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Listen to the Metropolitan Opera

Listen to the Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera makes its productions available to listeners via free live audio streams. Check out the schedule and listen now!

Hollywood Halloween

Hollywood Halloween

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel shares music from flicks for fright and fun. Categories include monsters, ghosts and other stuff that goes bump in the night. Listen now!

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1931 film 'Drácula' gets its first film score, just in time for Halloween
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Project DJ co-host Dante Mulkey
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Stevie Wonder, the influential artist who transformed R&B and funk music

Stevie Wonder, the influential artist who transformed R&B and funk music

Explore the legendary career of Stevie Wonder, the influential artist who transformed R&B and funk music. From his soulful voice to his groundbreaking compositions, learn about his classical music roots, record-breaking hits and his magnum opus. Find out more on the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

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Guest host Valerie Kahler features Needham’s ‘Shades of Green’
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Two violas, two orchestras and one marriage with Maiya Papach and Rebecca Albers

Two violas, two orchestras and one marriage with Maiya Papach and Rebecca Albers

The Twin Cities is rare in having two professional orchestras with viola sections. That’s what makes it possible for Maiya Papach and Rebecca Albers to chase their music dreams and create a life together in Minnesota. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the couple about how to gracefully play a supporting role in music and in marriage.  

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Anna Clyne and the Knights bring folk into classic on new album

Anna Clyne and the Knights bring folk into classic on new album

English composer Anna Clyne incorporates elements of folk music on her latest recording featuring the Knights. Listen as host Julie Amacher speaks to her and Eric Jacobson from the ensemble about their recent collaboration on the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks.’

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Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the middle of October

Friday Favorites: Listener requests for the middle of October

On the latest edition of Friday Favorites, Steve Staruch helps a couple celebrate their 50th anniversary with their song, plays an Elizabethan madrigal about “makin’ out!” and honors a childhood remembrance of a Ravel rehearsal. Listen now!

Charles Ives’ vision of America still strikes an unsettling chord
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