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Extra Eclectic - Sept. 3, 2025

On the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,' we’re considering astronomy, astrophysics, and the atomic age with works by Caroline Shaw, Meredith Monk, Mary Lattimore, Jennifer Higdon and more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!


Extra Eclectic

Dayna Szyndrowski

Outer and inner space

New Classical Tracks (extended interview): Jess Gillam

New Classical Tracks - Jess Gillam

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast sharing behind-the-scenes stories about a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesdays and at 9 a.m. on Saturdays.


Julie Amacher

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ young saxophonist Jess Gillam talks about her new project, a series of EPs titled ‘Prism’ that explore the different permutations of the saxophone’s sound. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!


New Classical Tracks (Extended Interview) - Jess Gillam

New Classical Tracks: Jess Gillam

Prelude No. 15 - Lera Auerbach

New Classical Tracks® 

Robin Clewley

Jess Gillam explores the saxophone's many sounds on 'Prism'

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

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ acclaimed pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, before Shostakovich’s deeply poignant memorial to Jewish suffering, the Symphony No. 13. Listen now with host Steve Seel!


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SymphonyCast® 

Andrej Grilc

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Extra Eclectic - Aug. 27, 2025

We’re contemplating the importance and mystery of our planet on the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ with two hours of Earth-themed works, including selections from the 2025 BBC Proms festival. Listen now with host Steve Seel!


Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes

A celebration of the earth

New Classical Tracks (extended interview): Avi Avital

New Classical Tracks - Avi Avital

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ mandolinist Avi Avital talks about his latest project with the Between Worlds Ensemble: an album that explores how folk music can fuel new progressive concert music. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!


New Classical Tracks (Extended Interview) - Avi Avital

Traditional, Sousamoglou: Raiko

Christoph Köstlin

Avi Avital and the Between Worlds Ensemble explore folk music through a modern lens

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ The Hallé’s new principal conductor Kahchun Wong directs his Manchester-based forces for Mahler’s ‘Resurrection Symphony,’ featuring soprano Mari Eriksmoen and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. Listen now with host Steve Seel!


Two singers perform on stage in front of an orchestra

Chris Christodoulou

Hallé

Extra Eclectic - Aug. 20, 2025

Jay Capperauld’s work ‘Bruckner’s Skull’ begins our summer of highlights from this year’s BBC Proms Festival on ‘Extra Eclectic’, and also serves as point of departure for this show’s theme of contemporary composers honoring composers from the past. Listen now with host Steve Seel!


Portrait of a blonde man on an orange background with direct lighting

Euan Robertson

Honoring the past

New Classical Tracks (extended interview): John Jeter

New Classical Tracks - John Jeter

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ John Jeter leads the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, alongside soloists Han Chen and Fanny Clamagirand, in music by Florence Price and William Grant Still. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!


Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: I. Tempo moderato

courtesy Fort Smith Symphony

John Jeter and the Malmo Symphony Orchestra perform Price and Grant Still

2025 BBC Proms: Aug. 27, 10 p.m.

The BBC Proms concerts return to YourClassical for the 2025 season. Enjoy live performances featuring world-class ensembles, conductors and soloists from London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Listen at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays through Sept. 26 — plus on-demand audio for 30 days afterward.




Listen to the 2025 BBC Proms on YourClassical

On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s ‘The Song of the Nightingale’ and Strauss’s ‘Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel!
