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Birge's Picks

YourClassical MPR host John Birge offers recommendations for Minnesota concerts, events and more.

Happy anniversaries

Happy anniversaries

This week on Birge’s Picks, ensembles and performers across the state celebrate exciting anniversaries. Look forward to performances by the Singers, the Choral Arts Ensemble, the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. Find out more!

Classical MSPIFF!

Classical MSPIFF!

This week on Birge’s Picks, it’s time for another Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. With hundreds of titles screening Thursday to April 25, you’ll want to plan ahead to catch movies about classical music, conductors, performers and more.

Choral heights

Choral heights

This week on Birge’s Picks, we look forward to choral performances across the region featuring ensembles such as Cantus, the University of Minnesota choirs, the Singers and the South Dakota Symphony and Chorus. Find out more!

Twice as nice

Twice as nice

This week on Birge’s Picks, we look forward to performances featuring music for pairs. This includes concerts by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Duluth-Superior Symphony and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. Find out more!

An 'embarrassment of riches' with plenty of riches and no embarrassment
Small is beautiful

Small is beautiful

This week on Birge’s Picks, chamber music ensembles across Minnesota present exciting concerts in St. Paul, Minneapolis and New Ulm. Find out more!

An atmospheric February

An atmospheric February

This week on Birge’s Picks, we begin an atmospheric February with the Film Noir Festival and performances by the Italian Saxophone Quartet, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. Find out more!

Science!

Science!

This week on Birge’s Picks, music and science intersect at Carleton College as its music department welcomes pianist, composer and cognitive scientist Vijay Iyer for an interview, jazz master class and performance with his trio. Find out more!

Hallelujah! It’s Handel’s 'Messiah'

Hallelujah! It’s Handel’s 'Messiah'

This week on John Birge’s Picks, Handel’s ‘Messiah’ begins its yearly rounds in Minnesota. Keep an eye out for performances by the Mankato Symphony, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Singers. Find out more!

Sing a song

Sing a song

This week on John Birge’s Picks, joyful voices welcome the season with vocal performances in Duluth, Cross Lake, Little Falls, Brainerd, Sioux Falls and the Twin Cities. Find out more!

About Birge's Picks

YourClassical host John Birge offers recommendations for Minnesota concerts, events and more.