Classical Music Features

• Regional Spotlight: Maneesh Apte
  The quality of student performers in the region is amazing! The 3rd place winner of the 32nd annual Young Artist Solo Competition, saxophonist and high school student Maneesh Apte plays the Alexander Glazunov Saxophone Concerto.February 21, 2013
• Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein concertizes the Midwest
  Alexander Fiterstein teaches clarinet at the University of Minnesota and his playing is electric. He begins a Midwest tour next Tuesday that includes many outstate Minnesota locations.February 21, 2013
• What Makes a Good'Pella?
  Good'Pellas, a choral group from Roseville Area High School, have been around since 2000, and have been making acclaimed performances from the Twin Cities to the national stage.February 21, 2013
• Music with Minnesotans: Laura Eash
  Laura Eash is a member of Minnesota Green Corps and serves in the City of Saint Paul's Public Works Department. She loves classical music playing while she helps plan the next bike path and pedestrian trail.February 20, 2013
• New Classical Tracks: Violin at the Movies
  The music on Nicola Benedetti's new disc all has a film connection, from the Ladies in Lavender theme to the lush violin concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.February 19, 2013
• From Bow To Baton: Violinist Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven
  After more than three decades as a soloist, violinist Joshua Bell has taken over the venerable Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, leading the orchestra in a new recording of Beethoven symphonies.February 19, 2013
• Morning Glories: Black History Month
  February is Black History Month, and this week on Morning Glories, we'll celebrate with pieces from five great black composers.February 18, 2013
• VocalEssence celebrates the legendary Marian Anderson
  On Sunday, February 17, the 2013 VocalEssence "Witness" concert pays tribute to Marian Anderson's legacy. Classical MPR's John Birge learned more from the singer who'll evoke the spirit of Anderson, Marlissa Hudson.February 15, 2013
• Slideshow: Verdi's Rigoletto from the Met
  Tune in on Saturday, February 16, at noon CT to hear as Michael Mayer's bold new production locates Verdi's tragedy of lust, betrayal, and revenge in Las Vegas in 1960.February 15, 2013
• Flicks in Five - Bette Davis
  Bette Davis was the nemesis to some Hollywood types and muse to others. Through the late 1930s and into the 1940s she was Hollywood's top leading lady, winning two Academy Awards.February 15, 2013
• Music with Minnesotans: Stuart Pimsler
  Stuart Pimsler tells me that music is not used in his dance company so much to dance to as to provide an atmosphere. Certainly atmospheric music on his classical playlist.February 13, 2013
• Joel Corelitz and The Unfinished Swan on Top Score
  Composer Joel Corelitz just received a BAFTA nomination for his score to The Unfinished Swan. Baroque-inspired sounds accompany the artful tale. Hear our conversation on the latest episode of Top Score from Classical MPR.February 13, 2013
• New Classical Tracks: Romantic Fare from a Mezzo
  Elīna Garanča's new disc traces love in its many dimensions, as revealed through opera arias for mezzo-soprano.February 12, 2013
• Flicks in Five: New Release of music from James Bond Films
  In a new release, American born Carl Davis conducts a full orchestra in the best of James Bond Movie Music.February 9, 2013
• Remembering Pioneering American Conductor, Poet And Anime Inspiration James DePreist
  Pioneering American conductor, National Medal of Arts winner and poet James DePreist died early this morning in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76 years old.February 8, 2013

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