Classical Music Features

• Morning Glories: New year, new works
  We're noting the start of a new year with some starter works - or at least, Opus Ones - by great composers, plus a notable recording from 2012 for the end of the year.December 31, 2012
• Minnesota Varsity: Where Are They Now? - Brianna Drevlow
  We recently caught up with former Minnesota Varsity Featured and Showcase Artists, including Brianna Drevlow, who's studying Piano Performance and Theory/Composition and Film in college.December 30, 2012
• Slideshow: Ades's The Tempest from the Met
  Tune in on Saturday, December 29 at noon CT to hear a performance of Adés' The Tempest from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.December 28, 2012
• Music with Minnesotans: Rob Zeaske
  Rob Zeaske is the CEO of Second Harvest Heartland which recognizes food as our most basic necessity. Rob's mission is to ensure Minnesotans are fed and his playlist reflects a feeding of the soul.December 26, 2012
• New Classical Tracks: Beethoven's Piano Duets
  Two pianists can share one keyboard -- but it takes a bit of doing, especially when dealing with the kind of pianos Beethoven would have known. Amy and Sara Hamann discuss the delicate dance of piano-duet playing.December 25, 2012
• Minnesota Varsity: Where Are They Now? - Ellen Christensen
  We recently caught up with former Minnesota Varsity Featured and Showcase Artists, including singer Ellen Christensen: "Being a part of Minnesota Varsity gave me great performance experience."December 23, 2012
• A Chanticleer Christmas
  A Chanticleer Christmas is American Public Media's one-hour celebration of the season as told through the glorious voices of Chanticleer, the 12-voice San Francisco-based men's choir.December 22, 2012
• Slideshow: Rossini's Barber of Seville from the Met
  This weekend, the Metropolitan Opera notes the holiday weekend with a special performance of Rossini's Barber of Seville. Enjoy a slideshow from the production and tune into Classical MPR at noon on Saturday, December 22nd to hear it.December 22, 2012
• Top Score: The South American Sounds of Papo & Yo
  Papo & Yo turned out to be one of the most emotional experiences I've had as a gamer. While I feel as though I say that more and more, it's a trend I wholeheartedly embrace.December 21, 2012
• Light in the Darkness: Abbie Betinis writes a new Christmas Carol for troubled times
  Composer Abbie Betinis and Friends perform a new carol for 2012December 21, 2012
• Handel's Messiah performed by the Minnesota Orchestra
  If you've heard Handel's Messiah a hundred times - or perhaps never - you're in for something special Friday, December 21 at 8 p.m. This is a Messiah for those who've heard it countless times, or who want to discover for the first time why this piece is so beloved.December 21, 2012
• Regional Spotlight: Holiday Concerts
  Steve Staruch presents regional holiday music from recent performances.December 20, 2012
• New Classical Tracks: From Heavenly Harmony
  A new disc by the ensemble Ludus Baroque -- their name means "play" -- revels in Handel's Song for St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music.December 18, 2012
• Childhood of Christ by Hector Berlioz
  Berlioz's gentle, sublime oratorio tells the story of Christ's birth and the holy family's journey across Egypt. It is a rarely performed masterpiece, one of only a handful of Berlioz works written for chamber orchestra.December 17, 2012
• On Beethoven's Birthday, The Three Periods
  It was not long after Beethoven's death that people began to talk about "three periods" in his music. Despite the obvious simplifications involved, this division continues to be used and discussed today.December 16, 2012

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