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.
My Dad built a stereo amplifier from a kit when I was 9. This album was a new RCA Victor Red Seal recording and it was one of his first purchases for his new music system. The liner notes were by Deems Taylor, the well-known composer and critic of that time. The notes explained what I was hearing on the recording, in literal terms that a 9 year-old could understand. I listened to that record over and over, and pored over the liner notes. It was my introduction to classical music. And the album art (a young woman in a leotard, holding a clarinet, perched on E-flat of a very large piano keyboard) certainly caught my eye, too! I became a Gershwin fan, and my love of classical music was born right there.