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In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor JoAnn Falletta features the work of American composers Danny Elfman and Adolphus Hailstork on her latest recording.

Join us as we celebrate 140 years of magnificent music-making by St. Paul’s Schubert Club with some of its greatest live performances, including jaw-droppers by Peter Serkin, Leontyne Price and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. We’ll play a memorable  recording each day this week at 3 p.m. on YourClassical MPR, or listen now.

Opera Ebony was formed when opportunities for Black singers were few and far between. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, but may not survive its 81-year-old founder.

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features listeners’ favorite tracks from ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘Seabiscuit’ and ‘The Twilight Zone’ . Listen now!

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for April 28, 2023, with host Steve Staruch, Jim gets his request for Mozart, and Mike celebrates a year in retirement with Bach. Also, Project DJ co-host Katherine Anderson talks about playing cello, dancing ballet and her interest in the government.

YourClassical MPR recently hosted the Voces8 Scholars in our flagship recording studio — and what an endeavor it turned out to be. Among the highlights of the three-day session by the U.S.-based training ensemble for the U.K.’s esteemed Voces8 was a recording of Paul Smith’s ‘Nunc Dimittis’ performed with the Minneapolis-based Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective. Watch now!

British writer and comic book author Neil Gaiman launches first studio music album with Australia's FourPlay String Quartet.

On Saturday, April 22, YourClassical MPR broadcasted the premiere of Minnesota composer Steve Heitzeg’s ‘Lament of the Earth.’ Performers included the National Lutheran Choir, the Minnesota Boychoir, soloist Clara Osowski and conductor David Cherwien. Listen to on-demand audio of the broadcast now!

Becca Buck, a teacher at Gideon Pond Elementary in Rochester, is collaborating with her colleagues to incorporate Somali music into her curriculum. The project has resulted in students excited to share songs from their cultural background and a book filled with materials she’s learned from her students, their families and her colleagues, which she hopes to make available to more teachers. Listen to the story now!

In 1909, the Russian impresario came to Paris and created a sensation with a company he called the Ballets Russes. A new 22-disc set revisits the music of Diaghilev's legendary ballets.