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01/25/2025
Have you ever heard the music of Frederick Block? Chances are, you haven't. But the ARC Ensemble is here to change that with the latest installment of the group's 'Music in Exile' series. Find out more on the latest episode of New Classical Tracks!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ host Julie Amacher speaks with Simon Wynberg, artistic director of the ARC Ensemble, about the latest installment in the group’s ‘Music in Exile’ series, featuring chamber works by Frederick Block. Listen now!
01/24/2025
Greg Zelek performs the ending of Symphony for Organ No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2, I. Allegro by Charles-Marie Widor. Thank you to Northrop at the University of Minnesota for facilitating the creation of this performance video. Check out our website at pipedreams.org to listen and engage with more performers like Greg. Follow us at Pipedreams!
01/23/2025
What does love mean to you, and how does classical music help you express it? Whether it's for a partner, family or friends — or even, say, a pet or hobby — we want to know what classical work means "love" to you. Tell us, and we'll play your suggestions for Valentine's Day.
01/22/2025
On Friday, the Minnesota Orchestra wrapped up its Nordic adventures concert series with a program featuring music by Edvard Grieg and Ørjan Matre, as well as the Violin Concerto by Carl Nielsen featuring soloist Johan Dalene. Listen to the concert now!
The Minnesota Orchestra’s Nordic adventures continue, this time with music by Edvard Grieg, Ørjan Matre, Hugo Alfvén and Carl Nielsen. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, on YourClassical MPR.
01/22/2025
Hope Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and cultural traditions into its core curriculum. The ever-growing music program includes piano, guitar and band classes that allow students to explore musical traditions and learn to play their favorite pop tunes. Instrumental music director Andrew Sowatzke talks about the music featured in the program and the ways that students engage with it.
01/21/2025
On Jan. 16, acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visited YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her recent master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Listen to the conversation now!
On Jan. 16, acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visited YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her upcoming master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Listen to the conversation now!
01/20/2025
While protesting the difficult conditions of racism and injustice in the United States, people sang freedom songs to give them strength to keep on working for the cause. Join us for ‘Songs of Freedom,’ narrated by G. Phillip Shoultz, in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Listen now!
01/19/2025
This week’s episode of Extra Eclectic examines memory through music. Host Steve Seel features works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christopher Tignor, Meredith Monk and Steven Mackey’s ‘Mnemosyne’s Pool,’ honoring the Greek goddess of memory. Listen now!
01/18/2025
Our Nordic adventures continue, this time anchored by selections from Grieg’s beloved Peer Gynt. You’ll also hear how Norway’s Ørjan Matre takes a collection of Grieg piano pieces and creates an otherworldly and welcoming soundscape. Fun Fact: Denmark’s Carl Nielsen was at the summer home of Grieg’s widow when he began to compose his only violin concerto.
The Minnesota Orchestra's Nordic adventures continue, this time with a program featuring music by Grieg, Matre and Nielsen, as well as guest soloist Johan Dalene,. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, on YourClassical MPR.
The Minnesota Orchestra’s Nordic adventures continue, this time with music by Edvard Grieg, Ørjan Matre, Hugo Alfvén and Carl Nielsen. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, on YourClassical MPR.
01/17/2025
Greg Zelek performs "Je te veux" by Erik Satie. Thank you to Northrop at the University of Minnesota for facilitating the creation of this performance video. Check out our website at pipedreams.org to listen and engage with more performers like Greg. Follow Pipedreams for more organ content! 🎹💞
01/16/2025
Listen at 3:30 p.m. today as acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visits YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her upcoming master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Don’t miss it!
Listen at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, as acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visits YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her upcoming master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Don’t miss it!
01/15/2025
Hope Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and cultural traditions into its core curriculum. The ever-growing music program includes piano, guitar and band classes that allow students to explore musical traditions and learn to play their favorite pop tunes. Middle and high school principal Michael Reed talks more about the program and what it offers students.
01/14/2025
On Friday, Jan. 10, the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Thomas Sondergard joined principal clarinet Gabriel Campos Zamora for the first of two concerts that explore Nordic landscapes and portraits. Listen to the concert now!
The Minnesota Orchestra and Thomas Sondergard join principal clarinet Gabriel Campos Zamora for the first of two concerts that explore Nordic landscapes and portraits. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, on YourClassical MPR.
01/13/2025
Listen at 3:30 p.m. Thursday as acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visits YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her upcoming master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Don’t miss it!
Listen at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, as acclaimed operatic soprano Deborah Voigt visits YourClassical MPR to chat with host Steve Staruch about her upcoming master class at MacPhail Center for Music, her current artistic pursuits and her favorite classical music. Don’t miss it!
01/12/2025
Steve Seel presents a unique installment on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with the help of Your Classical MPR Fellow (and anime enthusiast) Akshaj Turebylu: two hours of music from the world of anime. Listen now!
01/11/2025
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ with host Julie Amacher, pianist Joanne Polk releases the second volume of her recordings featuring the music of French composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade. Listen now!
01/10/2025
The Minnesota Orchestra and Thomas Sondergard join principal clarinet Gabriel Campos Zamora for the first of two concerts that explore Nordic landscapes and portraits. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 o'clock tonight on YourClassical MPR.
The Minnesota Orchestra and Thomas Sondergard join principal clarinet Gabriel Campos Zamora for the first of two concerts that explore Nordic landscapes and portraits. Listen to the live broadcast with host Melissa Ousley at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, on YourClassical MPR.
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Videos
Excerpt from Symphony for Organ No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2, I. Allegro by Charles-Marie Widor
Greg Zelek performs the ending of Symphony for Organ No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2, I. Allegro by Charles-Marie Widor. Thank you to Northrop at the University of Minnesota for facilitating the creation of this performance video. Check out our website at pipedreams.org to listen and engage with more performers like Greg. Follow us at Pipedreams!
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Hope Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and cultural traditions into its core curriculum. The ever-growing music program includes piano, guitar and band classes that allow students to explore musical traditions and learn to play their favorite pop tunes. Instrumental music director Andrew Sowatzke talks about the music featured in the program and the ways that students engage with it.
Andrew Sowatzke talks about HOPE Community Academy
Hope Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and cultural traditions into its core curriculum. The ever-growing music program includes piano, guitar and band classes that allow students to explore musical traditions and learn to play their favorite pop tunes. Instrumental music director Andrew Sowatzke talks about the music featured in the program and the ways that students engage with it.
What does love mean to you, and how does classical music help you express it? Whether it's for a partner, family or friends — or even, say, a pet or hobby — we want to know what classical work means "love" to you. Tell us, and we'll play your suggestions for Valentine's Day. ❤️
Submit your answer today: http://www.yourclassicalmpr.org/love
Greg Zelek Performs "Je te veux" by Erik Satie
Greg Zelek performs "Je te veux" by Erik Satie. Thank you to Northrop at the University of Minnesota for facilitating the creation of this performance video. Check out our website at pipedreams.org to listen and engage with more performers like Greg. Follow Pipedreams for more organ content! 🎹💞
#organ #music #orgel #pipeorgan #classicalmusic #organist #musician #orgue #organmusic #organo #concert #Satie
With a large Hmong and Karen student population, HOPE Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and culture traditions into their core curriculum. Middle and high school principal Michael Reed talks more about the program and what it offers students.
Michael Reed talks about HOPE Community Academy
Hope Community Academy in St. Paul is the first charter school in the U.S to integrate Hmong language and cultural traditions into its core curriculum. The ever-growing music program includes piano, guitar and band classes that allow students to explore musical traditions and learn to play their favorite pop tunes. Middle and high school principal Michael Reed talks more about the program and what it offers students.
“There’s nothing else like it.” Find out why listeners love ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.’ Listen live from King’s College, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve, 9 a.m. central, on YourClassical.org. (Encore at 7 p.m. central.)
Listeners share their passion for FONLAC
“There’s nothing else like it.” Find out why listeners love ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.’ Listen live from King’s College, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve, 9 a.m. central, on YourClassical.org. (Encore at 7 p.m. central.)
A pipe organ that’s more than 400 years old! It’s just one of the things that makes ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ so special. Listen live from King’s College, Cambridge, on Christmas Eve, 9 a.m. central, on YourClassical.org. (Encore at 7 p.m. central.)
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Overview and History
Since its origins as a single classical music station in 1967 at KSJR in Collegeville, Minn., MPR has earned nearly 1,000 broadcasting and journalism awards, including seven George Foster Peabody Awards (dubbed the “Oscar of broadcasting”), six Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, a prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Gold Baton Award and a Grammy Award.
American Public Media, MPR’s national programming division, is one of the largest producers and distributors of public radio programming in the world and the distributor of several public radio programs—including Live from Here®, Performance Today®and Marketplace®—reaching 20 million listeners on nearly 1,000 radio stations nationwide each week. It is the largest producer and distributor of classical music programming in the country. Learn more about American Public Media.
Minnesota Public Radio uses its regional network and technical infrastructure to deliver vital public services throughout Minnesota, specifically: the state’s Emergency Alert System (EAS); the state’s AMBER Alert System, used for child-abduction warnings; and Radio Talking Book, the reading service from the Minnesota State Services for the Blind.
Minnesota Public Radio’s 100-seat UBS Forum provide venues for discussion forums, political debates, program recordings, cultural programming and more.
MPR Quick Facts
MPR began broadcasting from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., on January 22, 1967.
Every week, 20 million people listen to programming by Minnesota Public Radio’s national programming division, American Public Media
MPR has 46 network stations and 41 translators.
Contributions from corporations, foundations, institutional sponsors and individuals make up 60% of MPR’s overall budget.
MPR News has received more than 1,000 awards, including the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, George Foster Peabody Award and numerous national Edward R. Murrow Awards.
American Public Media produces more classical music programming than any other media outlet and ranks second in the nation for overall public radio programming production volume.
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