Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe is straying off the beaten path with a violin work that's close to her heart: Kurt Weill's Concerto for Violin and Woodwinds. You can hear it, along with Mahler's 'Titan' Symphony, in this week's Minnesota Orchestra concerts, including Friday night's live broadcast on Classical MPR.
Skylark Opera Theatre has been around almost 40 years. But in 2016, the company canceled its season following financial trouble. It came back last year with a scaled-down model. The switch seems to be working.
The Hill House Chamber Players perform Monday in St. Paul as part of a seasonlong commitment to showcase the works of composers whose lives were affected, and in some cases ended, by World War I.
Less than two years after taking over as director of bands at the University of Minnesota, Emily Threinen has started a soloist competition whose winners -- both women brass players -- perform in free concerts Tuesday and Wednesday at the U.
When you think of ballet, you probably envision tutus, pointe shoes and classical music playing in the background. Get ready for something entirely new this weekend when Twin Cities Ballet takes the traditionally classical form and gives it an epic rock twist with the world premiere of 'Pink Floyd's The Wall: A Rock Ballet.'
French-Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie leads the Minnesota Orchestra and Chorale in concerts this weekend featuring Faure's epic Requiem. "I could not think of a better way of leaving this world" than with this music, he says. Hear it live Friday night on Classical MPR.
