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Music for Living Playlists
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Top Score
In this podcast, host Emily Reese takes an in-depth listen to video game music and talks with the people who make it.
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Top Score: The South American Sounds of Papo & Yo
Papo & Yo turned out to be one of the most emotional experiences I've had as a gamer. While I feel as though I say that more and more, it's a trend I wholeheartedly embrace.
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Composer Conversations
The Composer Conversation Series features some of today's most original, prominent, and prestigious voices in composition.
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New Classical Tracks - Game Music
Famed violinist Angèle Dubeau debuts "Game Music"
Video-game music advances to next level
Popularity of Top Score inspires Classical MPR's on-air playlist this week.
Flicks in Five: Charlie Chaplin
Well-known as a movie-making wunderkind, Charlie Chaplin was also known to dabble in the musical arts.
Il Trovatore, Live from the Met
Tune in at noon on Saturday, January 12 to hear the Met Opera perform Verdi's classic opera.
Pets and music: one degree of separation?
Can music really soothe the savage beast? Lynne Warfel explores how pets and other animals respond to music, with some surprising conclusions.
New Group in Town: Minnesota Bach Ensemble
They're the newest group in town - the Minnesota Bach Ensemble - and artistic director Andrew Altenbach believes we can never have too many interpretations of this gorgeous, complex music and is set to show us why.
Regional Spotlight: Violist, Kate Hamilton
Violist Kate Hamilton from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota has a busy recital schedule this January. She has several performances scheduled in Italy. Her brilliant musicianship is on display in this week's Regional Spotlight.
On the Air This Week
Highlights from Jan. 15 to 22 Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Educational psychologist Bob Jorczak. Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight. Thursday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo...
Philadelphia's New Conductor
Here's a New York Times profile of the Philadelphia Orchestra's new music director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Read the article (and find out what his tattoo looks like), and then tune in this Thursday at 7 p. m. to hear the Orchestra,...
On the Air This Week
Highlights from Jan. 8 to 15 Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Dianne Brown, of the downtown St. Paul post office. Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight: Violist Kate Hamilton and pianist Jay Hershberger, from Concordia College in Moorhead. Friday, 8...
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Arts & Culture
Prince playing six last-minute shows at the Dakota Jazz Club
So that's why the Dakota Jazz Club's calendar has been conspicuously blank for the remainder of this week and weekend. The space has been rented out by none other than Prince.
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MN State Fair picks artist Marie Olofsdotter for 2013
The Minneapolis artist has been selected to create the 2013 Minnesota State Fair commemorative artwork, which will grace posters, t-shirts and billboards this August.
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Friday Favorites
Each week host Steve Staruch presents four hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share?
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Highlights from Jan. 15 to 22
Wednesday, noon: Music with Minnesotans: Educational psychologist Bob Jorczak.
Thursday, 3 pm hour: Regional Spotlight.
Thursday, 7 pm: Carnegie Hall Live: The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Friday, 8 pm: Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä leads music of Grieg, Lundquist, and Sibelius.
Saturday, noon: Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti's Maria Stuarda.
Sunday, 6 am: Pipedreams: Chorale Preludes.
Sunday, noon: From the Top.
Sunday, 1 pm: SymphonyCast: Daniel Harding leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Monday, 8 pm: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: All-Mozart program with Christian Zacharias and Isabel Leonard.
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
April 4, 2013Cathedral of Saint Paul
Classical Music Events
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Composer Conversations: Maria Schneider
Minnesota Boychoir - "We Men of Earth"
Chad Hoopes plays Bach's Violin Sonata in G Minor
The Minnesota Varsity Experience 2012
Minnesota Varsity: Simon Blaine-Sauer
Minnesota Varsity: Osip NikiforovMusic for Living
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You may have heard us exploring our new tagline "Music for Living" on air. The playful vignettes, produced by our own John Birge, feature everyday tasks and events… and how Classical MPR can connect with you during those times.
Music and Movies
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Many 21st-century listeners' first — and sometimes — main exposure to classical composition is through movie scores. With this in mind, Classical MPR has developed programming that celebrates and explores the relationship between music and movies today and throughout the history of film. Enjoy Roll Credits on Monday nights at 7 p.m. and Flicks in Five on Saturdays at 10 a.m.
Writers Almanac
- Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reading a short poem or two. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.
Poem: "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" by William Wordsworth, and the literary and historical notes for Tuesday, January 15, 2013.
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