Birge's Picks

This week on Birge’s Picks, a new chamber music festival, the Duluth Chamber Music Festival, starts this week. The established Festival of the Lakes in Alexandria wraps up its 28th season.

This week on Birge’s Picks, a ‘Downton Abbey’ themed concert at the Dunsmore Room in the Crooner’s Supper Club and a pair of memoirs released from actors in the series should bring joy to fans of the show .

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Lakes Area Music Festival returns in Brainerd and the Vintage Band Festival brings a variety of musical experiences to Northfield.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Northern Lights Music Festival returns for another summer of chamber music and opera featuring a terrific cast of singers from around the world in a performance of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute.’

This week on John Birge’s Picks, YourClassical MPR celebrates Pride Month with ‘Proud to Be.’ Every morning this week at 9 a.m., we ask classical musicians in the LGBTQ community what Pride means to them.

This week on John Birge’s Picks, we bid farewell to Osmo Vänskä, who has led the Minnesota Orchestra as music director for 19 years.

This week on John Birge’s Picks, we explore Jessica Meyer’s ‘Where You Love From,' a piece commissioned through the Michael Steinberg & Jorja Fleezanis Fund, a project founded and led by the legendary violinist Jorja Fleezanis in honor of her late husband, Michael Steinberg.

This week on John Birge’s Picks, a tribute to Leonard Bernstein is performed Tuesday at the Dakota in Minneapolis and a Fazioli grand piano is inaugurated in Austin, Minnesota by pianist Marc-André Hamelin.

This week on John Birge’s Picks, it’s a full week of live performances throughout Minnesota, including the Minnesota Orchestra playing live to a screening of ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.’ Regardless of where you are in the state, you can find a concert relatively close by.

This week on John Birge’s Picks, it’s a great week for fans of classical music and classic movies, including a 100th-anniversary shout-out for Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein.