Classical Music Features

• The Choral Countdown: Vote Now!
  In honor of our "Voices of Spring" choral month, we at Classical MPR are asking you, the listeners, to tell us which choral compositions are you favorite.April 8, 2013
• Morning Glories: Choral Symphony
  Beethoven pioneered the idea, but Berlioz gave it a name: choral symphony. This week, we'll hear five pieces that give the chorus an equal role to the instruments to convey the drama of the music.April 8, 2013
• Flicks in Five: Steven Spielberg
  Steven Spielberg is one of Hollywood's most powerful director-producers, and we're taking a look at his early career and his Oscar wins.April 6, 2013
• Live from the Met: Das Rheingold
  Tune in at 12:00 p.m. on April 6 for a live broadcast of Wagner's Das Rheingold from the Metropolitan Opera, and enjoy a slideshow from the production.April 5, 2013
• Under the Bridge with Cantus
  As part of our Voices of Spring choral music programming through the month of April, we're highlighting some of the more stunning performances from our archive. Here, vocal ensemble Cantus tests out the acoustics underneath the bridge by Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.April 5, 2013
• Regional Spotlight: Choral Ensembles Old & New
  Three choral ensembles share the regional spotlight this week as Classical MPR begins Choral Month.April 4, 2013
• Singing The Praises Of Pre-Dawn Walks
  Winter Morning Walks, an album featuring jazz composer Maria Schneider and soprano Dawn Upshaw, revolves around meditations on nature and beauty by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. All three artists have had battles with cancer -- when, Schneider says, 'everything in life becomes heightened.'April 3, 2013
• Music with Minnesotans: Mary Ann Pulk
  In April we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Choral Stream. Guests this month are all choral fanatics and we start with the Executive Director of VocalEssence, Mary Ann Pulk (also a stunning English horn player!)April 3, 2013
• New Classical Tracks: "Annelies" Recounts the Story of Anne Frank
  The diary of Anne (Annelies) Frank has inspired artists in many fields. Composer James Whitbourn's work is the first major choral setting of her diary.April 2, 2013
• Carnegie Hall Live - Jonathan Biss and The Elias String Quartet
  In an art form filled with tortured souls, Robert Schumann stands out -- even more than 150 years after his death. Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 7 p.m. hear one of America's finest young pianists and an emerging English string quartet play music by the visionary composer, as well as music by Mozart and artists Schumann influenced.April 2, 2013
• Jeremy Soule Uses Kickstarter to Fund His First Symphony
  Kickstarter is a website allowing consumers to fund projects, including movies, games, conferences and everything else in between. "Skyrim" composer Jeremy Soule decided to use it to fund writing, recording and performing his Symphony No. 1.April 1, 2013
• On a Clear Morning with flutist Immanuel Davis
  It's music played on the instrument it was written for, silvery, scintillating, effortless playing by Immanuel Davis on an 1865 Louis Lot.April 1, 2013
• Morning Glories: The King's College Choir
  As we launch Voices of Spring (our choral emphasis in April), and look forward to the appearance of the King's College Choir, we'll hear five recordings by the Choir, including their latest release.April 1, 2013
• Flicks in Five: Humphrey Bogart
  While Casablanca made Humphrey Bogart a star before he met Lauren Bacall, it was their famous off-screen love affair that fired their on-screen chemistry.March 30, 2013
• La Traviata, Live from the Met
  Tune in at 11:30 a.m. on March 30 for a live broadcast of Verdi's "La Traviata" from the Metropolitan Opera. Whatever the shortcomings of its very first performance, Verdi gave "La Traviata" all the elements needed to endow it with lasting success.March 29, 2013

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