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In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Osmo Vänskä explores how Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 carries a message of life in his latest recording with the Minnesota Orchestra.

'Dreams of the Fallen' recognizes and memorializes through music and poetry those who have protected our country — often at great sacrifice — from before its founding to the present. Listen now to this tribute to U.S. military heroes.

The singers traveled to England for a tour to raise money to build a technical college. Their story is receiving renewed attention because of a new dance performance based on the concert tour.

On this episode of Saturday Cinema, host Lynne Warfel talks with four-time Emmy-nominated producer and author Steven C. Smith about his book ‘A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann.’  The music includes selections from Herrmann’s scores for ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much,’ ‘Psycho’ and ‘Citizen Kane.

A violinist's bow snapped mid-performance at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for May 19, 2023, with guest host Steve Seel, Michael from Stillwater gets his request to celebrate the 147th Preakness Stakes, and Susan hears a trumpet concerto requested by a dear friend. Also, Steve Staruch talks in a recorded segment with members of ComMUSICation.

ComMUSICation is celebrating 10 years of bringing quality music instruction to St. Paul schools. ComMUSICation joined host Steve Staruch in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio at Minnesota Public Radio in preparation for the comMUSICation celebratory concert Sunday at the Ordway. Listen now!

William Eddins is a Minnesotan who makes music and beer, but how does a world-class orchestra conductor end up co-owner of a brewery? Find out more about how Eddins and a friend turned their beer-making hobby into MetroNOME brewery in downtown St. Paul, with the goal of raising money to pay for music instruments and instruction for Twin Cities children and teens.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Turkish American composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol tells how he found jazz in his new recording with the chamber orchestra A Far Cry, ‘A Gentleman of Istanbul.’

In celebration of the Schubert Club’s 140th season, the celebrated Kanneh-Masons, an ensemble formed by seven siblings, performed a special concert featuring works by Price, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Shostakovich.