Two of Germany's best exports are music and beer. Explore both for Oktoberfest in this episode of 

 in St. Paul, Minn., and works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.    

Hop Notes: Oktoberfest, Yoerg Brewing and Richard Strauss

 includes excerpts from the following works:


Orchestra of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples, conducted by Marco Guidarini


Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz


Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

Scott Blankenship started his radio career in college when he began working as a volunteer at a local cable radio station, announcing alternative and new rock music. His love and appreciation of classical music began at public radio station KVNO in Omaha, where he spent 13 years in various on-air and management roles, five of those years as the morning drive-time host.

Indications that radio was in his blood go back to age five, when he used a corkboard and a battered phonograph as a makeshift radio studio; his father's Air Force issue flashlight served as his "on air" light. In his spare time, Blankenship is an avid cyclist and amateur playwright with several produced scripts to his credit.


Scott Blankenship

Two of Germany's best exports are music and beer. Explore both for Oktoberfest in this episode of 'Hop Notes,' with Yoerg Brewing Co. in St. Paul, Minn., and works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.


'Hop Notes': Savor Oktoberfest, tasty German beer and the music of Richard Strauss

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