Category Archive: On the air

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:20 PM on May 21, 2013 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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Highlights from May 21 to 28

Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Kelly Carter and Tricia Morgan-Brist of ACME (Advocates of Community through Musical Excellence).
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The NDSU Concert Choir and Wind Symphony in Jocelyn Hagen's Swimming into Winter.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Appalachian Spring and Carmina Burana, with the Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Boychoir, and soloists.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Pipedreams Live! Rochester, Part 1 (encore).
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays Shostakovich, Prokofiev,and Korngold.
Monday, 8 pm: Café Europa: Dan Chouinard and guests, in stories and songs of a trip through Europe which follows the path of American troops in WWII.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 5:13 PM on May 14, 2013 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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Highlights from May 14 to 21

Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Jim Waldo, a founding member of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Brasil Guitar Duo.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads music of Prokofiev, Mozart, and Sibelius.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A Wagner Bicentennial Celebration.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Chris Thile, mandolin, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: C. P. E. Bach and Haydn (end of regular broadcast season).

On the Air This Week

Posted at 9:21 AM on May 8, 2013 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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Highlights from May 7 to 14

Tuesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Varsity Showcase Artists Concert.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Hennepin County Judge Elizabeth Cutter.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Minnesota Sinfonia and pianist Inna Faliks play Mendelssohn.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads music of Linkola and Mahler.
Saturday, 10am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Götterdämmerung (final broadcast of season).
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Going Organic.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra plays two Beethoven symphonies.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Steven Copes plays the Korngold Violin Concerto; also, works of Scarlatti, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 5:00 PM on April 30, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 30 to May 7

Tuesday, 8 pm: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, with the St. Olaf Orchestra, St. Olaf Chapel Choir, Magnum Chorum, Anima and soloists.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Grace Tangjerd Schmitt of Guild Incorporated.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The St. Olaf Band.
Friday,8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski leads Bruckner's Eighth.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: French Sweets.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Philadelphia Orchestra plays at Carnegie Hall under Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Wagner, Beethoven, Veress and Haydn, with soprano Christine Brewer.
Tuesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Varsity Showcase Artists Concert.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:58 AM on April 23, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 23 to 30

Tuesday, 8 pm: The Choir of Clare College Choir, recorded in St. Paul.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Pete and Carol Parshall.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Singers: Minnesota Choral Artists, and the Bach Society of Minnesota.
Friday,8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Mark Wigglesworth leading music of Berkeley and Ravel.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Handel's Giulio Cesare.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Museum Pieces Revisited.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Debussy and Stravinsky.
Sunday, 5 pm: Minnesota Varsity Showcase Concert, live from the Fitzgerald Theater.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Dennehy's If He Died, What Then (with Dawn Upshaw); also, works of Tippett, Britten, and Beethoven.
Tuesday, 8 pm: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, with the St. Olaf Orchestra, St. Olaf Chapel Choir, Magnum Chorum, Anima and soloists.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:56 PM on April 16, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 16 to 23

Tuesday, 8 pm: The Choir of St. Thomas Church (New York), recorded in Minneapolis.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Bob Oganovic, who sings in the Minnesota Chorale and at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The St. Olaf Choir.
Friday,7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Dresden Staatskapelle.
Saturday, 11 am Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Siegfried.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: April Love.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Paul Goodwin conducts performances which include a sonata by Muffat and a serenade by Brahms.
Tuesday, 8 pm: The Choir of Clare College Choir, recorded in St. Paul.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:29 PM on April 9, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 9 to 16

Tuesday, 8 pm: The Westminster Cathedral Choir, recorded in Collegeville.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Gayle Ober, of the George Family Foundation.
Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Opera: Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: VocalEssence and From Age to Age.
Friday,8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Ginastera, Stephenson (his Violin Concerto, with Jennifer Frautschi), and Beethoven.
Saturday, 11 am Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Die Walküre.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Sounds from Sweden.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Chamber music of Kurtág and Mozart.
Tuesday, 8 pm: The Choir of St. Thomas Church (New York), recorded in Minneapolis.

Highlights from April 2 to 9

Posted at 2:08 PM on April 2, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Tuesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Executive Director of VocalEssence, Mary Ann Pulk.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Academy of Voices, the Gregorian Singers, and the Mirandola Ensemble.
Thursday, 8 pm: The King's College Choir of Cambridge, England, live from the Saint Paul Cathedral.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Antheil, Paulus, Adams, and Ravel.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Das Rheingold.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Earning the Prize.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: American chamber music, and a string symphony by Mendelssohn.
Tuesday, 8 pm: The Westminster Cathedral Choir, recorded in Collegeville.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:49 PM on March 26, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 26 to April 2

Tuesday, 7 pm: Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, with the South Dakota Chorale.
Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Marina and Evgeny Liberman, from St. Paul's Moscow on the Hill.
Wednesday, 6 pm: Reflections on Holy Week, with Dale Warland.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Recorded at the American Choral Directors Association conference in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Boychoir, the Concordia Choir, and a mass-choir finale.
Thursday, 7 pm: The Rose Ensemble and Voces8 in the Mass by Renaissance master Gery de Ghersem.
Friday,7 pm: Bach's St. Matthew Passion, with the King's College Choir.
Saturday, 11:30 am: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's La Traviata.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Let the Round Earth Rejoice
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sunday, 8 pm: From Darkness to Light: A Celebration of Easter Sunday.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Tuesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:05 PM on March 19, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 19 to March 26

Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Paul Danicic, from Friends of the Boundary Waters.
Wednesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: The Berlin Philharmonic.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: David Finckel and Wu Han play Brahms at a Schubert Club/Music in the Park concert.
Thursday, 7 pm: Bach's B Minor Mass with the National Lutheran Choir (live broadcast).
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music of Hindemith, Ravel, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
Saturday, 11 amnoon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's La Forza del Destino (archival broadcast).
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Bach, Old and New
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Haydn and Handel Society, in Handel's Israel in Egypt.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Frank Martin and Beethoven, with conductor/pianist Christian Zacharias.
Tuesday, 7 pm: Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, with the South Dakota Chorale.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:21 PM on March 12, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 12 to March 19

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The South Dakota Chorale sings Bach's motet Jesu, meine Freude.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonies by Schubert and Rachmaninoff.
Saturday, 9 am: Bach Bash.
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Maximum Reger Finesse and Fury
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic, with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and violinist Gil Shaham.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Clyne, Kim, and Schubert.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:24 AM on March 6, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 6 to March 12

Wednesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Ensemble Matheus.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The St. Thomas Choir (New York), performing music of Tallis at St. Mark's Cathedral in Minneapolis.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Gilbert Varga leads works by Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Schumann.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Don Carlo.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: In the News.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 2 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: La Pasión Según san Marcos, by Osvaldo Golijov.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Scriabin, Bridge, Schoenberg and Berg.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:37 PM on February 26, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 26 to March 6

Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Opera: Massenet's Werther.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Ancia Saxophone Quartet and Wayzata Symphony Orchestra play Philip Glass.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music of Sibelius, Szymanowski, and Kodály.
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Parsifal.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Thomas Trotter!
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The London Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Valery Gergiev and soprano Renée Fleming.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Dima Slobodeniuk leads music of Beethoven, Lindberg and Sibelius.
Wednesday, March 6, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Ensemble Matheus.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:49 PM on February 19, 2013 by Rex Levang (1 Comments)
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Highlights from Feb. 19 to Feb. 26

Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Laura Eash, of Minnesota Green Corps.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Saxophonist Maneesh Apte, a winner in the Young Artist Solo Competition of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads music of Kernis, Beethoven, and Sibelius.
Saturday, 11:30 am: Metropolitan Opera: Bizet's Carmen.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Passacaglia
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra play Liszt, Prokofiev, and Beethoven.
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits: Bill Morelock and Lynne Warfel talk movie music.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Baroque music, with pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:20 PM on February 12, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 12 to Feb. 19

Wednesday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: Stuart Pimsler, choreographer.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Ravel, Stravinsky, and Rachmaninoff; Mark Wigglesworth conducts.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Some American Classics
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Charles Dutoit leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits: Bill Morelock and Lynne Warfel talk movie music.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke, and Tchaikovsky.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:50 PM on February 5, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 5 to Feb. 12

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Cellist Dmitry Kouzov and the Minnesota Sinfonia play Haydn.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Liszt, Richard Strauss, and Berlioz.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti's Elixir of Love.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: In the Big Apple
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic.
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits: Bill Morelock and Lynne Warfel talk movie music.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Chamber music of Kagel, Ives, Piston, and Rorem.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 9:30 AM on January 30, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5

Wednesday, 3 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Musical theater enthusiast Bartley Stratton.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Music to mark the centennial of the College of St. Scholastica, with Shelly Gruskin leading the Centennial Orchestra, the Twin Ports Choral Project and St. Scholastica Concert Choir.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Barber, Gershwin, and Bartók.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Rossini's Le Comte Ory.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Give 'em Elmore.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits: Bill Morelock and Lynne Warfel talk movie music.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Schubert and Weill, with vocal ensemble Cantus.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:27 PM on January 22, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 22 to 29

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Educational psychologist Bob Jorczak.
Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Opera: Silent Night, by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: One Voice Mixed Chorus.
Friday 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads the Beethoven Violin Concerto (with Lisa Batiashvili) and two Sibelius symphonies.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Our Spanish Steps.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with violinist Janine Jansen.
Sunday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Renée Fleming, soprano, and Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Seasons, by Haydn.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:09 PM on January 15, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 15 to 22

Thursday, noon hour: Music with Minnesotans: hip-hop dancer B-Boy J-Sun.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Flanders Recorder Quartet, recorded in St. Cloud.
Thursday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads music of Grieg, Lundquist, and Sibelius.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Chorale Preludes.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Daniel Harding leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: All-Mozart program with Christian Zacharias and Isabel Leonard.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:26 PM on January 8, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 8 to 15

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Dianne Brown, of the downtown St. Paul post office.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Violist Kate Hamilton and pianist Jay Hershberger, from Concordia College in Moorhead.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Elgar, Schumann, and Walton.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Il Trovatore.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Women at Work.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with violinist Hilary Hahn.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Edo de Waart leads a program of Stravinsky and Beethoven.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:23 AM on January 2, 2013 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 2 to 8, 2013

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Bill Summerville, pairing music and wines.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Violinist Ray Shows and pianist John Jensen play Mozart.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: An all-Brahms program, with the Minnesota Chorale.
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Les Troyens, by Berlioz
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: An Organist's Yearbook.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Works of Mozart and Enesco.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:56 PM on December 24, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 24, 2012, to Jan. 1, 2013

Monday, 5 pm: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge, England.
Monday, 11 am: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.
Monday, 5 pm: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge, England.
Tuesday, 5 pm: Welcome Christmas!, with VocalEssence.
Tuesday, 7 pm: Echoes of Christmas, with the Dale Warland Singers.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Magnum Chorum.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Andrew Litton, conducting music of Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
Saturday, 12 noon: Metropolitan Opera: Thomas Adès: The Tempest.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: From English Chapels and Cathedrals.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Oslo Philharmonic.
Tuesday, 10 am: Vienna New Year's.

Highlights from Dec.18 to 25

Posted at 1:41 PM on December 18, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Tuesday, 7 pm: Slavic Wonders, with the Rose Ensemble.
Wednesday, 11 am: Saint Olaf Christmas Festival.
Wednesday, 6 pm: Taste of the Holidays, vol. 3.
Thursday, 11 am: Christmas with Luther College.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Choral Arts Ensemble, Magnum Chorum, Minnesota Symphonic Winds, and the Mirandola Ensemble.
Thursday, 7 pm: Advent Vespers.
Friday, 11 am: Today, Heaven Sings, with the musicians of Concordia College, Moorhead.
Friday 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Handel's Messiah.
Saturday, 12 noon: Metropolitan Opera: Rossini's Barber of Seville, (abridged holiday presentation).
Saturday, 4 pm: A Chanticleer Christmas.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: An American Organist's Christmas.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Rotterdam Philharmonic in The Nutcracker.
Monday, 9 am: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge, England
Monday, 11 am: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.
Monday, 5 pm: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge, England.
Tuesday, 5 pm: Welcome Christmas!, with VocalEssence.
Tuesday, 7 pm: Echoes of Christmas, with the Dale Warland Singers.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:01 PM on December 11, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 11 to Dec. 18

Tuesday, 7 pm: Welcome Christmas!, with VocalEssence.
Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Actor and singer Dane Stauffer.
Wednesday, 7 pm: Candles Burning Brightly.
Thursday, 11 am: Cantus, live at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, I Cantanti, The Singers, and the National Lutheran Choir.
Thursday, 7 pm: Christmas with Luther College.
Friday, 7 pm: Minnesota Choral Christmas.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads a program of Prokofiev, Aho, and Brahms.
Saturday, 12 noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi: Aida.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: International Holiday Sampler.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, in Brahms, Wagner, and Richard Strauss.
Monday, 7 pm: A Chanticleer Christmas.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Childhood of Christ, by Berlioz.
Tuesday, 7 pm: Slavic Wonders, with the Rose Ensemble.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:28 AM on December 4, 2012 by Rex Levang (2 Comments)
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Highlights from Dec. 4 to Dec. 11

Tuesday, 7 pm: Slavic Wonders, with the Rose Ensemble.
Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Robert Gardner of the Minnesota Ballet.
Wednesday, 7 pm: Echoes of Christmas, with the Dale Warland Singers.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Music from Augsburg Advent Vespers,the Gregorian Singers, the Edina Chorale, the Mill City String Quartet, the Singers, and the Summer Singers.
Thursday, 7 pm: Advent Voices.
Friday,7 pm: Today, Heaven Sings, with the Concordia College Choir.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Enescu, MacMillan, and Rachmaninoff.
Saturday, 12 noon: Metropolitan Opera: A Masked Ball, by Verdi.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Noëls and Chorales.
Sunday, 12 noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic under Robin Ticciati.
Monday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:54 PM on November 27, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Actor Ryan Shipley.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From Cuba, Schola Cantorum Carolina.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: An all-Brahms program, with Osmo Vänskä and James Ehnes.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Open Microphone.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Sunday, 3 pm: Saint Olaf Christmas Festival, live from Northfield
Sunday, 5 pm: Advent Voices.
Monday, 7 pm: Hollywood Holiday.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Baroque music, including Bach's Concerto BWV 1056, with pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias
Tuesday, 7 pm: Slavic Wonders, with the Rose Ensemble./

Highlights from Nov. 20 to 27

Posted at 9:23 AM on November 20, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Mary Lee, executive director of Cantus.
Thursday, 9 am: Giving Thanks.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From Moorhead, the Concordia Choir.
Thursday, 5 pm: Thanksgiving with Cantus.
Thursday, 6 pm: Giving Thanks (repeat).
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music of Falla, Piazzolla and Copland. Robert Spano conducts.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The American Muse.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, with Steven Copes in the Korngold Violin Concerto
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Debussy, and Ravel, with soprano Dawn Upshaw.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:36 PM on November 14, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 14 to 20

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans. Park Square Theatre's Steven Lockwood.
Wednesday,8 pm: Minnesota Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From a Chopin Society recital, pianist Lukas Vondracek.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Britten, Sibelius (the Violin Concerto with Midori) and Debussy.
Saturday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: John Eliot Gardiner leads Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: David Briggs.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Respighi, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Three of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:14 PM on November 6, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 6 to 13

Wednesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Belcea String Quartet.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Minnesota Sinfonia led by Jay Fishman.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Britten, Stravinsky, and Beethoven.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: New from New Mexico.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Mahler's Third, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: John Adams, Hindemith, and Mendelssohn.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:16 PM on October 30, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Graphic artist Sam Hiti.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Mozart, from the Bridge Chamber Music Festival in Northfield.
Friday: Minnesota Orchestra: Beethoven Skrowaczewski, and Brahms.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Man from Alsace.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and pianist David Fray.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:40 AM on October 23, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 23 to 30

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Billy McLaughlin, guitarist.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Recorded in August, the MMEA All-State Mixed Choir led by Rollo Dilworth.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Gilbert Varga conducts a program of Rossini, Walton, and Dvorak.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Minnesota Music.
Sunday, noon: From the Top: today's program includes Minnesota Varsity artist Xavier Jara.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Berlin Philharmonic.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Adams, Strauss.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:23 PM on October 16, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 16 to 23

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Eric Nilsson.
Thursday, 3 p.m. hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein plays Schumann's Kinderszenen.
Sunday, 6 a.m.: Pipedreams: Appreciating Some American Classics.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 p.m.: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Monday, 8 p.m.: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven, Krenek, Webern, and Schubert.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:10 PM on October 9, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 9 to 16

Wednesday, 12 noon: Music with Minnesotans: Potter Glynnis Lessing.
Thursday, 3 p.m. hour: Regional Spotlight: Jay Fishman leads the Minnesota Sinfonia.
Sunday, 6 a.m.: Pipedreams: Rachel's Children.
Sunday, noon: From the Top: Including, from Minnesota, Quartet Tzigane and pianist Evren Ozel.
Sunday, 1 p.m.: SymphonyCast: Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in works by Ravel, Stucky, and Stravinsky.
Monday, 8 p.m.: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Stravinsky, Haydn, Dvorak, Beethoven.

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Posted at 4:09 PM on October 2, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 2 to 9

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Wednesday, 6 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Live from New York, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Orff's Carmina Burana.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: pianist Ivan Konev and violinist Natalia Moiseeva play Beethoven.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Some Last Curley Cues.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra, playing Kernis, Beethoven, and Sibelius.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: two Brandenburg Concertos and Stravinsky's Pulcinella (complete ballet version).

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:33 AM on September 25, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 25 to Oct. 2

Tuesday, 8 pm: Best of Carnegie Hall Live, Season One: Cleveland Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Wednesday, 8 pm: Best of Carnegie Hall Live, Season One: Leif Ove Andsnes, L'Arpeggiata, Karita Mattila, and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Minnesota Concert Opera.
Thursday, 8 pm: Best of Carnegie Hall Live, Season One: Leif Ove Andsnes, Lang Lang, and Andras Schiff with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Friday, 8 pm: Best of Carnegie Hall Live, Season One: Bach's St. John Passion, with Les Violons du Roy.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Beyond Böellmann.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Vienna Philharmonic plays "The Ring Without Words."
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Mendelssohn and Giorgio Batistelli.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:13 AM on September 18, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 25 to Oct. 2

Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Opera: Mozart's Così fan tutte.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From the Bridge Chamber Music Festival, Erin Keefe and Tony Ross.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Cameron Carpenter at the BBC Proms.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From the BBC Proms: The St. Louis Symphony, led by David Robertson.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Mendelssohn and James MacMillan.
Monday, 10 pm: Music for the High Holidays.
Tuesday, 8 pm: Best of Carnegie Hall, Season One: Cleveland Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:21 PM on September 11, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 11 to 18

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From the Bridge Chamber Music Festival, Erin Keefe, Anthony Ross, and Esther Wang.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Exploring Italy.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: Sir Simon Rattle, Yefim Bronfman, and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Schubert and John Harbison.

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Posted at 9:50 AM on September 4, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 4 to 11

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Choral music, with From Age to Age.
Saturday, 7 pm: Last Night of the Proms.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: By the Hundreds.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: Osmo Vänskä leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Schubert and Gerald Barry

On the Air This Week

Posted at 9:51 AM on August 28, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Aug. 28 to Sep. 4

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The State Fair Singers.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Dance Party.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: conductor Marin Alsop, pianist Nelson Freire, and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:39 AM on August 21, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 21 to 28

Tuesday, 8 pm: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Alumni of the St. Olaf Cantorei.
Friday, 8 pm: The Mozart Festival, Part 4.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Northern Lights.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: the BBC Philharmonic, in a program including Mahler's Seventh.
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:39 PM on August 14, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 14 to 21

Thursday, 3 p.m. hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva plays Bach.
Friday, 8 p.m.: The Mozart Festival, Part 3.
Sunday, 6 a.m.: Pipedreams: Revisiting England.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 p.m.: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: Sir Mark Elder conducts the Aldeburgh World Orchestra.
Monday, 7 p.m.: Roll Credits.
Tuesday, 8 p.m.: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:59 AM on August 8, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 7 to 14

Wednesday, 8 p.m.: Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest: Music of Rossini, St.-Saëns, and Dvořák; with guest pianist Benjamin Grosvenor
Thursday, 3 p.m. hour: Regional Spotlight: Schubert, from the Bridge Chamber Music Festival in Northfield
Friday, 8 p.m.: The Mozart Festival, Part 2
Sunday, 6 a.m.: Pipedreams: (Not Your Average) Sunday Music
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 p.m.: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, in an ocean-themed concert
Monday, 7 p.m.: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:17 PM on July 31, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 31 to Aug. 7

Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest: Osmo Vänskä leads an all-Beethoven program, including the Violin Concerto with Erin Keefe
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Artaria Quartet plays Shostakovich
Friday, 8 pm: The Mozart Festival, Part 1
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Going on Record
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From this year's BBC Proms: the Juilliard Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music, led by John Adams
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:32 AM on July 25, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 24 to 31

Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest: Music of the Strauss family, and a "concerto to end all concertos," the Concerto Popolare by Franz Reizenstein
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Paula Gudmundson, flute, and Leah Siltberg, piano
Friday, noon: Live from the BBC Proms in London, Beethoven's Ninth
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Organ Plus
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Berlin Philharmonic, in a program including Mahler's "Resurrection Symphony"
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:11 PM on July 17, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 17 to 24

Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest: An all-Tchaikovsky program with Andrew Litton and Danny Driver
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: You Can Go Home Again!
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The Cleveland Orchestra plays Brahms and Shostakovich
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 8:39 AM on July 10, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 10 to 17

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Portland's Pipes
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:48 PM on July 3, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 3 to 10

Wednesday: A day of American music for Independence Day
Wednesday, 10 am, online only: Independence Day Concert from Washington's National Cathedral
Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music in Plymouth 40th Anniversary
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The North Dakota State University Concert Choir
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Emma Lou!
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Rossini
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:17 AM on June 27, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 27 to July 4

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Arianna String Quartet, at the Madeline Island Music Camp
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Oh, Canada!
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cleveland Orchestra and violinist Gil Shaham
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Wednesday: American music for Independence Day
Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music in Plymouth 40th Anniversary

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:35 PM on June 19, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 19 to 26

Tuesday, 8 pm: Spring for Music: The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra plays Messiaen, Debussy, and Qigang Chen
Wednesday, 8 pm: Spring for Music: William Eddins conducts the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in works of Robert Rival, John Estacio, Allan Gilliland, and Bohuslav Martinu
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Variations on America
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra led by Kristjan Järvi

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:23 PM on June 12, 2012 by Rex Levang (3 Comments)
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Highlights from June 12 to June 19

Update: Chorus America concert now available online

Wednesday, 8 pm: Chorus America Opening Concert, live from Orchestra Hall
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, from a Chopin Society recital
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Concertos
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in Schulhoff, Mendelssohn, and Kurt Weill
Monday, 8 pm: Spring for Music: The Alabama Symphony plays Avner Dorman, Paul Lansky, and Beethoven
Tuesday, 8 pm: Spring for Music: The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra plays Messiaen, Debussy, and Qigang Chen

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:14 PM on June 5, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 5 to June 12

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Brahms's Piano Quintet, from the Alexandria Festival of the Lakes
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music of Richard Strauss (with soprano Deborah Voigt) and Mahler; last concert of broadcast season
Saturday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, live from the Ordway: The Seasons, by Haydn
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A la Francaix
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Choral music of Part and Durufle, with the SPCO Chorale; last concert of broadcast season

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:58 PM on May 29, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 29 to June 5

Tuesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Lang Lang, piano
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Tax specialist William Roos
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Artaria String Quartet
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Appalachian Spring and Carmina Burana
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Historic Chicago
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by Charles Dutoit
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of C. P. E. Bach, Zimmerman, and Robert Schumann

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:08 AM on May 15, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 15 to 22

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: John Pastor, UMD biologist
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Bach Society of Minnesota
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä conducts; guest soloist is Yevgeny Sudbin
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Double Duty
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with violinist Leonidas Kavakos
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:53 PM on May 8, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 8 to 15

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Bonnie Marshall of the American Composers Forum
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Eric Himy
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Carlo Rizzi leads a program of Russian music
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Longwood Revisited
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cleveland Orchestra with pianist Gabriela Montero
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Schumann and Steven Stucky

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:38 PM on May 1, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 1 to 8

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Ordway CEO Patricia Mitchell
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Minnesota Choral Artists
Thursday, 8 pm: Minnesota Varsity Showcase Concert
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra, with guest artists Paavo Jarvi and Alisa Weilerstein
Saturday, 11:30 am: Metropolitan Opera: Janacek's Makropulos Case (last broadcast of the season)
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Virgil Fox: The Centenary
Sunday, noon: From the Top, including Roseville's Karen Baumgartner (Minnesota Varsity Featured Artist, 2011 and 2012)
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cleveland Orchestra, in Verdi and Prokofiev
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Masaaki Suzuki leads works of C. P. E. Bach and Haydn

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:14 PM on April 24, 2012 by Rex Levang
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On the Air This Week

Highlights from April 24 to May 1

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Retired social worker Richard Wintersteen
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Compline Choir
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Music of Michael Berkeley and Ravel; Mark Wigglesworth conducts
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Die Walküre
Saturday, 8 pm: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, live from the Ordway; Roberto Abbado conducts
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Dutch Masters
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra, with violinist Christian Tetzlaff
Sunday, 4 pm: Minnesota Varsity Showcase Concert, live from the Fitz
Sunday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: The Pavel Haas Quartet
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Paul Goodwin leads music of Purcell, Britten, Tippett and others

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:43 PM on April 17, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 17 to 24

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Hypnotist Daniel Andersen
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Artaria Quartet plays Shostakovich
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducts Bruckner's Eighth
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Siegfried
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Celebrating Eglise Saint Sulpice
Sunday, noon: From the Top, including Minnesota's Quartet Tzigane, playing Walton
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cleveland Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays music with a Venetian connection. Mark Russell Smith conducts.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:38 AM on April 10, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from April 10 to 17

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: From Red Wing, William Foot
Wednesday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Opera production of Bernard Herrmann's Wuthering Heights
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, led by Amir Kats
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Ginastera, James Stephenson, and Beethoven, with violinist Jennifer Frautschi
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's La Traviata
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Spring Is Here
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra plays Elgar, Schumann, and Walton
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Korngold

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:38 PM on April 3, 2012 by Rex Levang (1 Comments)
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Highlights from April 3 to 10

Wednesday, 6 pm: Reflections for Holy Week: Choral Music with Dale Warland
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Augsburg Master Chorale and Orchestra
Thursday, 6 pm: Westminster Cathedral Choir, singing Victoria's Requiem
Friday, 10 am: Bach's St. John Passion, with the Bach Society of Minnesota
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Enescu, MacMillan, and Rachmaninoff, with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Massenet's Manon
Saturday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, live from the Ordway
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Prayers and Alleluias
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From Warsaw, Mozart's C Minor Mass and Beethoven's Fifth
Sunday, 8 pm: From Darkness to Light: A Celebration of Easter Sunday
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Britten, Beamish, Vaughan Williams, and Haydn

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:55 AM on March 28, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 27 to April 3

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: The Mayo Clinic's John Osborn
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The ensemble La Morra, recorded in St. Cloud
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Beethoven, Kernis, and Sibelius, with pianist Yevgeny Sudbin
Saturday, 11 am: The April Fools
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti's "Elisir d'Amore"
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Out of the Depths
Sunday, noon: From the Top, including the young Minnesotans of the Malik Quartet
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From the Lucerne Festival, Liszt's "Gran" Mass
Sunday, 7 pm: Reflections for Holy Week: Choral Music with Dale Warland
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, including Dawn Upshaw in Donnacha Dennehy's "If He Died, What Then"

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:29 AM on March 20, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 20 to 27

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Actor Allen Hamilton
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Imogen Cooper
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Haydn and Schumann, with conductor Gilbert Varga
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Macbeth
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Bach-o-Rama
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: Bach's St. John Passion
Sunday, 4 pm: SymphonyCast: The Vienna Philharmonic plays Mozart and Wagner ("The Ring Without Words")
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Haydn, Bach, and Purcell

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:20 AM on March 13, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 13 to 20

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Writer Susan Berkson
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The St. Olaf Choir, on its centennial tour
Thursday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: the ensemble L'Arpeggiata in "Via Crucis"
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Liszt, Strauss, and Berlioz
Saturday, 9 am: Bach Birthday Bash
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Bach Up
Sunday, noon: From the Top, from Oklahoma City
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Berlin Philharmonic, in Mahler's Second
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Ravel, Pintscher, and Beethoven

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:19 AM on March 8, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from March 8 to 13

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Ysaye Quartet
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Liszt, Strauss, and Berlioz
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Mozart's Don Giovanni
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The American Organ Institute
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in Mahler's Ninth
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Music of Muffat, Brahms, and others

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:42 PM on February 27, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 27 to March 6

Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Chamber music of Kurtag and Mozart
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Engineer Ron Haglind
Wednesday; 8 pm: The Minnesota Opera performs Rossini's Cinderella
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Barber, Gershwin, and Bartok
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Aida
Saturday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: The Vienna Philharmonic, live from New York City
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Sonata Nice
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:17 PM on February 21, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 21 to 28

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Actor/singer Bradley Greenwald
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Bach and jazz, with the Bach Society of Minnesota
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra:Elgar, Schumann, and Walton; with pianist Ingrid Fliter
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Verdi's Ernani
Saturday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: The Berlin Philharmonic, live from New York City
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Now Generation
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Chamber works of Kurtag and Mozart

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:34 AM on February 15, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 15 to 21

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Kevin Strauss's "clean water" playlist
Wednesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Artaria Quartet plays Shostakovich
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Prokofiev and Shostakovich (his "Leningrad" Symphony)
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Rossini's Barber of Seville
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Canadian International Organ Competition 2011
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays Beethoven and Holst
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Pieces by Frank Martin and Beethoven, with Christian Zacharias

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:54 PM on February 7, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 7 to 14

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans:Reid McLean, development officer at Macalester
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Performances from the Young Artist Solo Competition of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra plays Russian music; with conductor James Gaffigan and cellist Anthony Ross
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Gotterdammerung
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Old Is New
Sunday, noon: From the Top, from Kalamazoo, Michigan
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with oboist Albrecht Mayer
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Oliver Knussen conducts 20th-century works, including Berg's Chamber Concerto

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:20 PM on January 31, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Feb. 1 to 7

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Writer and director Joan Potter
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra plays Beethoven and Sibelius
Saturday, 11 am noon: Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti's Anna Bolena
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Concertos
Sunday, noon: From the Top, from Opelika, Alabama
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with Gil Shaham
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: American chamber music, and a string symphony of Mendelssohn

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:15 PM on January 24, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 25 to 31

Wednesday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Opera performs Donizetti's Mary Stuart
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Summer Singers
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Prokofiev, Kalevi Aho, and Brahms
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's Tosca
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Sassy Brassy
Sunday, noon: From the Top with guest Gunther Schuller
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart and Richard Strauss
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: The Four Seasons (Astor Piazzolla and Antonio Vivaldi)

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:27 PM on January 17, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 17 to 24

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Writer Erik Hare
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Mozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio, performed by Jennifer Gerth, clarinet, Tamas Strasser, viola, and Susan Billmeyer, piano, at Alexandria's Festival of the Lakes
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Bravo Brahms! Serenade and Song
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Double Duty
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Concertgebouw Orchestra in Respighi, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff
Monday, 7 pm: Roll Credits: with the Academy Awards approaching, we'll talk movie music.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music by Carter, Beethoven, and Mozart

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:23 PM on January 10, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 10 to 17

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Writer Lorna Landvik
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Kate Hamilton, viola, and Cecilia Cho, piano: Gao Hong, pipa, with the members of Butterfly
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Bravo Brahms! James Ehnes performs the Violin Concerto.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Bellini's Norma (archive performance)
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Jeremy Filsell, Artist at Large
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Concertgebouw Orchestra in Milhaud, Falla, and Ravel
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:34 PM on January 3, 2012 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Jan. 3 to 10

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Graphic novelist Sam Hiti
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Wendy Warner and Irina Nuzova in Myaskovsky's Cello Sonata
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Future Classics
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Illusive English Organ
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique plays Beethoven
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: music of Haydn, Carter, and Frank Martin

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:46 PM on December 27, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 28 to Jan. 2

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: holiday music from recent performances by the National Lutheran Choir, Kantorei, Choral Arts Ensemble, Magnum Chorum, and InVocation
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra plays Haydn, Higdon, and Hanson
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: an archive performance of Johann Strauss's Fledermaus
Saturday, 10 pm: A Prairie Home Companion's Hawaiian New Year's Eve, with Garrison Keillor
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: An Organist's Yearbook
Sunday, 10 am: the annual New Year's Day concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Faure, Debussy and Schubert
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Chamber works of Kurtag and Mozart

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Posted at 5:54 PM on December 20, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 20 to 27

Tuesday, 7 pm: Brother Heinrich's Christmas
Tuesday, 8 pm: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: designer David Simmer
Wednesday 7 pm: Minnesota Choral Christmas
Wednesday, 8 pm: Candles Burning Brightly
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: holiday fare from Magnum Chorum, the National Lutheran Choir, InVocation, the Master Singers (Eau Claire), baritone Robert Storeygard, and the Bethel University Wind Ensemble
Thursday, 7 pm: Echoes of Christmas
Thursday, 8 pm: La Nochebuena: Spanish Renaissance Christmas with The Rose Ensemble
Friday, 7 pm: Saint Olaf Christmas Festival
Friday, 9 pm: New York Polyphony: I Sing the Birth
Saturday, 9 am: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (live)
Saturday, 11 am: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Saturday, 5 pm: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols (repeat)
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: On Christmas Day
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Bach's Christmas Oratorio, from Dresden
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Dawn Upshaw sings Dowland, Golijov, and Lutoslawski

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Posted at 3:07 PM on December 13, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 6 to 13

Tuesday, 6 pm: Taste of the Holidays
Tuesday, 8 pm: La Nochebuena: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas with the Rose Ensemble
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: author Patricia Hampl
Wednesday: Welcome Christmas
Wednesday, 8 pm: 1964: A Child's Christmas on the Willamette
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Choral Arts Ensemble, Medalist Concert Band, I Cantanti, and Kantorei
Thursday, 7 pm: A Chanticleer Christmas
Thursday, 8 pm: Christmas from Luther College
Friday, 10:30 am: Cantus Live
Friday, 7 pm: Echoes of Christmas
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra and Minnesota Chorale perform Handel's Messiah
Saturday, noon: The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: For Unto Us
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist Andras Schiff
Monday, 7 pm: Advent Voices
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, in Berlioz's Childhood of Christ
Tuesday, 7 pm: Brother Heinrich's Christmas
Tuesday, 8 pm: Vaughan Williams: Hodie

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Posted at 11:59 AM on December 7, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Dec. 6 to 13

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: artist Tucker Hollingsworth
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: seasonal music, with the Singers, the Zumbro Lutheran Church Choir (Rochester), the Gregorian Singers and the Artaria String Quartet
Thursday, 7 pm: Advent Voices
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra, with Stephen Hough in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1
Saturday, noon: The Metropolitan Opera: Gounod's Faust
Saturday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: soprano Karita Mattila
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A French Christmas Party
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with violinist Leonidas Kavakos in Tchaikovsky's concerto
Monday, 7 pm: Hollywood Holidays
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, in music of Faure, Ravel, and Schubert
Tuesday, 6 pm: Taste of the Holidays
Tuesday, 8 pm: La Nochebuena: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas with the Rose Ensemble

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Posted at 11:17 AM on November 29, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: teacher Barbara Mraz
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: seasonal music from the Encore Wind Ensemble, Bella Voce Women's Chorus, Lynn Trapp, and Consortium Carissimi
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra with violinist Christian Tetzlaff
Saturday, 11:30 am: The The Metropolitan Opera radio season begins with Handel's Rodelinda
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Centennial Celebrities
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 3 pm: Saint Olaf Christmas Festival, live from Northfield
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, with violinist Gil Shaham

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Posted at 2:10 PM on November 22, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 8 to 15

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: jazz singer Christine Rosholt
Thursday, 9 am: Giving Thanks
Thursday, noon: A Thanksgiving Celebration with Garrison Keillor
Thursday, 5 pm: Thanksgiving with Cantus
Thursday, 8 pm: Giving Thanks
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Pipedreams Live!, from Dallas
Sunday, noon: From the Top
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, from their concert series "Brahms Unbound"
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: in works of Clyne, Kim, and Schubert

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Posted at 1:35 PM on November 15, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 15 to 22

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Anesthesiologist Ken Holman
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: VocalEssence, recorded at the Fitz
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra, joined by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, in an all-Stravinsky program
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Solid Gold(bergs)
Sunday, noon: From the Top, recorded in Ocean City, New Jersey
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Concertgebouw Orchestra, with a program including Nielsen's Flute Concerto
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays Beethoven, Lindberg and Sibelius

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Posted at 6:00 AM on November 8, 2011 by William Johnston
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Highlights from Nov. 8 to 15

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams
Sunday, noon: From the Top: This week's episode was recorded at Bethel University
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

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Posted at 11:41 AM on November 1, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Nov. 1 to 8

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: expert horse trainer Christine Wehling
Wednesday, 8 pm: Minnesota Opera performs Verdi's La Traviata
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Bloomington's Medalist Concert Band plays music of Carol Barnett
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra with guest soloist Midori
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Variations: Themes and variations by organist-composers
Sunday, noon: From the Top joins our line-up, with a program including three Minnesota Varsity musicians
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra and violinist Viktoria Mullova
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, under Roberto Abbado

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Posted at 3:40 PM on October 25, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra in Sibelius, Beamish, and Mendelssohn
Saturday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: Live as it happens, the Budapest Festival Orchestra playing in New York City
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A Thousand Voices
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Philharmonic's program includes Brahms's German Requiem
Monday, 7 pm: Spooky offerings for Halloween night
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: in Russian music (Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Schnittke, and Tchaikovsky)

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Posted at 3:59 PM on October 18, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 20 to 27

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Don Ladig, garden designer
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: pianist Misha Dacic plays Liszt
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra, with guests Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Robert Spano
Saturday, 11 am: Today is Franz Liszt's 200th birthday. Lynne Warfel presents Cartoon Rhapsody, featuring music by Liszt and others used in classic cartoons.
Saturday, 7 pm: Classical Live: Marc-Andre Hamelin plays Liszt
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Beyond the Liszt List
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: the opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic season, with Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in an all-Mozart program

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Posted at 2:06 PM on October 11, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 11 to 18

Tuesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: conductor Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, live from New York City
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: David Rodrick, journalist and television producer ("Bizarre Foods")
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From Northfield, I Cantanti
Thursday, 9 pm: The Miro Quartet plays Ives and Barber
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra plays Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Bartok
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A Liszt List
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Brahms, Wagner and Strauss
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: in music of Adams, Hindemith, and Mendelssohn

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:56 PM on October 5, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Oct. 4 to 11

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Minnesota Boy Choir
Friday, 8 pm: The Minnesota Orchestra plays Russian works including Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Manifold Blessings
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Julian Kuerti conducts; Dawn Upshaw sings (Britten's Les Illuminations)
Tuesday, 7 pm: Carnegie Live: conductor Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, live from New York City

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Posted at 3:29 PM on September 27, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 27 to Oct. 4

Tuesday, 9 pm: Classical Live: live from Walt Disney Hall, the season opener of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and guest soloist Herbie Hancock
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Pacifica Quartet
Friday, 8 pm: the Minnesota Orchestra's season opener includes music of Stephen and Greg Paulus and Ravel
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Finnished Business
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Minnesota Orchestra plays Beethoven and Bruckner
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Mozart, Adams, and Strauss

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:46 PM on September 20, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 20 to 27

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Peter Rothstein
Wednesday, 8 pm: Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice, performed by the Minnesota Opera
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Band in music of Alex Shapiro
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: More from the BBC Prom
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:From the Proms, the Philadelphia Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in music of Franz Schreker and Gustav Mahler
Tuesday, 7 pm 9 pm: Classical Live: live from Walt Disney Hall, the season opener of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel and guest soloist Herbie Hancock

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Posted at 2:06 PM on September 13, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 13 to 20

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Father Bob Koopman
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Jupiter String Quartet
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Wanamaker Organ at 100
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From the BBC Proms, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestraand pianist Shai Wosner

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Posted at 3:43 PM on September 6, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Sep. 7 to 13

Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Sen. Richard Cohen
Wednesday, 10 pm: Classical Live: the opening of the San Francisco Symphony's centennial season
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: composer Elizabeth Alexander
Saturday, 1 pm: live from London, the Last Night of the Proms
Saturday, 8 pm: live from the Ordway, the opening of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's new season
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: September Canticles
Sunday, 9 am: Performance Today looks back at 9/11
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: From the BBC Proms, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and violinist Gil Shaham

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Posted at 4:05 PM on August 30, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from Aug. 30 to Sep. 6

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Pacifica Quartet, appearing at Music in the Parks
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Sönic Böhm
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:From the BBC Proms, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Finales

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Posted at 12:36 PM on August 23, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 23 to 30

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Jennifer Gerth and Timothy Lovelace perform at the Alexandria Festival of the Lakes
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: In Concert
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The BBC Philharmonic plays Beethoven, St.-Saens, and Liszt
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits

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Posted at 3:26 PM on August 16, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 16 to 23

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: From Moorhead, the Concordia Orchestra and cellist Dr. Gregory Hamilton
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Organ Plus
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The BBC Philharmonic, from the BBC Proms
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Oscar Music

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:40 PM on August 9, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 9 to 16

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Pianist Elisso Virsaladze plays Chopin
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: A Newman for All Seasons
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits

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Posted at 11:24 AM on August 2, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from August 2 to 9

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Stephanie Arado and Timothy Lovelace, at the Alexandria Festival of the Lakes
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: High Fives
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The BBC Symphony Orchestra from the BBC Proms
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Musicals, Part Two

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Posted at 12:28 PM on July 26, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 26 to August 2

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Choral music by Joshua Nice; From Age to Age performs.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: From the BBC Proms
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Oregon Symphony under Carlos Kalmar, recorded at Carnegie Hall
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Musicals, Part One

On the Air This Week

Posted at 8:21 AM on July 19, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 19 to 26

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Arianna String Quartet
Saturday, 7:30 pm: Minnesota Orchestra's Sommerfest concludes with Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: All That Jazz
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, led by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:47 PM on July 12, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 12 to 19

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Minnesota Symphonic Winds
Saturday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra's Sommerfest: music of Vaughan Williams and Beethoven (his Ninth Symphony)
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Seeing Is Believing
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Faure, Ravel and Schubert
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits

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Posted at 1:56 PM on July 5, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from July 5 to 11

Tuesday--Friday, 5 pm hour: updates from the e-Piano Junior Competition
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Elisso Virzaladze
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Sommerfest opens with A Night in Vienna
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Summer Concerts
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The Montreal Symphony Orchestra in symphonies, including Beethoven's Fifth
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Romance

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Posted at 4:48 PM on June 28, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 30 to July 4

Lots of great American music coming up. . . .

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Magnum Chorum
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Beyond Stars and Stripes
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast:The Minnesota Orchestra in Copland and Orff
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: America in the Movies
Monday, 10 pm: Music for the (Minnesota) Fireworks

On the Air This Week

Posted at 3:44 PM on June 21, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 22 to 28

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Pacifica Quartet
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Getting a Little Bossi
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Vienna Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 9
Monday, 8 pm: Roll Credits: Sci-Fi

On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:57 PM on June 14, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 15 to 21

Wednesday, noon: Music for Minnesotans: Lynn Martin
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: The Pacifica Quartet
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: In Memoriam Jean Langlais
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cleveland Orchestra in Debussy, Hokosawa, and Richard Strauss
Monday, 8 pm: It's time for the movies, and their music, on Roll Credits.

On the Air This Week

Posted at 4:59 PM on June 7, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 8 to 21

Wednesday, noon: Music for Minnesotans: Liz Thompson
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: the Pacifica Quartet
Friday, 8 pm: the Minnesota Orchestra plays their season finale, including Carmina Burana
Saturday, 8 pm: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Thomas Zehetmair, live from the Ordway
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: The Next Generation
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: ending its broadcast season, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays Haydn, Bach and Purcell

On the Air This Week

Posted at 5:06 PM on May 31, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from June 1 to 7

Wednesday, noon: Music for Minnesotans: Sam Wai
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 8 pm: Minnesota Varsity Concert Broadcast
Friday, 8 pm: the Minnesota Orchestra plays music of Kernis, Beethoven, and Sibelius
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Off the Shelf
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Brahms
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:33 PM on May 24, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 25 to June 1

Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Alon Goldstein, piano
Friday, 8 pm: the Minnesota Orchestra offers a trumpet concerto by Linkola and a symphony by Mahler
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Kimmel Center Concert Collective
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic
Monday, 8 pm: members of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra play chamber works by Mozart and Brahms

On the Air This Week

Posted at 10:22 AM on May 18, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 18 to 25

Thursday, 11:30 am: Cantus visits our studio
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: composer Joshua Fishbein, winner of the National Lutheran Choir competition
Friday, 3 pm: Friday Favorites
Friday, 8 pm: Mark Wigglesworth leads the Minnesota Orchestra in Rachmaninoff, Ravel, and Stravinsky
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Dutch Treats
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 2:11 PM on May 10, 2011 by Rex Levang
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Highlights from May 10 to 16

Tuesday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Albany Symphony
Wednesday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Three Bridges International Chamber Music Festival
Thursday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Oregon Symphony
Friday, 3 pm: Friday Favorites
Friday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, 11 am: Metropolitan Opera: Wagner's Die Walkure (end of season)
Saturday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Langlais on Langlais
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: The BBC Philharmonic
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:15 PM on May 3, 2011 by Rex Levang (2 Comments)
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Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight, with Ensemble 61
Friday, 3 pm: Friday Favorites
Friday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos
Saturday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Toledo Symphony
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Dupre on Dupre
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Albany Symphony
Wednesday, 7 pm: Spring for Music: Dallas Symphony Orchestra