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Song of Joy: The Mendelssohns

John Birge has been hosting, producing and performing classical music for more than 25 years. Since 1997, he has been hosting on Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Service. He played French horn for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra and performed with them on their centennial tour of Europe in 1995. He was trained at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy.


John Birge

Join John Birge in this joyful hour of music for chorus and orchestra that captures the spirit of Easter and the rebirth of spring. ‘Song of Joy: The Mendelssohns’ features choral settings by siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, showcasing their enormous talent and culminating with a festive ‘Hymn of Praise’ based on Psalms and other biblical texts.


Holiday

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New Classical Tracks (Extended) - Karlos Rodriguez 

New Classical Tracks - Karlos Rodriguez

Julie Amacher's desire to introduce others to great music is what led her to radio. She began her professional broadcast career at a station in Sun Prairie, Wis. She went from rock 'n' roll to the Rocky Mountains, where she found her niche in public radio at KUNC in Greeley, Colo. Julie spent 13 years at KUNC, where she managed the announcers and their eclectic music format. During that time, she earned four national awards for best announcer. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in 1997 as an on-air host and also produces New Classical Tracks, a weekly podcast critiquing a new release each week. It airs locally at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays and 5:15 p.m. Fridays.


Julie Amacher

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, the Catalyst Quartet delves into rarely recorded music by composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still and George Walker. 


Lyric Quartette: I. The Sentimental One

New Classical Tracks® 

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Catalyst Quartet uncovers more musical gems in latest 'Uncovered' release

Listen to the Story

Jon Hamilton

Art can make the brain's wiring stronger, more flexible and ready to learn, say the authors of a new book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.


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Building a better brain through music, dance and poetry

Celebrating the films and folks who make us laugh for April fools' Day 2023.

Playing the Fool

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

Enjoy a celebration of films and the folks in them who make us laugh. Great screen comedies and their music include Some Like It Hot, Chaplin, Jack Lemmon films, Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  and a lot more. Lynne Warfel hosts.


Saturday Cinema

Friday Favorites for March 31, 2023

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for March 31, 2023, guest host Steve Seel plays a dedication to Minneapolis organist Daniel Chorzempa. Kathy in Cottage Grove requests a family favorite by Rossini, and Theresa gets her request for a tasty polka. 


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Friday Favorites

Friday Favorites: Guest host Steve Seel, organist Daniel Chorzempa and Rossini

YC Story - Randi Hacker

Randi Hacker exposes unreleased lyrics to all your familiar favorites. 


YourClassical Story

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Randi Hacker sings new words to old tunes

NDSU Challey School of Music performs 'Messiah'

For the first time since 2015, the North Dakota State University Challey School of Music performed its annual holiday tradition ‘Messiah’ at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Minneapolis in late 2022. Listen now to that performance for Easter.


Listen to Handel’s 'Messiah,' performed by North Dakota State University singers and orchestra

Where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music, with host Vernon Neal.

Rhapsody in Black - William Dawson

Vernon Neal is the host of the podcast ‘Rhapsody in Black,’ where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music.


Host/Producer

Vernon Neal

Composer and educator William Dawson dedicated his life to the promotion and cultivation of Black American music traditions.  Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast. 


Rhapsody in Black - March 30, 2023

Rhapsody in Black

Tuskegee University Archives

William Dawson never doubted the possibilities of our music

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

This week, ‘From the Top’ will feature four talented young musicians who are disabled or neurodivergent. Acclaimed violinists Itzhak Perlman, who performs while seated following a childhood bout with polio, and Julia LaGrand will perform and guest-host alongside host Peter Dugan.


Excerpts from Capriccio by Joaquín Rodrigo performed by Julia LaGrand | From the Top

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Itzhak Perlman joins 'From the Top' as it features disabled and neurodivergent musicians

Saturday Cinema - March 25, 2023

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, is the second of two listener request shows this month and features listeners’ favorite tracks. Listen now!
