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Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. Central every Monday on YourClassical Radio.


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Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


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We begin our sampling of performances from the 2022 BBC Proms.


Extra Eclectic

The Proms gets eclectic

Jennifer Higdon wrote her Violin Concerto for violinist Hilary Hahn.


Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto

Timo Andres: in the moment

Composer Timo Andres is inspired by music from Brahms to Radiohead.


Music for star gazing

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope provide this week’s inspiration. 


Brian Eno's "Deconstructed" Pachelbel

Brian Eno turns Pachelbel’s ‘Canon’ into conceptual art on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Brian Eno deconstructs Pachelbel's 'Canon'

It's always winter somewhere

How about some chilly sounds on a summer night? It’s winter in the southern hemisphere, after all.


The Middle East and more

Composers from Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria.


Words of inspiration

Poetry and prose provide the inspiration for the music in this week’s Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Words of inspiration 

Honoring Ingram Marshall

A tribute to the composer, who died last month at 80.


Valerie Coleman finds unity in struggle

Valerie Coleman’s extended version of her work “Umoja” depicts the totality of the Black American experience — one filled with struggle, resilience and unity. Listen to it and more on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


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