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Saturday Cinema for Feb 9, 2019

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

Celebrate Valentine's Day with some of the best scores from Hollywood romances.  Rom coms, dramas, tear-jerkers from "Now, Voyager" to "When Harry Met Sally".


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Saturday Cinema: Movie Valentines

Randy Salas is the senior digital producer of classical music for Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. He oversees all classical digital content, including the website, social media, videos, e-newsletters and podcasts.


Senior Digital Producer, Classical

Randy Salas

How often will you play the "Nutcracker Suite" in the next month? If you're looking to venture beyond Tchaikovsky's timeless music and other chestnuts this holiday season, here are 10 classical works that might be less familiar but no less enchanting.


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1: Winter Dreams

The New York Wind Symphony - Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (orchestral version) - Stokowski conducts

La boutique fantasque (The Magic Toy Shop) : II. Tarantella

Tuttifäntchen, Prelude to Scene 1

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve - Suite

Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim perform Franz Liszt's Weihnachtsbaum  (“Christmas Tree”)

Prokofiev: Troika · Sokhiev / Berliner Philharmoniker

Symphony No.49 "Christmas" for String Orchestra - Alan Hovhaness

Malcolm Arnold :  Commonwealth Christmas Overture, for orchestra Op. 64 (1957)

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10 classical works to brighten the holiday season

Beyond the Nutcracker: 10 classical works to brighten the holiday season

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