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.
In the U.S. Memorial day is often thought of as the beginning of the summer and is celebrated with cooking on the grill and having backyard parties... as a time to relax and be with friends and relatives. However there is a grim side to this holiday that is too often overlooked: it is a holiday honoring our men and women killed in war. I ask that Hymn to the Fallen be played on Memorial day in honor of all the soldiers, sailors, marines, air force, and coast guard men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. This hymn by John Williams was part of the musical score for Steven Spielberg's film, Saving Private Ryan, and is a beautiful remembrance of those men and women who died on D-Day and during WW II. My dad was in the U.S. Army in WW II as part of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He fought in the European Theatre of Operations under General Bradly. Like most of those soldiers he would not talk about the war. What they saw and experienced was a horror that most of us have fortunately not had to experience. They were part of what Franklin Roosevelt called The Greatest Generation. That generation is almost gone now. I ask that we give remembrance and honor these men and women who died in that war as well as all other wars the U.S. has fought. May we never forget their sacrifice.