Regional Spotlight™

The faculty members of Bemidji State University are in the Regional Spotlight with Jennifer Higdon's 'Dash' and Astor Piazzolla's 'Lo Que Vendra' for flute and piano.

In this week's Regional Spotlight are works from the Elizabethan era's 'twin peaks,' Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. Both are heard in all their sweet glory with the Mirandola Ensemble.

In this week's Regional Spotlight, from a concert in Duluth a few seasons ago, Sybarite5 performs 'Yann's Flight,' by Shawn Conley.

Rollo Dilworth's "Stand Upon the Rock" and Moses Hogan's "This Little Light of Mine" were recorded by the Choral Arts Ensemble in Rochester in a concert titled "Speaking Truth to Power." Rick Kvam leads his expert ensemble in this week's Regional Spotlight.

'Dead Man Walking' is the most produced new opera of the 21st century. The Minnesota Opera stages the piece starting this weekend. Soprano Karen Slack and mezzo Catherine Martin join Steve Staruch in the studio to talk about their emotional roles and sing two pieces.

The Andre Caplet Quintet for Piano and Winds will have you thinking daffodils, crocuses and tulips. A recent performance from Musical Offering is in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Tony Ross, Principal Cello with the Minnesota Orchestra, took center stage with the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra for a performance of the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1. The Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marleen Pauley, and soloist Tony Ross are in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Tony Ross, principal cello with the Minnesota Orchestra, takes center stage with the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Saint-Saens' Cello Concerto No. 1.

All seems right with the world in a most friendly and smiling way in the Mozart Piano Sonata No. 17. You won't be able to turn away from Peter Serkin's recent Frederic Chopin Society performance.

The holiday season continues with concert recordings from earlier this month. Grand and glorious, they're all in this week's Regional Spotlight.