This Week at The Classical Station
by Chrissy Keuper & Mark Schreiner
Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 December 2025
We are here to accompany your weekend plans with great classical music. Join us!
This weekend:
Join us at 1pm ET for Saturday On Point, our weekly spotlight on classical music for the ballet. This week, the holiday classic by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovky: The Nutcracker.
Then at 6pm ET, more of your favorites and special dedications on the Saturday Evening Request Program.
Here’s the playlist; make your requests and dedications for next week right here.
Get your sacred Sunday morning started at 8am ET with Great Sacred Music as James Steelmon brings you devotional thoughts accompanied by beautiful sacred works, which include Von Himmel hoch by Felix Mendelssohn.
And at 6pm ET, Preview! features the best in new and recent classical releases, including recordings of the Ariel Quartet and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Friday, 19 December 2025
It’s All-Request Friday, the day that we honor your requests and special dedications
(and we’ll do it again on the Saturday Evening Request Program).
Where can I make a request/dedication?
Thursday, 18 December 2025
It’s Friday Eve, All!
(The Snow Maiden by Nicholas Roerich, 1947)
We celebrate at 7pm ET with a special holiday version of Thursday Night Opera House: “Opera Stars Sing Songs of the Season” for winter, Christmas, and Hannakuh in an eclectic mix curated by Dr. Jay Pierson.
Monday, 15 December 2025
Wrap yourself in the warmth of vinyl at 7pm ET with Vince Tillona on Drop the Needle. This week, we celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday with a special extended edition, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor in all its analog, vinyl glory.
At 8pm ET, Monday Night at the Symphony is our spotlight on the recordings of the world’s great orchestras. Tonight, we’ll hear the esteemed Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductors Jakub Hrůša, Jonathan Nott and more. See you at the symphony!
Tune in tomorrow as The Classical Station celebrates Beethoven’s birthday with beloved favorites throughout the day! Plus, music to celebrate Hanukkah, beginning at sundown ET.