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.
(Artist's name is pronounced: COLE'm Mackon-Om-ruh)
I found this artist while following a band he was playing in and picked up his solo album at a show ... the album was described as 'contemporary Irish classical' and I was in love with it immediately, though it wasn't anything like the band I went to see. He plays violin, and the moods that pass through it and him and the audience as he plays creates a kind of magic that pulls you along and over and through whatever you thought you were doing before and when it ends, it lands you in the lap of the next moment feeling uplifted and bereft - wondering how you will go on with the song over. It is addictive, yet you can't overdose. Enjoy the whole album (and his next one) and wait impatiently with me for him to make another.