Music for Singing

Since its inception, Classical MPR has championed choral music through our regional broadcasts. Now, we’re thrilled to expand that commitment with new activities and projects that seek to innovate and collaborate.

We’ve added some new tracks and shuffled things around in the stream. Let us know what you think!

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Station Update
Our classical signal in Ely at 90.1 is off the air. We’re working to fix it. Thanks for your patience.

Top Score

Top Score

In this podcast, host Emily Reese takes an in-depth listen to video game music and talks with the people who make it.

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The Music of Mass Effect 3 on Top Score
Three of the composers from Mass Effect 3 join Emily Reese for a conversation about their music on the newest episode of Top Score from Classical MPR.
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Artist-in-Residence

Chad Hoopes

Classical MPR is proud to have Chad Hoopes as our 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence. Find more information about this incredible young violinist and the residency at our Artist-in-Residence page.

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Music on Demand - Minnesota Orchestra
Select Minnesota Orchestra performances recorded by Classical Minnesota Public radio are now available for download.

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Meet Your Hosts

Alison Young

Host, Classical Music
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DTS Logo Broadcast of the Minnesota Orchestra is available in DTS Neural Surround Sound. Find out more

MPR Classical Tshirt

  • Show your support for Classical Minnesota Public Radio by wearing our new Music for Living shirt design. The T-shirt is 100% cotton and features the recently updated classical MPR logo imprinted across the front.
Mount St. Helens

Elegy: May 18th, 1980 - An Essay by Bill Morelock

I lived in Pullman, Washington when Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. Though 250 miles away, Pullman was in the path of the twelve-hour ash fall that turned day to night on that Sunday 32 years ago. Because it coincided with another significant but small spreading of ashes on that same day, I've tended to recast the event in largely symbolic terms -- in a sense turning the mountain upside down.

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On the Air This Week

Rex Levang

Posted May 15, by Rex Levang

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...

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Quodlibet

Rex Levang

Posted May 11, by Rex Levang

A few videos, to wrap up your week. You may well have seen this one--it's been pretty popular lately. A Copenhagen orchestra, playing Peer Gynt, flash-mob style. At the TED talks, Michael Tilson Thomas sums up the history of classical...

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Beautiful Classical Music Photos

Emily Reese

Posted May 10, by Emily Reese

Photo by Nikolaj Lund Musician and photographer Nikolaj Lund created a gorgeous slideshow of his photography of classical musicians. The Danish Lund has his master's degree is in cello performance, so he knows his subject. Additionally, you can read more...

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How I Like My Bach

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2012 Minnesota Varsity

Minnesota Varsity is a high school-level Classical music showcase for classical and musical theater performance students from Minnesota. Get more information.

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Minnesota Varsity is taking the show on the road. Reserve your tickets today!

5/19/2012 — 6 p.m.
Minnesota Varsity Tour Concert — Gorecki Family Theater, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph

5/20/2012 — 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota Varsity Tour Concert — Christiansen Recital Hall located in the Hvidsten Hall of Music, Concordia College

Arts & Culture

Cube Critics: 'Dictator,' 'Battleship,' 'Bernie'

On the Cube Critics, a navy battle board game comes to life on the big screen and so does a fictitious farcical tyrant.

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State of the Arts

Variety in film festival marks a transition in Hmong filmmaking

The third annual Hmong film festival screens this weekend at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul.

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Radio Highlights

  • Friday Favorites

    Each week host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share?
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  • Programming Highlights

    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

Chad Hoopes in Concert

May 24, 2012
Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul

Classical Music Events

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Music for Living

  • You may have heard us exploring our new tagline "Music for Living" on air. The playful vignettes, produced by our own John Birge, feature everyday tasks and events… and how Classical MPR can connect with you during those times.

Music and Movies

  • Many 21st-century listeners' first — and sometimes — main exposure to classical composition is through movie scores. With this in mind, Classical MPR has developed programming that celebrates and explores the relationship between music and movies today and throughout the history of film. Enjoy Roll Credits on Monday nights at 7 p.m. and Flicks in Five on Saturdays at 10 a.m.

Writers Almanac

  • Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reading a short poem or two. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.
May. 18, 2012: The Writer's Almanac
Poem: "The Need of Being Versed in Country Things" by Robert Frost, and the literary and historical notes for Friday, May 18, 2012.
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