Writer Neil Gaiman debuts his first music album with an Australian string quartet
British writer and comic book author Neil Gaiman launches first studio music album with Australia's FourPlay String Quartet.
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Listen: National Lutheran Choir performs Steve Heitzeg's 'Lament of the Earth'
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!
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Burnsville music class includes songs familiar to Somali students
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!
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Collection features almost all the music Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes danced to
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.
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Mo Willems' bossy Pigeon makes his operatic debut
‘Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!’ turns 20 this month. To mark the anniversary, Willems and Renee Fleming presented the pigeon's story in an opera at the Kennedy Center.
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Pianist Lara Downes heals loss with her new album 'Love at Last'
Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.
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LA is blasting classical music to deter homeless people from gathering at metro stations
The Los Angeles Metro is using classical music on its light rail system to deter homeless people from congregating and sleeping in a downtown station.
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A Potpourri of 'Best of' Lists
On the April 22, 2023, episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel ventures outside of the American Film Institute’s lists of best scores to explore a collection from the Guardian, the New York Times, Variety and other polls of movie score favorites. Hear music from ‘Casablanca,’ the Harry Potter and James Bond films, and a lot more.
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Friday Favorites: Tax Day, the South Metro Chorale and Hermann Baumann
On this episode of Friday Favorites, for April 21, 2023, with host Steve Staruch, Eileen celebrates wrapping up Tax Day with a piece by Beethoven, Bill prepares for a spring performance as a member of the South Metro Chorale and Vicky hears a request for Hermann Baumann.
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Composer Thomas Adès presents a ballet inspired by Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy'
Hear an excerpt from the most fantastical and kaleidoscopic orchestral works of our time, ‘Dante,’ written by British composer Thomas Adès and inspired by the iconic masterpiece by Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy.”