at the 2026 BBC Proms Festival offers a look at modern classical works inspired by jazz in the first hour of this episode of Extra Eclectic, which also showcases works by Jon Batiste, Earl Louis Stewart and Jeff Scott. In the second hour, we enjoy a sonic peek at autumn (now that Labor Day has come and gone), with such works as Veljo Tormis’ Autumn Landscapes and Robert Jurjendal’s Autumn Prelude. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Playlist

Startin’ Sumthin’
Composer: Jeff Scott
Orchestra/Ensemble: Imani Winds
Koch 7796

Concerto for Orchestra
Composer: Wynton Marsalis
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Proms 2026 Recording

Rhythm Sonata: Majestic
Composer: Earl Louis Stewart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyris Quartet
Soloists: Marcus Eley, clarinet
Imaginary Animals 213

Eternity Around The Corner
Composer: Jon Batiste
Soloists: Jon Batiste, piano
Verve 244313

Autumn Prelude
Composer: Robert Jurjendal
Soloists: Volkmar Zimmermann, guitar
Albany 1738

Fragments of Light
Composer: Sophie Hutchings
Soloists: Sophie Hutchings, piano
Mercury KX 90583

Autumn Landscapes
Composer: Veljo Tormis
Conductor: Tonu Kaljuste
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
ECM 2793

Estonian Lullaby: Kuus Kuus kallike
Composer: Arvo Part
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Soloists: Montserrat Figueras, soprano
Alia Vox 9826

In Air Clear and Unseen: An Autumn Evening
Composer: Alexander Knaifel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Keller Quartet
ECM 2324

Lieux retrouves (Rediscovered Places)
Composer: Thomas Ades
Conductor: Nicholas Collon
Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Soloists: Tomas Nunez, cello
Ondine 1411

Always Know
Composer: Jon Batiste
Soloists: Jon Batiste, piano
Verve 244313