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

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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 Melissa Ousley
8:00 pm Minnesota Orchestra
10:00 pm Bill Morelock
11:00 pm Bob Christiansen
Copper Street Brass

Regional Spotlight: Copper Street Brass

They're five brass players from Albuquerque, New Mexico who now make the Twin Cities their home - it's Copper Street Brass - a group whose smart programming and bright personalities has taken the brass quintet to a new level. Check out a few songs online, and meet them at the State Fair this Sunday.

  • Haydn/Mendelssohn: Gil Shaham/Sejong SoloistsNew Classical Tracks: Young performers revive youthful works by Mendelssohn, Haydn
    According to violinist Gil Shaham, performing Mendelssohn's Octet with the skilled musicians of Sejong Soloists is "like playing basketball with seven Michael Jordans." Gil Shaham recently released a new recording with the New York-based Sejong Soloists, a conductor-less string orchestra.
  • Minnesota OrchestraMinnesota Orchestra plays at the Proms
    The Minnesota Orchestra has just finished a big concert. They just played a huge symphony, Bruckner's 4th, in a huge hall at what might be the most famous festival in the world -- the BBC Proms. Classical MPR host Brian Newhouse tells us what it was like.
  • Brooklyn RiderRegional Spotlight: Brooklyn Rider
    Genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider returns for the 5th annual Stillwater Music Festival as well as a gig at the MPR booth at the State Fair. They'll also join Alison Young to co-host Regional Spotlight Thursday at 3:15 on Classical MPR. Listen on-line now to Dvorak, Gomidas and an original composition.
  • Todd Palmer and Dennis GodburnMusic@Menlo free downloads
    Music@Menlo's first-ever free downloads! Check out music from three of seven concerts we'll be bringing you, with music ranging from Antonio Vivaldi to Johannes Brahms to Arnold Schoenberg. More audio arrives in September.
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Hear the Minnesota Orchestra live from the BBC Proms

BBC Proms
Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra will be giving two performances at this summer's BBC Proms, the biggest and most well-known classical music festival in the world. Tune in at 1:30 pm CT on Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28 to hear both concerts live on all Classical MPR stations.

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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Arts & Culture

The Dinner Party Download featuring The Clientele

This week on the Dinner Party Download Rico and Brendan paw-se to tell a joke, Patt Morrisson tackles declining attendance at NFL games, the Great Fire of London, and The Clientele

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State of the Arts

Machete and Mesrine: two peas from different violent pods

Two views of violence - one played for laughs, the other for pathos

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MPR at the Minnesota State Fair

Visit MPR this year at the State Fair near the corner of Judson and Nelson, or online with our live Fair webstream.

Events | Photos | Merchandise | More

Classical Notes Blog

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MPR Day at the Fair

September 3, 2010
Carousel Park at the State Fairgrounds

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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