BSPR Music Classical

BSPR Music Classical is a US-based station that refuses to be a museum. It programs Bach and Mozart but also living composers like Caroline Shaw and Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Expect to hear Beethoven's late string quartets alongside Steve Reich's early tape loops. Daytime is accessible. Nighttime gets weird. The presenters speak with warmth and authority, never condescending. They don't overexplain. The sound at 128kbps handles the dynamics of a full symphony well. Classical radio in the United States often plays it safe, sticking to the same Vivaldi and Pachelbel. BSPR challenges that every day.…