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The Classical Station is listener-supported Great Classical Music 24 hours a day! Online on our app, Listener-supported Great Classical Music 24 hours a day!

Online at TheClassicalStation.org, via streaming app, and on 89.7 fm in Central North Carolina. WEEKDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 5:30AM Sleeper's Awake
5:30AM - 10AM Rise N Shine
10AM - 1PM Classical Cafe
1PM - 4PM As You Like It!
4PM - 7PM Allegro
10PM - 12AM Music In The Night

*Every Monday through Wednesday
7PM - 8PM Concert Hall

*Every Monday
Monday Night at the Symphony
8PM - 10PM

*Every Thursday Night Opera House
7PM - 10PM

*Every Friday All Request Program
9AM - 10PM

SATURDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 6AM Sleeper's Awake
6AM - 6PM Weekend Classics
6PM - 10PM Saturday Evening Request Program

SUNDAY PROGRAMS

12AM - 6AM Sleeper's Awake
6AM - 7:30AM Weekend Classics
7:30 AM - 8AM Sing For Joy
8AM - 12PM Great Sacred Music
12PM - 6PM Weekend Classics
6PM - 9PM Preview!
9PM - 10PM Wavelengths
10PM - 12AM Peaceful Reflections

08/08/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: The Baroque Era & Music

Can you name a Baroque composer?

If you know the answer you can message us. Good Luck!

08/08/2025

Happy Friday, Listeners! t.ly/EXput

We’re playing your special requests and dedications on All-Request Friday + more tomorrow on the Saturday Evening Request Program + we’re highlighting Cinema Classics all weekend long.

On this date:
It’s the birthdate of Canadian composer Jacques Hétu, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec in 1938. Read more about him: http://t.ly/BULEF

08/07/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: The Baroque Era & Music

Opera was the launching pad for baroque music. Can you name the group that developed the opera?

If you know the answer you can message us. Good Luck!

08/07/2025

It’s Friday Eve, All!
We’ll celebrate this evening with Thursday Night Opera House, featuring a 1993 recording of Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus with legendary soloists, featuring Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, and Cecilia Bartoli. Join us for the opera at 7pm ET. t.ly/EXput

On this day in classical music history:
A very Happy Birthday to British pianist and conductor Ian Hobson, born in Wolverhampton in 1952. Hobson is a conductor known for leading the orchestra from the piano.
Read more about him here: t.ly/BULEF

08/06/2025

Classical Considerations: 150 Years of Ravel

A century and a half after his birth, Maurice Ravel’s music remains as spellbinding as ever. From the shimmering dreamscape of Daphnis et Chloé to the hypnotic crescendo of Boléro, Ravel continues to inspire and amaze. t.ly/eRVYQ

08/06/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: The Baroque Era & Music

Baroque music has five key characteristics. Can you name one of them?

If you know the answer you can message us. Good Luck!

08/06/2025

Need a midweek boost?
Here’s some fantastic music. t.ly/EXput

On this date in classical music history:
It’s the birthdate of American bassoonist, composer, and computer scientist Leland Smith in 1925 in Oakland, California. Smith showed an early aptitude for music and took lessons with composer Darius Milhaud, who was a neighbor, before joining the U.S. Navy in 1943.

Read more about him here: http://t.ly/BULEF

08/05/2025

This week’s Classical Conundrum Theme is: The Baroque Era & Music

What years was Baroque music predominant?

If you know the answer you can message us. Good Luck!

08/05/2025

The Classical Station's 24-hour broadcast of classical music is listener-supported since 1978. We invite you to become one of our listener members with a donation of any amount, right here: t.ly/8KEFw

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING CLASSICAL MUSIC ALIVE!

On this date in the history of classical music:
It’s the birthdate of Austrian-Argentine composer and conductor Erich Kleiber in Wieden in 1890. Read more about him: t.ly/BULEF

08/04/2025

Cinema Classics is back!

From 10AM this Friday August 8th through the weekend, we'll be broadcasting your favorite classical pieces featured in film, be it Mozart in Amadeus or Dukas in Fantasia.

We want to hear what moved you!
Submit your request here ( t.ly/60a72 ) and put "Cinema Classics" in the comments.

08/04/2025

On this date in classical music history:

It’s the birthdate of British trumpeter, composer, and conductor Arthur Butterworth (unrelated to composer George Butterworth) in New Moston, Greater Manchester, in 1923. Butterworth grew up singing in his father’s church choir, accompanied by his mother at the piano; playing in the village brass band; and taking conducting lessons and composing. Read more about him: http://t.ly/BULEF

08/04/2025

A new week ahead, filled with wonderful music. Let’s do this. t.ly/EXput

This evening at 7pm ET, join Vince Tillona for Drop the Needle and the warmth of vinyl recordings. This week, the purity of Mozart and the passion of Puccini. Then at 8pm ET, Monday Night at the Symphony spotlights the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta conducting works by Mozart, Brahms, and pianist Murray Perahia performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto.

Join George Leef on Tuesday during Classical Café for this week’s Legendary Performer:
Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini. t.ly/BULEF

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