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Sometimes the most obvious things seem to elude me. Does that ever happen to you? Over the last year and a half I have sung countless versions of The ABC Song and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to our 20-month-old son. Until a couple of weeks ago, not once did it ever register with me that the two songs share the same melody. Well of course they do — I’d just never really thought about it. A colleague casually mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, otherwise I’d still be in the dark. Many people believe Mozart wrote the tune when he was four or five years old. Not so. Mozart was that age when this well-known piece was published in France — a French melody with an English poem (The Star) by Jane Taylor. When Mozart was 25 he did, in fact, deal with this music 12 different ways — with his Twinkle, Twinkle Variations.
— Ward Jacobson, Classical MPR Host, overnights
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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.
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Noteworthy News
Olivier Derivier and Remember Me on Top Score
Paris may be best well-known as the City of Lights, but French composer Olivier Deriviere turns it into a city of memories in the new game Remember Me.
Igor Stravinsky's 'Rite Of Spring' Counterrevolution
Not long after his shocking ballet, the composer branched out into a broad range of styles, ushering in new musical trends far from the violent tone of his iconic Rite of Spring.
Regional Spotlight: Swimming Into Winter
To celebrate the opening of the School of Music at North Dakota State University a new piece was commissioned from Minnesota composer Jocelyn Hagen. The world premiere of Swimming Into Winter took place at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St Paul this past March.
Wagner at 200: Listen to the Complete Ring Cycle
Immerse yourself in over 14 hours of Richard Wagner's masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen, courtesy of Allegro Music. Find out more about Wagner, the operas and enter our giveaway to win the complete Ring Cycle box set.
Music with Minnesotans: Kelly Carter and Tricia Morgan-Brist
Kelly Carter and Tricia Morgan-Brist have started an "El Sistema" - the Venezuelan music education system that produced Gustavo Dudamel - right here in North Minneapolis. They bring inspiration and great music to share.
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