Minnesota Orchestra - May 15, 2021

The Minnesota Orchestra's 2020 season is being broadcast on TPT and Classical MPR on select Fridays at 8 p.m. Listen now to full concert audio from the program that reflects on the persistent affliction of gun violence, memorializes a religious leader and plays a famously unfinished work.


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Disarmed and Unfinished: Enjoy music from the Minnesota Orchestra

Meet Elizabeth Lyon, our new assistant program director! Learn about how she found her way into radio, her favorite classical composer and what she’s up to when not working the airwaves.


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Meet Elizabeth Lyon, our new assistant program director

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebrations were postponed due to COVID-19, but the Minnesota Beethoven Festival is reigniting the festivities in 2021. Learn more in this week’s picks from John Birge.


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Welcome back, Ludwig!

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Birge's Picks: Welcome back, Ludwig!

As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to turn a corner, Minnesota choirs are looking forward to more in-person singing and performances. Learn more about what Cantus, the Minnesota Chorale and other ensembles are doing to prepare for the return of live audiences.


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Minnesota choirs await return of live performances

Graduation Playlist

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Graduation: Let us add 'Pomp and Circumstance' and other great music to your celebration

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


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Simon Mayr Choir; Concerto de Bassus; Franz Hauk, conductor

Johann Simon Mayr - Messa di Gloria: Kyrie

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 Johann Simon Mayr - Messa di Gloria: Kyrie.


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What do you dream about doing when the weather gets warmer, or when you hear a beautiful piece of music? Listen to the latest episode of Your Classical Kids Corner, to hear music that is perfect for imagining and daydreaming.

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The trombone's main difference from other brass instruments is that it has a slide. Can you imagine the right hand moving back and forth to make all the different notes?

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov : Concerto for Trombone - 1st mvt.

A lively scherzo written for the action/adventure movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

John Williams: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra

Antonio Vivaldi: Spring from The Four Seasons

Leigh Harlen: When You Wish Upon a Star

Gustav Holst: Jupiter

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1

What do you dream about doing when the weather gets warm? Maybe you dream of taking a vacation  with family and friends. Tune in to the latest episode for music that helps you daydream.


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Episode 37 - Music for Dreaming

Music for Dreaming

Alone Together with Cantus

Cantus: You Will Be Found (from Dear Evan Hansen)

Join Cantus for 'Alone Together,' a special program highlighting mental-health topics including depression and anxiety. And be sure to check out their video 'You Will Be Found,' from 'Dear Evan Hansen.' This program is a collaboration with Call to Mind.


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Listen to 'Alone Together' with Cantus, including a video of 'You Will Be Found'

Performance Today in the Classroom: Cristina Cutts Dougherty (Part One)

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Performance Today in the Classroom: Cristina Cutts Dougherty (Part Five)

Performance Today in the Classroom: Cristina Cutts Dougherty (Part Six)

Performance Today in the Classroom: Cristina Cutts Dougherty (Part Seven)

Due to current circumstances, Performance Today has adapted the concert content from its Young Artist in Residence Program to provide virtual learning experiences in their new series "Performance Today in the Classroom." Today's PT in the Classroom Music Lesson features PT Young Artist in Residence Cristina Cutts Dougherty.


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Performance Today in the Classroom: Cristina Cutts Dougherty 

Tan Dun — Concerto for String Orchestra and Zheng

Queen Lili’uokalani — ‘Aloha ‘Oe’

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. While it is difficult to represent all the diverse cultures that make up Asia and the Pacific Islands, here are six composers who have pushed the limits of composition by blending traditional sounds from their native homeland with Western classical styles.


Disarmed and Unfinished: Enjoy music from the Minnesota Orchestra

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