Harry Christophers gave his choir the name The Sixteen to suggest that they weren't bound to any single historical period. Their new disc, "A Mother's Love," lives up to that goal, with pieces spanning 10 centuries and half a dozen countries -- all commemorating the Virgin Mary. (05/13/2008)

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra could have a new concert hall at the Ordway Center, under a new proposal from the St. Paul Arts Partnership. (05/07/2008)

The death of Johannes Brahms' mother was the catalyst for a groundbreaking new take on the Requiem; one that disregarded the established structure and traditional text of the Requiem Mass, and drew instead from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible. (05/06/2008)

Mihaela Ursuleasa is a commanding pianist and one of the biggest talents in the piano world. (05/02/2008)

Tuba player Daniel Larson of St. Olaf College is one of the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition winners. He stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to share his musical talents. (05/02/2008)

Several winners of the Schubert Club's Scholarship Competition visited Minnesota Public Radio to share their artistry. Among them is soprano Caitlin Cisler, a grad student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (05/01/2008)

Guitarist Stephen Krishnan, 16, of Mounds View High School, is one of the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition winners. He stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to share his musical talents. (04/30/2008)

Gil Shaham's new disc presents two violin concertos -- one a 19th-century standard, the other written 80 years later in Communist China -- but both cast in lush romantic style. (04/29/2008)

Several winners of the Schubert Club's Scholarship Competition visited Minnesota Public Radio to share their artistry. Among them is pianist Teresa Yang, 16, of St. Paul Central High School. (04/29/2008)

Several winners of the Schubert Club's Scholarship Competition visited Minnesota Public Radio to share their artistry. Among them is violinist Emily Anderson, 17, of Stillwater High School. (04/28/2008)

"A haunted landscape" is how Osvaldo Golijov describes the Schubert songs he arranged for soprano Dawn Upshaw and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. The composer and singer stopped by Minnesota Public Radio, listened to the original versions of the songs and explained how they made them their own. (04/25/2008)

On his latest disc, tenor Rolando Villazon has delved into operatic scores from 19th century Italy, many of them unfamiliar even to opera buffs. His criteria? "If my heart beat faster, then I chose it." (04/22/2008)

The Twin Cities choral group VocalEssence will celebrate its 40th anniversary season in 2008-09 with a tour of England and a collaboration with six of Minnesota's most prestigious professional and community choirs. (04/20/2008)

Gao Hong is the master of the ancient Chinese lute known as the pipa. Since arriving in Minnesota, she's taken the instrument into surprising new territories by collaborating with musicians from a diverse range of cultures and traditions. She's making her Carnegie Hall debut this month. (04/18/2008)

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon is becoming a regular presence in the Twin Cities classical music and theater scene. He's back in town for a production of his music-theater-dance work, "Orpheus and Euridice." (04/17/2008)