Longtime music host and performer Andrea Blain presents classical music programming during overnight hours and on Learning to Listen.

In honor of Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26, listen to 'Bread and Roses,' a celebration of women in classical music, with host Andrea Blain.


'Bread and Roses': Celebrate women in classical music for Women's Equality Day

Reinaldo Moya's 'Tienda' tells a Minnesota immigration story that resonates with present-day America. Listen to excerpts from the opera, which will be performed Friday and Saturday at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.


'Tienda' tells a Minnesota immigration story that still resonates with America

Composers have reflected on themes of love in their music pretty much for as long as music has existed. This week on Learning to Listen, we're going to hear music that reflects ideas of romance or love as Valentine's Day approaches.


Learning to Listen: Themes of Love and Romance

Easter Sunday would not be complete without Handel's 'Messiah.'    Listen at noon Sunday as Classical MPR presents the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Singers, an international cast of soloists and conductor Jeanette Sorrell in an encore performance of this holiday spectacular.


Listen to Handel's 'Messiah' with the SPCO and Singers at noon on Easter Sunday

When life is hectic or you need a break from the news, feel better and live bigger with classical music. Listen as classical host Andrea Blain shares music inspired by 'Life's Infinite Variety.'


Find joy in 'Life's Infinite Variety' with a playlist from classical host Andrea Blain

Many Americans were inspired by Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts to pursue musical dreams: to become performers, conductors or teachers. He also inspired a love of classical music in countless people across the world. But that's only part of his legacy as a music teacher.


Leonard Bernstein will always be America's music teacher

William Bolcom has never allowed expectations about words such as "composer" or "classical" get in the way of writing the music that interests him. Join us as we celebrate the variety and color of Bolcom's musical world as he turns 80.


Composer William Bolcom at 80: A varied career of 'musical illuminations'

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was born 100 years ago, on May 29, 1917. In this hour-long special, 'From Casals to Camelot', host Andrea Blain marks his centenary with a look at the way classical music formed an important part of his legacy.


Casals to Camelot: The 2017 Centenary of President John F. Kennedy's Birth

It's all about the first day of summer -- the first "unofficial" day of summer on this week's Learning to Listen -- traveling, looking for fun and adventure, looking for quiet and solitude.


Learning to Listen: Summer

On this week's Learning to Listen, Andrea Blain and Alison Young talk to cellist Peter Wiley about his career as an orchestral cellist, teacher and member of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri String Quartet.


Learning to Listen: Peter Wiley

Longtime music host and performer Andrea Blain presents classical music programming during overnight hours and on Learning to Listen.


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