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March 23, 2019 - Bring the Sing: Duluth

Bring the Sing returned to Duluth on March 23 for a celebration of community through song. Check out the recording as well as our gallery of photos from the event.


Choral Stream

Listen to audio and check out photos from Bring the Sing in Duluth on March 23

As a lifelong classically trained harpist, associate digital producer Brooke Knoll has always had a passion for classical music and sharing the stories behind the songs. Before joining YourClassical MPR in 2019, she was the on-air host of Radio K’s all-classical show, Rock Me, Amadeus.


Associate Digital Producer

Brooke Knoll

When it comes to choral music, are you more Bach or PDQ Bach? Find out which great choral work best fits your personality with our fun quiz!


Little girl singing loudly while playing piano

Quiz: Which great choral work are you?

Choir of King's College at Cathedral of St. Paul, Part 1

King's College Rebroadcast: Part 2

Every Christmas Eve, millions of people worldwide listen to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' featuring the ethereal sounds of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Now you can listen to the choir's recent concert at the Cathedral of St. Paul, as captured by Classical MPR, and explore our photo gallery of the event.


Listen now to the Choir of King's College at the Cathedral of St. Paul

Bring the Sing: Rochester

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Vaughn Ormseth

This past Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Bring the Sing returned to Rochester for an event that celebrated and honored the civil-rights icon. Listen to the audio and check out the photos from that event.


Bring the Sing celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. in Rochester

Dan Wascoe is a retired Star Tribune reporter/columnist and MPR contributor. As a pianist, he has performed for the past 15 years with vocalist Baibi Vegners as Nuance/a duo. Since 2004, he also has been a volunteer player of the bells atop Minneapolis City Hall.


Dan Wascoe

The 65-member Apollo Club of Minneapolis is gearing up for its 125th anniversary in 2020. And, just as it was in 1895, the chorus still is an all-guy thing.


The Apollo Club male chorus prepares for its 125th anniversary

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

Hailed by Leonard Bernstein as "the world's greatest choral conductor," Joseph Flummerfelt has died at 82. Classical host Lynne Warfel reflects on performing with the choral master and his accomplishments as a Grammy winner, educator, conductor and arranger.


Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) (arr. J. Flummerfelt for choir)

2P Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal with Maestro Joe Flummerfelt 1/18/18

Q&A with Joseph Flummerfelt, Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor

A tribute to choral master Joseph Flummerfelt, who has died at 82

Dominick Argento: Seasons

Brian Newhouse

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento died Wednesday at 91 in Minneapolis. Classical MPR director Brian Newhouse looks back fondly on a special moment with Argento and the composer's legacy.


Argento at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival

Remembering composer Dominick Argento, who has died at 91

Jim Ramlet

So you're sailing down the Pacific Coast Highway in your 1964 Ford Mustang convertible (with the top down, of course), and "Blue Moon," sung by the Marcels, comes on the radio. What do you do? C'mon — admit it — you sing along with the bass line! You can't help it.  Why? Because singing bass, especially in a choir, is awesome!


A bass'-eye view of choral music

As the nation celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy, Classical MPR shares a performance of 'We Shall Overcome,' from its recent Bring the Sing community singing event in Northfield, Minn.


Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks during the March on Washington

Listen: Hundreds join voices in 'We Shall Overcome'

The government shutdown is reaching into so many pockets of society. The most recent example is the choral world, where we've learned of one devastating instance of Soprano Shutdown, thanks to a satirical website.
