Five O’Clock Favorite
Every weekday at 5pm 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.
This piece always reminds me of my mother. She was a brilliant pianist who had received a scholarship to Julliard when she was 17. She gave it up to marry my father, but never quit playing the piano. Growing up we were always blessed when she sat down to play, and this song was always one of my favorites. She passed away when I was 14, and the piano playing stopped. When I listen to All Classical, it is like having a piece of my mother back. You play so much of the music that she used to play. She has been gone for 45 years now, and how I wished we had the technology then like we do now. I would have recorded her whenever she played. So, friends and fellow listeners... if you have a musical genius in the family, or even a non-genius, make sure you get those recordings. Time is precious, and you never know what is around the corner.