Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on 

Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.


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For host Bonnie North, classical music is more than just a genre — it's a way of life. She stumbled into the world of radio after responding to a newspaper ad for Vermont Public Radio seeking a classical music DJ for its Sunday afternoon show. Despite having no previous radio experience, she was confident in her knowledge of classical music and took a chance. She created an audition tape, and the rest is history. Her favorite composer depends on her mood. Sometimes she seeks the meditative sounds of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, while other times she craves the angular compositions of Igor Stravinsky. Of course, she also loves the classics by composers who include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. But she is always looking for contemporary composers and is eager to discover new musical talents. Outside of work, she loves to attend live music events. She also enjoys traveling and having friends and family scattered throughout the United States and Europe. But her love for animals is just as strong, and she often volunteers at animal shelters. She is an avid duathlon participant, combining her love for running and biking in one exciting event.


Bonnie North

This week on Extra Eclectic, guest host Bonnie North sits in for Steve Seel with music that’s all about encapsulating the spirit of summer with a touch of nature and spirituality. 


Extra Eclectic - June 7, 2023

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Carefree spirit of summer

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel remembers one of the most important avant-garde composers of the 20th century, György Ligeti, including his haunting ‘Atmosphères,’ which was used in the film '2001: A Space Odyssey.‘ Other featured works include those by Steve Reich, David Lang and Marc Mellits. 


Extra Eclectic - May 31, 2023

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A Ligeti centenary

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel showcases the work of Syrian composer Malek Jandali, who integrates Middle Eastern and Arabic melodies into the structures of Western classical music in his pieces. Other works on this episode include those by Missy Mazzoli, Reinaldo Moya and Sarah Kirkland Snider.


Extra Eclectic - May 24

Malek Jandali bridges multiple borders

The viola is in the spotlight on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic. Steve Seel features works for the viola by Nico Muhly, Christopher Theofanidis, Todd Reynolds and others with performances from Nadia Sirota, Jordan Bak and more. 


Extra Eclectic

Modern Viola

Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel explores the haunting sound of Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov's ‘Um Dia Bom,’ performed by Brooklyn Rider, on this week’s episode — along with music by Reena Esmail, Gabriela Montero and Mary Kouyoumdjian.


Extra Eclectic - May 10

Osvaldo Golijov depicts life as a day

We're venturing south this time on Extra Eclectic —  south of our southernmost borders, that is, to honor our musical neighbors who live there.  Host Steve Seel presents music from composers with Mexican, Chilean, Venezuelan, Argentinian and Peruvian heritage


Extra Eclectic - May 04, 2023

Modern music of the Americas

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel celebrates the arrival of spring with two hours of modern works to help us celebrate the natural world that's waking up around us.


Extra Eclectic - April 26, 2023

A Spring Awakening

This week on Extra Eclectic, Steve Seel brings us two hours of music for starry night skies to complement the show's nighttime setting. Featured works include John Luther Adams' ‘Sky With Endless Stars,’ Tonu Korvits' ‘The Night Is Darkening,’ Urmas Sisask's ‘The Milky Way’ and Jane Antonia Cornish's Sky, as well as a performance by cellist Maya Beiser of her eerie arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's ‘Moonlight Sonata.’


Extra Eclectic - April 19, 2023

Under the Milky Way

Listen to this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic with host Steve Seel as he features composer Caroline Mallonee’s mysterious ‘Whistler Waves.’


Extra Eclectic - April 13

Caroline Mallonee amplifies the quietest of sounds

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel salutes composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died last week at 71, with selections highlighting the breadth of his musical range.
