This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's new Tapestry initiative aims to use "the language of music to explore issues faced by our community." For St. Paul singer and artist PaviElle French, it is the opportunity of a lifetime. She ended up composing her first symphony for an orchestra.
Scott Blankenship and T. Mychael Rambo review their favorite carols this holiday season. Audiences will love singing along as they share their top picks for the Christmas season, performed by today's leading artists and ensembles.
In recent years, the musicians of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have tackled many new challenges. To recognize their efforts, the orchestra will hold a Musician Appreciation Concert on Thursday night, featuring the orchestra's artistic director and principal violin, Kyu-Young Kim.
A day-by-day guide to all of our special holiday programming for the 2018 season.
Jeremy Denk plays one of his favorite pieces, Beethoven's 'Emperor Concerto,' this weekend with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Find out why the pianist loves the work so much and hear his performance Saturday night during Classical MPR's live broadcast of the SPCO's season-opening concert.
From Bach to Beat Box is an ambitious project that involves tossing the music of J.S. Bach into a hungry arena of performers, including rapper Terrell Woods (aka Carnage the Executioner), folk-classical string duo the OK Factor, and the classically trained jazz pianist Samuel Rosenstone. It's the latest creation of Mischa Santora's Minneapolis Music Company.
For the first time since 2014, much-beloved former Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra artistic partner and international pop star Bobby McFerrin returns to Minnesota with his ensemble Voicestra for eight performances at the Dakota in Minneapolis.
This Saturday at 8 p.m., join Alison Young on Classical MPR for our live broadcast of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, featuring compositions by American composer Hannah Lash, Igor Stravinsky and more.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra performed with artistic partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja in a program that explored the mystery behind various incomplete musical fragments as well as music from their Grammy-winning album, Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet.
Here's a calendar with all of the Voices of Spring programming for April.
This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
