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• Scott Alarik's "Revival"
  Scott Alarik talks about and reads excerpts from his new novel, "Revival" on Radio Heartland.February 9, 2012
• Regional Spotlight: Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Solo Competition
  The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra features a Young Artist Solo Competition. This years finalists were all wonderful high-school aged musicians from the area. Their performances from the final round of the competition, recorded at Concordia College in Moorhead on January 8, are in this week's Regional Spotlight.February 9, 2012
• Interview with Judith Lang Zaimont
  Composer Judith Zaimont and her music are the focus of a residency taking place at the U of M School of Music. Steve Staruch spoke to her about the regional premiere of her new work: Solar Traveler for Piano and Wind Orchestra.February 8, 2012
• Craig Finn Performs in the UBS Forum
  Craig Finn has been an integral part of Minnesota music since his work in Lifter Puller during the 90s, and his subsequent turn as the frontman of The Hold Steady in New York created some of indie music's most compelling and critically acclaimed records. Now Finn is taking a short breather from the full band approach to focus on a more personal and reflective style.February 8, 2012
• Music with Minnesotans: Reid McLean
  Reid McLean is an Associate Director of Major Gifts at Macalester College and he's been chomping at the bit to share some pieces on-air that we just don't play nearly enough!February 8, 2012
• New Classical Tracks - Air, The Bach Album
  On Anne Akiko Meyers' latest release, titled, "Air, A Bach Album," which celebrates the music of Bach, she experimented with a technique familiar to the world of popular music.February 8, 2012
• Video: Chad Hoopes performing Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2, II. Andante Tranquillo
  Classical MPR's 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence Chad Hoopes stopped by our studios for a performance. Enjoy this video of him performing Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 100: II. Andante TranquilloFebruary 7, 2012
• Minnesota Varsity Featured Round Chosen
  Fifteen entrants have been chosen by MPR Judges for Minnesota Varsity's Featured Round. MPR engineers will travel around the state to make a professional recording of these artists' performances, which will then be heard on Classical MPR, on air and online.February 7, 2012
• Love Notes: Send a Valentine from Classical MPR
  In celebration of Valentine's Day, hosts from Classical Minnesota Public Radio have selected their favorite love songs. Send one of these songs to your loved one with a Love Note.February 6, 2012
• The Lads in Their Hundreds: the Music of World War I - An Essay by Bill Morelock
  The popular public television series Downton Abbey has opened a window on the era of the Great War -- today somewhat obscured by time and later conflicts. For many writers, artists and other observers, World War I represented the original 20th century loss of innocence, and still resonates in the culture today. Here's a look at a few composers of the era, and how they responded to the trauma of the Great War.February 6, 2012
• Ten years between albums, The Minor Planets arrive at a transformed landscape
  It has been ten years since the Minneapolis Americana duo The Minor Planets released their first album. Now, back recording, they find a transformed music landscape.February 6, 2012
• Vicious Vicious performs in The Current studio
  Vicious Vicious features the talent of three local music mainstays: Erik Appelwick, Martin Dosh, and James Buckley. When not playing in a multitude of other projects, they reunite to record material, and the past few years have seen them hard at work at their latest self-titled effort. Releasing a self-titled album well into a band's career usually indicates a sort of reinvention of sound, and Vicious Vicious has certainly illustrated how flexible their creative direction can be.February 5, 2012
• Donizetti's Anna Bolena from The Met
  Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conducts. A behind the scenes video is also available.February 4, 2012
• Flicks in Five: Alfred Newman
  Longtime music director at 20th Century Fox and father of the studio's famous fanfare, Alfred Newman holds the distinction of winning more Oscars (9) than anyone outside of Walt Disney, AND his record for nominations is tied at John Williams at 45. If Williams is nominated next week for "War Horse" the tie is broken in regard to that!February 4, 2012
• Madonna channels Victor Cruz with salsa dance
  Madonna won't explicitly say who she's rooting for, but her spot-on salsa dance may have revealed where her allegiance lies.February 2, 2012

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