Looking out at late January fog as I write this, February promises to be similarly atmospheric for music lovers around Minnesota and environs.
The Italian Saxophone Quartet warms up the Red River Valley as it returns to the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks on Sunday afternoon. Last time it played the Sunday Concerts in the Gallery, the audience got into the act with a movie music track from its album The Italian Way. Fellini never had it so good!
Movie lovers will find plenty of atmosphere in the monthlong Film Noir Festival, which kicks off this week at the Heights Theater in Columbia Heights and the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis. Run, don’t walk, as Chinatown is already sold out and the rest of the series looks terrific, too.
An atmosphere of hope and healing permeates programs by the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra this week. The SPCO looks to the poet Rumi for inspiration, with music from medieval to modern. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Orchestra teams up with the Sphinx Virtuosi for a concert that includes Michael Abels’ Global Warning, composed originally to respond to the end of the Cold War. Now it has new meaning in relation to climate change. You can hear the Friday night concert broadcast live on YourClassical MPR.
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