Thursday night at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, scores of classical music fans turned out for the YourClassical MPR Happy Hour, which featured hospitality and live music.
Find out how a chance meeting with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped give composer and conductor Paul Freeman the resolve to make classical music more inclusive and diverse on the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast. Listen now.
On the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ we hear music that honors sadness, grief and healing. Selections include Tamar Sagiv’s ‘Shades of Mourning,’ “Longing” from Dobrinka Tabakova’s Concerto for Cello and Strings and more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ cellist Dan Ryan and flutist Suzanne Stumpf, the music directors of Musicians of the Old Post Road, talk about the ensemble’s latest recording featuring music by Christoph Graupner and more. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
On the latest episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel celebrates the Top 10 rated film actresses of all time, including Meryl Streep, Sophia Loren, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe. Listen now!
Margaret Bonds dealt with racism as she broke barriers for future generations of Black women composers. Find out how the words and friendship of renowned Black novelist Langston Hughes helped her with that struggle in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.
With a new year, we bring you two hours of new works on the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ and it’s hard to think of a better way to go than by focusing on the composers who are emerging as the voices taking classical music into the future: the women. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson “orbits around” Beethoven’s Opus 109 Piano Sonata on his latest project. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel honors famous folks who died in 2025, remembering their careers and films we love. Listen now!
