Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel.

APM/MPR

Paola Prestini: Gravity as metaphor

Steve Seel possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at public radio stations around the country. Steve came to Minnesota Public Radio in 1999 to be a part of its nationally-syndicated classical music programming. In 2005, he became one of the founding voices on MPR's eclectic station The Current, and has hosted various time slots from mornings to late nights, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. 
 
Steve is an avid reader of political and social commentary as well, and he emcees The Current's popular Policy and a Pint community series, featuring discussions with noted scholars, politicians, community leaders, authors and big thinkers on important issues of the day. Steve is also a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

Composer Paola Prestini’s ‘G-Force’ uses gravity as a metaphor for the weightiness of “a life well lived.” We hear her work, as well as two exclusive live recordings from the BBC Proms, on this week’s Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Caroline Tompkins

Paola Prestini finds her center of gravity

The Proms gets eclectic

We begin our sampling of performances from the 2022 BBC Proms.


MPR photo/Rex Levang

Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto

Jennifer Higdon wrote her Violin Concerto for violinist Hilary Hahn.


Courtesy of the artist

Timo Andres: in the moment

Composer Timo Andres is inspired by music from Brahms to Radiohead.


Michael Wilson

Music for star gazing

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope provide this week’s inspiration. 


Courtesy of NASA

Brian Eno's "Deconstructed" Pachelbel

Brian Eno turns Pachelbel’s ‘Canon’ into conceptual art on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images

Brian Eno deconstructs Pachelbel's 'Canon'

It's always winter somewhere

How about some chilly sounds on a summer night? It’s winter in the southern hemisphere, after all.


Aaron Burden/Unsplash

The Middle East and more

Composers from Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria.


Words of inspiration

Poetry and prose provide the inspiration for the music in this week’s Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.
