Friday Favorites

Each Friday at 3 p.m. central, host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share? Send us your request!

Friday Favorites – June 27, 2025 (shortened)

Friday Favorites: Listener requests for scores and sypmhonies

Friday Favorites: Listener requests for scores and sypmhonies

This week on a shortened ‘Friday Favorites’: a couple of movie classics, including Bernard Hermann from Hitchcock’s ‘North by Northwest’ and Joe Hisaishi’s ‘Merry-go-round of Life.’ Also, two recordings by the Minnesota Orchestra: a chunk of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 and Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring.’ Listen now with host Tom Crann! 

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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 Tom Crann 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: Listener requests remembering Alfred Brendel with Tom Crann
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for Father's Day weekend with Tom Crann
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the beginning of summer with Tom Crann

Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the beginning of summer with Tom Crann

On the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ host Tom Crann shares the famous ‘Sabre Dance’ and the whole ballet it comes from, ‘Gayane.’ Leif Ove Andsnes wowed us with the Grieg Piano Concerto and we heard a D-Day tribute from Richard Rogers: his ‘Victory at Sea’ suite. Listen now with host Tom Crann!

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Friday Favorites: Wide-ranging listener requests with Tom Crann

Friday Favorites: Wide-ranging listener requests with Tom Crann

On the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ host Tom Crann shares a wide variety of listener requests! You’ll hear Debussey’s famous musical sea voyage — ‘La Mer’ — , a Mendelssohn piano concerto and even a depiction of an iron foundry. Listen now!

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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Tom Crann
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Steve Staruch and Tom Crann
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Steve Seel
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Joe Goetz
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About Friday Favorites

Each Friday at 3 p.m. central, host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share? Send us your request!

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