Five O’Clock Favorite
Every weekday at 5:00 PM PT
Every weekday at 5:00 PM PT, All Classical Radio and host Christa Wessel invite listeners to be part of the programming. During the Five O’Clock Favorite, you’ll hear a listener-suggested piece of music along with a personal story about their choice. With pieces that are fun and familiar, music for remembrance and reflection, and everything in between, the Five O’Clock Favorite is a perfect way to ease your commute, end your workday, or start off your evening soundtrack on All Classical Radio.
Your Host
Christa Wessel
Weekdays at 5:00, you’ll find me in my happy place on the radio: sharing your Five O’Clock Favorite. This special program is an opportunity for me to celebrate listeners’ memories and favorite pieces of classical music. Our stories connect us to each other, and this daily segment allows us to hear what’s in the hearts of our friends and neighbors. I hope you’ll submit your suggestion for a future Five O’Clock Favorite!
Submit your favorite piece:
Suggestions are easiest to honor if they’re 20 minutes or less.
Around Halloween we hear a lot of music evocative of the season. Lieutenant Kije is, to me, the original Invisible Man, celebrated in this beautiful suite by Prokofiev and based on Prokofiev's score for a movie titled Lieutenant Kije. The film depicts a clerical error in which the name, Lieutenant Kije, is entered into the attendance rolls of a military company--an error because there is no person by this name. When the mistake is discovered, rather than admitting the error, there is an elaborate effort made to create Kije and to provide him with a detailed backstory. The Invisible Man, indeed.