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 1966, I was on the fastest motorcycle race track in Oklahoma, practicing for an upcoming event. I was going quite fast... at the end of the straightaway I did 85mph. On dirt that was plenty.
But another bike pulled out of the pits -square in front of me- right at that fastest point. I will never, ever understand why he did that, but I hit his bike so hard it split the steel frame and took it out from under him like jerking the table cloth out from under the dishes. He got a bump on his knee. but they tell me I flew 200' through the air and landed on my face. I woke up from a coma 4-1/2 days later.
I remained in a real fog until I was sitting with friends trying to figure what happened, where I was, until someone turned on the radio to a classical station. There it was: the 2nd Movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony! So indelibly imprinted, it brought me home.