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Ryan Ross on 'Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death'

Steve Staruch can be heard on Classical Minnesota Public Radio from 3 to 7 p.m. weekdays, including hosting Music with Minnesotans, Regional Spotlight and Friday Favorites. Prior to joining the staff of MPR in 2004, Steve presented a variety of radio programs on WCAL in Northfield, Minn., where he created an immensely popular call-in program, and on WXXI in Rochester, N.Y. Outside radio, Steve also enjoys work as a freelance tenor and violist. Steve and his wife, Naomi, enjoy traveling, gardening and hosting dinner parties.


Steve Staruch

Beloved Minnesota author Bill Holm’s iconic poem ‘Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death’ is the text for a new song cycle by Minnesota composer Martha Helen Schmidt. Steve Staruch spoke with baritone Ryan Hugh Ross, who along with pianist Daniel Rieppel is performing it around Minnesota, about the poet’s larger-than-life presence and the new work.


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Singer Ryan Hugh Ross delves into song cycle based on Bill Holm's 'Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death'

Saturday Cinema - September  2, 2023

On this episode of ‘Saturday Cinema’ for the first weekend of September, host Lynne Warfel surveys music from films about working folks and school days, including selections from the scores of ‘9 to 5,’ ‘Norma Rae’ and ‘Dead Poet's Society.’ Listen now.


Saturday Cinema

Labor Day and back to school

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NPR's Scott Simon talks to conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra about its second international tour.


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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is embarking on its second international tour

Friday Favorites - Sept. 1, 2023

Steve Staruch hosted a live recording of Friday Favorites at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 24 with Project DJ co-hosts Charity Duran and Jacob Barsness. That special edition was aired Sept. 1. Listen now.


Friday Favorites

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Friday Favorites visits the State Fair, with Project DJ co-hosts Charity Duran and Jacob Barsness

Jeffrey Yelverton is a digital producer of classical music for Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. He supports the digital portfolio of MPR/APM by creating original content and providing production support for YourClassical Storytime, New Classical Tracks and various seasonal events.


Digital Producer, Classical

Jeffrey Yelverton

Is the recorder the best instrument ever? Find out the many ways the recorder is not only a classical instrument but has planted itself firmly within pop culture. 


Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto RV 443 / Maurice Steger, Cappella Gabetta

J.S.Bach - Sonata in e-minor (BWV 1034) Dorothee Oberlinger & Edin Karamazov

Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c1575-1647): Gagliarda Seconda detta La Scabrosetta [a5]

G. Ph. Telemann: Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV 51:C1 – Bremer Barockorchester, D. Oberlinger

All the Madmen (2015 Remaster)

Your Move

Stairway to Heaven (Remaster)

Classical Basics

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Is the recorder the best instrument ever?

Jay Gabler

The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin performs an Irish lullaby that dates from 1904.


A still from the 'Gartan Mother's Lullaby' video

The Gartan Mother's Lullaby - Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

Lullabies

Listen to a haunting century-old Irish lullaby

YourClassical Storytime - Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come

Henry can't wait for kindergarten to begin, but he has a slight case of the first-day jitters. What will he do to calm his nerves? Find out in the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, ‘Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!’ by Nancy Carlson, featuring narration by Melanie Renate and music by Franz Hoffmeister.


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'Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!'

An ecstatic exploration of classical music that’s aesthetically and uncompromisingly Black.

Rhapsody in Black - André Watts

Pianist André Watts made his debut at 16 when he was featured in a Young People’s Concert, with Leonard Bernstein conducting. Bernstein was blown away by the performance. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.


Rhapsody in Black - Andre Watts

Andre Watts, 1963

Andre Watts on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood - Revolutionary Etude - Op.10 No.12 Chopin

Rhapsody in Black

Pianist André Watts, a performer we all learned from

Triking with a tuba in tow, from delta to headwaters

Anyone in marching band who carried a tuba around had a more physically demanding job than most. Now, imagine pulling a tuba behind you while traveling the length of the Mississippi River — by tricycle. Jon Hodkin is a tuba player from Scotland and he’s in Minnesota nearing the end of just such a journey. He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about why.


Courtesy of Jon Hodkin

Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

Thursday night was the the super blue moon, and Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel continued his visits to the 2023 BBC Proms festival. Listen now.


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