Birge's Picks

This week on Birge’s Picks, George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ makes its way throughout Minnesota and the surrounding area.

This week on Birge’s Picks, Osmo Vänskä is back at the Minnesota Orchestra to finish up his Mahler cycle and Joshua Bell brings his violin back to perform with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the piano has taken over Minnesota with many great performances.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the South Dakota Symphony and Mesabi Symphony Orchestra take their audiences to Italy with performances of music by Respighi, Verdi and Puccini, while orchestras across Minnesota prepare for Halloween weekend.

This week on Birge’s Picks, great programs take place from orchestras throughout Minnesota.

This week on Birge’s Picks, back in time this weekend and explore jazz with Wynton Marsalis at Orchestra Hall and experience an emotional story of three friends’ journey through life in Stephen Sondheim’s musical ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ at Theater Latte Da.

This week on Birge’s Picks, various shows inspired by Queen, an art festival and the Hudson River take place in southeast Minnesota.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra kicks off its 64th season.

This week on Birge’s Picks, a new chamber music festival, the Duluth Chamber Music Festival, starts this week. The established Festival of the Lakes in Alexandria wraps up its 28th season.

This week on Birge’s Picks, a ‘Downton Abbey’ themed concert at the Dunsmore Room in the Crooner’s Supper Club and a pair of memoirs released from actors in the series should bring joy to fans of the show .