New Classical Tracks - Beyza Yazgan (Extended)

New Classical Tracks - Beyza Yazgan

Pianist Beyza Yazgan reads a lot and loves to tell stories. Her new album, ‘To Anatolia,’ tells the story of her home country, Turkey, and its first classical composers. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the album!


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Pianist Beyza Yazgan tells a story about her homeland

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Colette Maze, now 107, began playing the piano at age 5. She defied the social conventions of her era to embrace music as a profession rather than as a pastime. She has just released her sixth album.


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This French pianist has been playing for 102 years and just released a new album

Classical host Melissa Dundis says goodbye to listeners before leaving for a new position in Phoenix. Her last shift was Sept. 18.


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Classical host Melissa Dundis says goodbye

A past performance from the MN Beethoven Festival on July 8, 2021 featuring the LAGQ.

MN Beethoven Festival - July 8, 2021: LAGQ

On July 8, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performed at Page Theater, St. Mary’s University in Winona, for the 14th annual Minnesota Beethoven Festival. Scott Blankenship brings you that live performance from a Sept. 16 airing on YourClassicalMPR.


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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs at Minnesota Beethoven Festival

Classical Kids Storytime: Kinderlute

Four friends — a violin, viola, cello and bass — are nervous about meeting their new owners. Will the young musicians learn to play properly and treat their string instruments with care? Find out in 'KinderLute,' from YourClassical Storytime, featuring music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and illustrations by Eusebius Williams.


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'KinderLute'

Share the joys of the music you love with young listeners through YourClassical Storytime — classic stories with a classical twist!


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Surrick and McFarlane make music together for the first time

Voces8 takes an introspective look at music

Pat Metheny enters the world of classical guitar

The Verona Quartet turns folk traditions into music

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason explores American music 

Conductor JoAnn Falletta embraces the seasons

Pianist Emanuel Ax makes music with lifelong friend Yo-Yo Ma

Violinist Randall Goosby finds inspiration in his heritage 

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Painting Pictures with Classical Music

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Antonin Dvorak - Stabat Mater: Tui nati vulnerati

Welcome to the Choral Stream Download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of choral music available every week for subscribers to the Choral Stream newsletter. This week, get a free MP3 of Antonin Dvorak - Stabat Mater: Tui nati vulnerati.


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Jean Sibelius - Autumn Evening

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In the coming weeks, we will publish a Class Notes Concert Preview for each Class Notes artist or ensemble. This Class Notes Concert Preview features 10th Wave Chamber Collective.


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Classic Piano Puzzler for Sept. 22, 2021

YourClassical MPR host John Birge welcomes the opening seasons of the Minnesota Opera and Orchestra, but neither can eclipse Minnesota’s duck hunting opener. 


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Open(ing) Season!

The wooden vessel is called "Noah's Violin." As it floated through Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday, members of the string quartet on board serenaded viewers with their own (real) instruments. 


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Watch a massive violin transport musicians down Venice's Grand Canal

In the coming weeks, we will publish a Class Notes Concert Preview for each Class Notes artist or ensemble. This Class Notes Concert Preview features Artu Duo.


Pianist Beyza Yazgan tells a story about her homeland

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Seasons: October (Autumn Song)

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