The SPCO

Music directors at American symphony orchestras make an average of $600,000. Could orchestras do without them? Some ensembles, especially chamber orchestras, are making that choice.

Dvorak's Dumky Trio has been described as an uninhibited Bohemian lament and a dark fantasia. You'll be in awe with Accordo's performance of the Dvorak Dumky Trio. It's in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Deutsche Grammophon have released a 24-disc box set titled 'The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours.' How better to listen to it than in 24 straight hours?

As German conductor and pianist Christian Zacharias concludes his seven-year tenure as an artistic partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the SPCO is sending him off in style with a series of three concerts set for May 13 to 15. The concert on Saturday, May 14, at 8 p.m., will be broadcast live on Classical MPR.

This weekend concludes Christian Zacharias's tenure as Artistic Partner of the SPCO. For this week's Morning Glories, we'll listen back to several of their collaborations.

This week's Regional Spotlight focuses on the Mediterranean. The Musical Offering performs Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade.

This week for Morning Glories, we are highlighting this weekend's SPCO soloist, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

Listen to Classical MPR on Friday, March 25, at 10 a.m. for a Good Friday special: award-winning English conductor Paul McCreesh leads the Gabrieli Players in a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Alison Young hosts the broadcast.

The SPCO welcomes French pianist David Fray for his Minnesota debut with Mozart's dramatic Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor. Classical MPR will broadcast the concert live on Saturday, Feb. 27, starting at 8 p.m.

Steve Staruch speaks with several participants in the Twin Cities' first-ever International Spanish Music Festival. Prepare to feel the heat of passion and the soul of Spain as mezzo Nerea Berraondo performs several of the songs from a recital that will close the festival.