Category Archive: On the air

On the Air This Week

Posted at 11:08 AM on May 15, 2012 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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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

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On the Air This Week

Posted at 1:53 PM on May 8, 2012 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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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

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On the Air This Week

Posted at 12:38 PM on May 1, 2012 by Rex Levang (0 Comments)
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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

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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

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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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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)

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

On the Air This Week

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

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