Explore new recordings with top performers and host Julie Amacher
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, vocal ensemble Conspirare, led by music director Craig Hella Johnson, collaborate with the Miró Quartet in their debut joint album, ‘House of Belonging.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, violinist Rachel Barton Pine combines classical music and metal in her latest recording, ‘Dependent Arising,’ featuring concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich and Earl Maneein. Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, cellist Clancy Newman and pianist Natalie Zhu explore the beauty of America through the combination of emotion and structure on their debut album, ‘From Method to Madness.’ Find out more!
On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin presents his latest recording, ‘Faure: Nocturnes and Barcarolles,’ featuring music by Gabriel Faure, as well as a collaboration with pianist and radio host-producer Cathy Fuller. Find out more!
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, the Sphinx Virtuosi ensemble presents its debut album, ‘Songs for Our Times,’ featuring Black and Latin American composers, present and past.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, harpist Ashley Jackson collaborates with the Harlem Chamber Players in the album ‘Ennanga,’ featuring music exploring the African American and West African roots in American music.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Michelle Cann releases her debut album, ‘Revival: Music of Price and Bonds,’ in which she explores the solo piano music of Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, two composers whose music is recently entering the mainstream after years of suppression.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Gabríel Ólafs presents his latest project in collaboration with cellist Steiney Sigurðardóttir, a collection of lullabies inspired by Icelandic folk melodies. Find out more.
On this week’s New Classical Tracks, world-class violinist Joshua Bell joins the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, an ensemble of Chinese traditional instruments led by conductor Tsung Yeh, in its latest project, ‘Butterfly Lovers.’
Host Julie Amacher provides an in-depth exploration of a new classical music release each week.
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Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.
