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 husband and I love Debussy, and we were frequent concert goers. He died last year, a couple of months after we celebrated our 60th anniversary. To keep my memory of him alive I go to the Sunday morning concerts of ChatterPDX almost every week. I love their amazing performers and the intimate and relaxed atmosphere of their concerts which always combine contemporary composers from Portland and elsewhere with traditional classics. I was delighted a few weeks ago when they presented this piece by Debussy which I don't remember having listened before. Alicia, Amanda and Matthew, the principals of flute, viola and harp of the Oregon Symphony were superb! I name them by their first names only because I sat so close to them I felt they were my close friends bringing back the love of my life.