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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.

‘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.

Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.

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.