Classical Music Features

• Pets and music: one degree of separation?
  Can music really soothe the savage beast? Lynne Warfel explores how pets and other animals respond to music, with some surprising conclusions.January 11, 2013
• New Group in Town: Minnesota Bach Ensemble
  They're the newest group in town - the Minnesota Bach Ensemble - and artistic director Andrew Altenbach believes we can never have too many interpretations of this gorgeous, complex music and is set to show us why.January 10, 2013
• Regional Spotlight: Violist, Kate Hamilton
  Violist Kate Hamilton from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota has a busy recital schedule this January. She has several performances scheduled in Italy. Her brilliant musicianship is on display in this week's Regional Spotlight.January 10, 2013
• Music with Minnesotans: Dianne Brown
  Dianne Brown works at the downtown post office in Saint Paul and knows all of us classical hosts by name. When we're sending packages, she can really talk the talk about classical because she listens enthusiastically and as often as she can.January 9, 2013
• New Classical Tracks: Alan Gilbert's Nielsen
  Alan Gilbert became the music director of the New York Philharmonic in 2009. In their new disc, they're taking up a composer whom the Orchestra, Gilbert says, was "made for."January 8, 2013
• Morning Glories: Youth Orchestras
  Every weekday morning at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a stand-out work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories. This week is centered around youth orchestras in recognition of the impending Minnesota Varsity deadline.January 8, 2013
• Cantus talk in-depth about their new album
  Aaron Humble and Adam Reinwald of Cantus discuss several of the pieces featured on their latest recording, including why they chose to perform them and how they fit into the album's overall theme and message.January 7, 2013
• Minnesota Varsity: Where Are They Now? - Aria Stiles
  We recently caught up with former Minnesota Varsity Featured and Showcase Artists, including violinist Aria Stiles: "Since Spring 2012, I have completely changed states, weather, and styles of music."January 6, 2013
• The Beauty of 'Madrigale' with the Stillwater Area High School Orchestra program
  By reputation, Stillwater Area High School's orchestra program is one of the best in the nation. Find out for yourself what makes them sound so incredible, with their rendition of Carl Bohm's Madrigal.January 4, 2013
• Slideshow: Berlioz's Les Troyens from The Met
  Tune in at to Classical MPR at 11 a.m. CST as the Met offers a rare opportunity to experience Berlioz's vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003.January 4, 2013
• Regional Spotlight: Ray Shows plays Mozart
  Ray Shows of the Artaria Quartet teaches at St Olaf College, where, from a November 2012 recital, he performs the Mozart, Violin Sonata in E Minor with pianist John Jensen.January 3, 2013
• Minnesota Orchestra, SPCO musicians, negotiate with management today
  Later today representatives of locked out musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will sit down with representatives of their respective managements to negotiate.January 2, 2013
• Music with Minnesotans: Bill Summerville
  He is the guy when it comes to wines. Sommelier Bill Summerville's "pairings" of music will satisfy the most discerning appetites.January 2, 2013
• Was 2012 The Year That American Orchestras Hit The Wall?
  2012 will go down as a year of orchestral turmoil in the U.S.: Strikes, lockouts and bankruptcies erupted time and again as once seemingly untouchable institutions struggled financially.January 1, 2013
• New Classical Tracks: "On the Shoulders of Giants" - From Notre Dame to Bollywood
  The latest disc from the singers of Cantus begins with the so-called "Notre Dame" school of the Middle Ages, and makes its way to music by an Indian film composer.January 1, 2013

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