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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.


Programming Highlights

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12:00 am Music Through The Night®
With Scott Blankenship
1:00 am
2:00 am
3:00 am
4:00 am
5:00 am
6:00 am Pipedreams®
With Michael Barone
7:00 am
8:00 am Mindy Ratner
9:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm From the Top
With Christopher O'Riley
1:00 pm SymphonyCast®
With Alison Young
2:00 pm
3:00 pm Lynne Warfel
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm Valerie Kahler
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Composers Datebook with John Zech airs weekdays at 8:15 am and 4:15 pm.
The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor airs weekdays at 6:15 am and 6:15 pm.
New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher airs Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.

All times listed are in Central Time (GMT-06:00).
Schedule subject to change. Local station schedules may vary.
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