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• Regional Spotlight: Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite
  As the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plans to say farewell to Artistic Partner Douglas Boyd next week, Classical Minnesota Public Radio is featuring some of his most memorable performances of the last six seasons.September 17, 2009
• Red Pens perform in The Current studios
  Red Pens are Howard W. Hamilton III and Laura F. Bennet. The duo met when a friend introduced them to work on an art project. Their unique sound and ambitious schedule of weekly shows has made them one of the most talked about bands in the Twin Cities.September 17, 2009
• Jake Armerding on Radio Heartland
  Singer songwriter Jake Armerding performs on Radio Heartland.September 17, 2009
• Langhorne Slim performs live in The Current studios
  Taking his moniker from his birth place, Langhorne, PA, folk singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim (nee Sean Scolnick) now calls many places home including Portland, OR, California, and Brooklyn, NY.September 16, 2009
• Douglas Boyd waves farewell to the SPCO
  His musician colleagues call him "Dougie," but Douglas Boyd is all about hard work in rehearsals and concerts. That has allowed him to forge a strong connection with the SPCO and audiences for the six years of his artistic partnership. He bids adieu to Minnesota this month.September 16, 2009
• Megafaun performs live in The Current studios
  Megafaun, the Durham, North Carolina - by way of Eau Claire, Wisconsin - trio of brothers Brad and Phil Cook and friend Joe Westerlund have been making music since Jazz Camp in 1997.September 15, 2009
• Mason Jennings live in The Current studio
  With the release of his eighth album "Blood of Man," Mason Jennings is exploring a world that is remarkably foreign from the one he has called home for seven previous albums. While the electric guitar is in no way a new piece of futuristic equipment, Mason has used it to create a sound that is a bit darker and edgier than anything he has done before.September 15, 2009
• Roger McGuinn, a founding father of folk
  After 50 years in music, Roger McGuinn is credited with founding the jangly guitar sound of the 60s supergroup he founded, the Byrds. He continues to tour, perform and record a folk song every week to pay homage to his roots.Midmorning, September 15, 2009
• New Classical Tracks: Schubert revisited
  Conductor JoAnn Falletta presents a Schubert quartet, arranged for orchestra, and a completed version of the "Unfinished" Symphony.September 14, 2009
• Regina Spektor performs live in The Current studio
  Playing the piano has always been a part of Russian-born Regina Spektor's life. She grew up in a family of musicians with her father, a violinist, and her mother, a music professor. She took piano lessons in Russia until 1989 when her family moved via Austria and Italy to the Bronx, where she continued studying classical piano.September 11, 2009
• New Classical Tracks: A moving 'Transmigration'
  Contemporary American composers take up themes of loss and remembrance on a new disc from the Atlanta Symphony.September 8, 2009
• Mahler letters
  Earlier this year at the Twin Cities airport, representatives of the Schubert Club and the New York Philharmonic met for a brief moment to exchange a packet of letters written by Gustav Mahler to his handpicked concertmaster, when Mahler served as the Philharmonic's director in the early 1900s.September 5, 2009
• Mark Mallman performs live from the Minnesota State Fair
  Following the August release of, "Invincible Criminal," Mark Mallman graced our broadcast booth at the Minnesota State Fair to play us some songs and shoot some thoughts around with Mary Lucia.September 3, 2009
• A Perfect Storm: Hitler, Hollywood and the great emigre musicians
  Hitler's unwitting gift to America: a gathering of Europe's great musicians in Southern California.September 2, 2009
• Chris Koza performs live at the Minnesota State Fair
  Chris Koza has been keeping busy with his band since his 2008 release, "The Dark, Delirious Morning," and we're excited to invite him to the Current State Fair stage! Check out this live interview and music session featuring Koza's passionate pop-folk style.September 2, 2009

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