We're putting together the Ultimate Feel-Good Playlist, based on your suggestions, and we're sharing it each weekday through Feb. 27 during our Winter Member Drive. Listen now to your picks for today.
Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth performs Tomasi's Trumpet Concerto tonight with the Minnesota Orchestra, guest-conducted by Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Also on the program are selections from Grieg's Lyric Suite and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. Listen to Classical MPR's live broadcast at 8 p.m., with host Melissa Ousley.
Composer Anat Spiegel's journey to Minnesota has been a long one, from her childhood in Israel to working in Amsterdam, but her Jewish heritage has always been a part of it. Her work 'My Four Mothers' tells the story of women in her life who clarified the significance of the Holocaust for her. It will premiere Friday as part of the Cedar Commissions at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis.
Reinaldo Moya's 'Tienda' tells a Minnesota immigration story that resonates with present-day America. Listen to excerpts from the opera, which will be performed Friday and Saturday at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
Classical MPR host John Birge offers his picks in classical music, movies, and dance for this weekend. Be sure to check out the ballet 'Jewels' at Northrop Auditorium this weekend.
Composer and activist Dameun Strange discusses the opera he wrote to honor the legacy of Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr., in the latest episode of Trilloquy, with hosts Garrett McQueen and Scott Blankenship.
This week on New Classical Tracks, 20-year-old British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason discusses his second solo album, 'Elgar: Cello Concerto,' which he recorded with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the CD!
Listen to Class Notes artist Siama's Congo Roots and sit in on a live reading of Classical Kids Storytime at Rock the Cradle. Join us as Classical MPR teams up with The Current at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 8, for a kid-friendly event that you don't want to miss!
Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see the Met Opera Live in HD, at the Rosedale AMC on Feb. 29 at 11:55 a.m., with their production of Handel's 'Agrippina'.
Enter now for a chance to win a $100 gift to J.W. Pepper, one of the largest sources of choral sheet music! Sign up for the new Choral Stream newsletter and enter by March 3.
A University of Minnesota professor, Peter Mercer-Taylor, has created a digital and recording project to explore how hymns brought classical music to the United States. Listen to performances of some of these early-American works while looking at the sheet music!
Harriet loves ballet class, but when her teacher announces a recital, she comes down with a bad case of stage fright. Will Harriet overcome her fears before the big performance? Find out in "Harriet's Recital," the latest episode of Classical Kids Storytime, featuring an original story and illustrations by Nancy Carlson and music by Tchaikovsky.
Doctors wanted to ensure they didn't compromise parts of the brain necessary for playing the violin, so they asked their musician patient to play for them mid-operation.
You can listen to Classical Minnesota Public Radio on Amazon Echo and Google Home, as well as install Alexa skills for all of the themed YourClassical music streams. Here's how.