This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
As part of our MPR 50 celebrations, we're presenting archival concerts that aired on Classical Minnesota Public Radio. This week, we're pleased to rebroadcast the opening concert of the Ordway Center in St. Paul, from Jan. 9, 1985. Listen Monday, March 27, at 8 p.m.; Michael Barone hosts.
Conductor Hugh Wolff leads the Minnesota Orchestra in a concert features the works of Thomas Ades, Bela Bartok and Felix Mendelssohn. Join Classical MPR host Brian Newhouse for the live broadcast of this concert on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, at 8 p.m.
From Bob Dylan to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, over the years dozens of Minnesotans have been honored by the Recording Academy.
On Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., join Classical MPR host Alison Young for a live broadcast of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert, led by artistic partner and clarinetist, Martin Frost.
Classical MPR's Alison Young - one of 189 flutists performing with Claire Chase on Feb. 1 at the Ordway Concert Hall - shares her experience, and her admiration.
In October 2016, the classical music world lost Neville Marriner, who died at home at the age of 92. Among many highlights in his career, Marriner had been the music director of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1978 to 1986. On Friday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m., join host Brian Newhouse for the live broadcast of the Minnesota Orchestra's tribute concert to Neville Marriner. We've also assembled a slideshow of highlights from the late maestro's career.
Sunday, Jan. 22 marks a half-century since Minnesota Public Radio began bringing you classical music on the airwaves. Join Michael Barone and Mindy Ratner as we reflect on where we've been ... and look ahead to where we're going.
Saturday, Jan. 7, at 8 p.m., join host Alison Young for a live broadcast of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert at the Ordway Music Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Artistic partner Pekka Kuusisto joins the SPCO for performance of Fritz Kreisler's Violin Concerto in C (in the style of Vivaldi), among other works.
On Friday, Oct. 7, starting at 11 a.m., join host Alison Young for a broadcast of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert, live from the Ordway Music Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. MacArthur Fellow and SPCO Artistic Partner Jeremy Denk leads from the keyboard on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, and he joins SPCO violists for two chamber works and a Franz Schubert's Second Symphony.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) announced today that violinist Francisco Fullana has been named the orchestra's newest principal violin. 'One of my long-term goals has always been to play chamber music at the highest level with people that inspire me,' Fullana says.
This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
