Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Melissa Ousley

The power, the mystery and the beauty of the natural world were in wonderful abundance on the pre-Earth Day installment of this week’s ‘Friday Favorites’. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Eclectic and fun, that’s ‘Friday Favorites’! Guest host Julie Amacher fills in for Steve Staruch as she plays listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music, including Grieg’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird Suite’ and more. Listen now!

The best place to enjoy the eclipse is — on the radio? Believe it! Requests to honor the heavenly light (or lack of light) show, and more than a few requests for the opening of major league baseball made for a hit it out of the park afternoon on ‘Friday Favorites,’ with Steve Saturch.

Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the latest episode of 'Friday Favorites,' including Project DJ. Ethan Larson, from Bemidji, is well-known for sharing his five chihuahuas (service animals) with the community.

There was a full diapason of joyful sounds on this week’s ‘Friday Favorites.’ To mark both the first Friday of spring and the 339th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday, YourClassical listeners pulled out the stops!

On the March 15 episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ guest host Melissa Ousley fills in for Steve Staruch as she plays listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music, including the overture from ‘The Marriage of Figaro,’ Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and more. Listen now!

The first day of (meteorological) spring brought out a bouquet of requests for ‘Friday Favorites,’ including Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’ and a sweet performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Listen now with host Steve Staruch.

Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the latest episode of 'Friday Favorites,' including Project DJ. Ethan Larson, from Bemidji, is well-known for sharing his five chihuahuas (service animals) with the community.

Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ including Project DJ. This week’s guest co-host is lifelong Twin Cities resident Kieran Johnston. Listen now!

On the latest edition of ‘Friday Favorites,’ Steve Staruch takes listener requests featuring plenty of Mozart and Schubert for their birthday party’s afterglow. Listen now!