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On Saturday, Nov. 12, violinist Joshua Bell returned as a special guest with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, where he performed Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and led the orchestra from the concertmaster chair in symphonies by Mozart and Bizet. Listen to the concert now!
Could college roommates be good for something after all?
Scientists at the University of Tokyo found that rats possess the ability to keep the beat to musical pieces from Mozart.
This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features music from sports films like ‘Rudy,’ ‘Seabiscuit’ and ‘Rocky.’ Listen now!
Song leader, composer, scholar and social activist Bernice Johnson Reagon understands firsthand the power and function music has to unite people. Her life through music exemplifies that notion. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Rachel Barton Pine celebrates the 25th anniversary of her pioneering recording celebrating Black composers, ‘Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.’
As the nights grow longer and cooler, Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel takes the opportunity to sample from the wealth of modern classical works that perfectly complement the mood of an autumnal evening.
In this half-hour interview, Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel sits down with Minnesota guitarist and composer Steve Tibbetts, who doesn't make “classical music” by any stretch of the imagination — nor is it jazz or rock. Seel talks with him on the occasion of the release of ‘Hellbound Train,’ a new two-disc showcase of what Tibbetts describes as his style of ‘post-modern neo-primitivism.’
Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel speaks with composer Missy Mazzoli ahead of Journey North Opera Company's staging of the Minnesota premiere of ‘Proving Up,’ taking place Nov. 11-13 at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.
This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, honors all those who served with two hours of film music from ‘Bridge on the River Kwai,’ ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ ‘Victory at Sea’ and more. Listen now!
