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The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra welcomes back beloved artistic partner Pekka Kuusisto with a varied and colorful program. Cindy Cox’s new work for the SPCO, Dreaming a World’s Edge, was inspired by photographs of remote and endangered geographic locales captured with an antique 19th-century camera. Ralph Vaughan Williams, after the horrors of the first world war, sought to capture a simpler time with his famous tone poem for violin and chamber orchestra, The Lark Ascending, a work that shares with Cox a sense of fragility about the natural world. Louise Farrenc’s little-known but masterful Symphony No. 3 brings this concert to a dramatic conclusion.

On the latest episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel explores the film scores of two landmark composers from Hollywood's Golden Age: Erich Korngold and Max Steiner. Selections include music from ‘The Sea Hawk,’ ‘King Kong’ and ‘Gone With the Wind.’ Listen now.

The latest children's book from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and illustrator Elly McKay is about the power of nature and music. They discussed their creative process in an interview with NPR.

Imagine a cozy fire, a cup of cocoa, the northern lights and Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. Rachel Peterson, the Project DJ co-host on the Sept. 22, 2023, episode of Friday Favorites, shared a story that will make you want to live close to the Arctic Circle. Listen now with host Steve Staruch.

Host Steve Seel gives us a variety of contemporary music on the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic.’ The program features works by Missy Mazzoli, Philip Glass and more. Listen now!

On this week’s episode of New Classical Tracks, violinist Rachel Barton Pine combines classical music and metal in her latest recording, ‘Dependent Arising,’ featuring concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich and Earl Maneein. Find out more!

This week on SymphonyCast, host Steve Seel brings us the biggest musical party of the year —the last night of the proms!

The Danish Chamber Orchestra has brought Leopold Mozart's "Hunting Symphony" to life with some canine performers joining the fun.

On the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, Lynne Warfel celebrates the music of the first family of film scoring — Alfred, Lionel, Thomas and Randy Newman — with selections that range from the ‘20th Century Fox Fanfare’ to ‘Toy Story.’

Elmer Bernstein’s theme from ‘The Magnificent Seven’ is a wonderful way to celebrate a retirement with the hope of new (western) adventures ahead! Last week’s Friday Favorites also marked the end of the summer season with music that sounded like a walk in an apple orchard. Listen now.