Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Joe Goetz

Hail the solstice and all that summer brings! This week’s ‘Friday Favorites,’ with host Steve Staruch, was filled with requests to celebrate Minnesota’s warmest and most colorful season! Listen now!

Each Friday from 3 to 7 p.m., host Steve Staruch 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.

On this episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ members of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies eloquently and passionately tell the story of their upcoming European tour with musical highlights included. Prepare to be awed! Listen now with host Steve Staruch.

Guest host Joe Goetz fills in for Steve Staruch on the latest episode of Friday Favorites. Included in the program is Minnesota Orchestra’s new recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, which completes their project of recording the complete Mahler symphonies. Listen now!

Akshaj Turebylu, a YourClassical Fellow, brought a sense of curiosity and dry humor to the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Let summer begin! Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

You can’t go wrong with (choose one!): Tchaikovsky, Copland, Vaughan-Williams, (etc!) was the rallying cry of the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ And you can’t go wrong with a Project DJ co-host like Abby Bormann either. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Guest host Steve Seel fills in for Steve Staruch on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites.’ Listeners celebrated their pets with requests including a dedication from ‘Carnival of the Animals’ to a pet bird and a remembrance of a beloved dog with music by Grieg. Listen now!

Spencer LaMott — known to his fans as Skippy Stone — is a gifted singer and songwriter. He lives to make music, creating songs about self-discovery and, of course, love. Spencer brought all his talents to co-hosting the latest ‘Friday Favorites’ with Steve Staruch. Listen now!

Steve Staruch plays listener requests on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ including Project DJ. This week’s co-host is professional photographer and MPR colleague, Jenny Cvek. Her artistic insight and keen storytelling were on full display. Listen now!

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!