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Evening Meditation Suggested Playlist:
Leo Brouwer, Afro-Cuban Lullaby, Manuel Barrueco guitar
Max Richter, On The Nature of Daylight, Max Richter Orchestra
Ying-Hsueh Chen, Nocturne, Ying-Hsueh Chen  percussion
Jane Antonia, Last Light, Vicky Chow  piano

Evening Meditation Suggested Playlist

Through her many mentors at KROC in Rochester, Minnesota, Melanie Renate learned how to splice tape in tandem with learning how to use her voice. She eventually found her path combining her ability to care for people with her love of radio broadcasting. As a certified health and wellness coach and a passionate yogi and mental-health advocate, she has developed a deep appreciation for ways in which music can aid in overall wellness. She is excited to bring her passion for people with her as she steps back behind the microphone as a classical host.


Melanie Renate

Vernon Neal is the host of the podcast ‘Rhapsody in Black,’ where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.


Host/Producer

Vernon Neal

A guided meditation with music, crafted for you, for this specific evening moment.


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Mindful Moment: Evening Meditation Music

Midday Meditation Suggested Playlist:
Valentin Silvestrov, Hymn, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Minnesota Orchestra, Adam Kuenzel  flute
Philip Glass, Closing, La Pieta
Traditional Donna Nobis Pacem (Give us Peace), Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Midday Meditation Suggested Playlist

A guided meditation with music, crafted for you, for this specific midday moment.


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Mindful Moment: Midday Meditation Music

Morning Meditation Suggested Playlist:
Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque, Orphei Drangar
Amy Beach, By the Still Waters, Isata Kanneh-Mason  piano
Steve Reich, Duet, Scoring Berlin, Mari Samuelsen  violin
Vladimir Martynov, The Beatitudes, Kronos Quartet

Morning Meditation Suggested Playlist

A guided meditation with music, crafted for you, for this specific morning moment.


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Mindful Moment: Morning Meditation Music

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Ready to embrace the chilly fall weather? YourClassical has playlists of classical music for autumn you need to cozy up this season. Explore now!


Jonathan D. Rudy performs Leo Sowerby's "Comes Autumn Time"

Antonio Vivaldi - Autumn (Full) - The Four Seasons

Haydn The Seasons Die Jahreszeiten Der Herbst The Autumn

"September - Hunting" from Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" (Olga Scheps live)

"Folksongs of the Four Seasons" part III "AUTUMN" by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Symphony No.10 in F minor "In Autumn" - Joachim Raff

Ives: The Unanswered Question (Live)

Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling

George Whitefield Chadwick (String Quartet No. 4)

Autumn from Alexander Glazunov's The Seasons

Barber Violin Concerto (2000) (Hahn, Wolff, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite

George Winston: Autumn - Full Album

Aaron Copland: Our Town: London Symphony Orchestra/Aaron Copland.

Einojuhani Rautavaara, Autumn Gardens (complete) 1999

Beethoven String Quartet No 15 Op 132 in A minor Alban Berg Quartet

The Four Seasons: Autumne: I. Fan

Brahms - Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 - Haitink

November Woods

Relax

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With summer over, it's time for classical autumn

Autumn is here! We've put together a playlist of classical music to accompany the cooler weather and turning leaves. Listen now, and enjoy the sounds of a colorful season.


Autumn: Seasonal classical music perfect for fall - YourClassical MPR Playlist

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Celebrate autumn with our specially curated classical music playlist

How did Erik Satie's Gymnopedies become the quintessential relaxation music? Of their time, they also seem to float above and beyond it.


Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1. Lent et douloureux

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 2. Lent et triste

1. Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie (1st And 2nd Movements) 2. Smiling Phases

Gymnopédies, No. 1, Erik Satie

Peaceful Piano

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How Satie's Gymnopedies became ubiquitous

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6: II. Scene by the Brook

We asked listeners to write poems inspired by  Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 6: II. Scene by the Brook. Here’s what they told us.


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Classical Poetry: Read poems inspired by Beethoven's 'Scene by the Brook'

Classical Playlists - Relax

Enjoy a calming classical music playlist for relaxation, meditation, and stress relief. 



Curated Playlists

YourClassical MPR 

Relaxing classical music for meditation, studying, and stress relief 

Music for star gazing

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

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope provide this week’s inspiration. 


Extra Eclectic

Courtesy of NASA

Steve Staruch: Gravity on Vacation

Elena See's Escape the Noise Playlist

Scott Blankenship's Escape the Noise Playlist

Brian Newhouse's Escape the Noise Playlist

Julie Amacher's Escape the Noise Playlist

Andrea Blain: Life's Infinite Variety

Hear the pieces your favorite classical hosts turn to when they need calm. Enjoy music specially selected by Steve Staruch, Elena See, Scott Blankenship, Brian Newhouse, Julie Amacher and Andrea Blain.
