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Steve Staruch

Host, Classical Music
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Today's Schedule

12:00 am Music Through the Night®
5:00 am John Zech
6:00 am John Birge
9:00 am Jeff Esworthy
11:00 am Performance Today®
1:00 pm Julie Amacher
3:00 pm Steve Staruch
6:00 pm Bill Morelock
11:00 pm Gillian Martin
Eliesha Nelson

New Classical Tracks: Lost Gem

A young American violist discovers the music of New Englander Quincy Porter, and falls in love with it.

  • Osmo Vanska conductingNew book documents Osmo Vanska's career
    Osmo Vanska is the subject of a new book. The pictures are a feast for the eyes, tracing the maestro's story from his early years playing clarinet to leading -- and building -- one of the finest orchestras in the world.
  • Dawn UpshawDawn is back at the SPCO with a world premiere
    Dawn Upshaw returns in her role as Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She sings some signature music by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and a world premiere by film composer Alberto Iglesias.
  • Summer SingersRegional Spotlight - Summer Singers
    Tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Thursday afternoon for Regional Spotlight. Host Steve Staruch will highlight Minnesota choir The Summer Singers.
  • Sharon WestbrookHow to find the right piano teacher
    Choosing a piano teacher can be a bit like finding the right lawyer, plumber or hairdresser -- professional experience is important, as well as a good fit. North Dakota Piano Teacher of the Year, Sharon Westbrook, shares her thoughts on finding that best "fit."
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Radio Highlights

  • Friday Favorites

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

    Host Michael Barone shares the week's newest classical music releases each week
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  • Open Air

    November 3
    As a grown-up lullaby, it had some drawbacks. Almost as if, just as the insomniac was finally falling asleep, the composer shouts, "Are you asleep yet?!!" Call it a joke between friends. Though Count Keyserling used a go-between to request the music from the Leipzig Kapellmeister, he knew the famous Bach. And Bach felt he knew the aristocrat well enough to incorporate popular songs, jack-in-the-box surprises and other breaks of decorum in what was supposed to be a musical sleeping pill. The result was named after the go-between, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. And we'll hear Bach's Goldberg Variations played by that serial smasher of decorum, Glenn Gould, tonight on Open Air
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Arts & Culture

What is the future of mainstream media?

An 'Intelligence Squared' debate features three panelists FOR and three panelists AGAINST the proposition: Good Riddance to the Mainstream Media.

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State of the Arts

A Moveable FEAST

A new movement is spreading across the nation that combines grassroots arts funding with sustainable agriculture. And this Saturday it's making its debut in Minneapolis.

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Classical Notes Blog

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Go to event

Holiday Open House with John Birge

November 14, 2009
Galleria Shops Edina

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Your Voice

  • Minnesota Music on Gather.com
    Minnesota's music scene has occasionally popped up on the national radar, but regardless of national attention it's a vibrant artistic community. Discuss the venues, shows, record stores, labels, or anything else pertaining to Minnesota music. more