Music from famous dance scenes and movies including West Side Story, Singin' in the Rain, The Red Shoes, A Salute to Fred Astaire, Anchors Aweigh, Scent of a Woman, and On Your Toes. 

Dancing at the Movies

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

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema features music from famous dance scenes, including ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ and ‘The Red Shoes.’ Listen now!


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Anastasia Tsioulcas

In New York City, the area dominated by Lincoln Center was formerly home to Black and Puerto Rican communities. Etienne Charles' new musical work addresses that difficult past.


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Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center

Jeff Lunden

The new David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center, home of the New York Philharmonic, opens this week. And while the outside is the same, everything inside has changed.


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Stripped to the bones: Why a new NYC concert hall sounds so much better

Justin Chang

Cate Blanchett learned to conduct, play the piano and speak German for this thought-provoking film about genius and the abuse of power.


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In 'Tár,' a brilliant but manipulative conductor orchestrates everyone around her

The Listening Project by the Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely-heard Black classical composers.

The Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely-heard Black classical composers

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A first-of-its-kind concert dubbed “The Listening Project” from the Minnesota Orchestra last fall put the spotlight on rarely heard music by Black composers. Read more about the composers featured in this interview by Cathy Wurzer with Louise Topper.


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Minnesota Orchestra celebrates rarely heard Black classical composers

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.


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Jeffrey Yelverton

The U.S Space Force has unveiled its long-awaited ‘theme song’ — or, as it is known in the military, service song — ‘Semper Supra,’ which means "Always Above."


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U.S. Space Force unveils 'theme song'

An ecstatic exploration of classical music that’s aesthetically and uncompromisingly Black.

Rhapsody in Black - Syndey Guiilaume

Composer Sydney Guillaume came to the United States at 11 from Haiti. While he calls America home, his compositions pay homage to his ancestors and their fight for independence. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast. 


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Composer Sydney Guillaume honors his ancestors' fight for independence

Tom Huizenga

New to the music of Steve Reich? His latest recording, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic, may be his most approachable.


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Steve Reich releases his 26th album, 'Runner'

John Birge: Together in Hope

In 2018, the Together in Hope Choir traveled from its home in Minnesota to sing at the Vatican, where it performed a commissioned piece by Kim Andre Arnesen. On Oct. 15 and 16, the choir returns to St. Paul to perform a new piece by the same composer. 


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Together in Hope Choir performs Kim Andre Arnesen's works in St. Paul

New Classical Tracks - The Knights (Extended)

New Classical Tracks - The Knights

Valerie Kahler grew up in a musical family and started playing cello and piano in 3rd grade.  She began her radio career in 1989 as a volunteer at KNAU (now Arizona Public Radio) in Flagstaff, Arizona.  She worked there as a classical host and music director for more than a decade before moving to Minnesota to work for MPR.   In addition to classical music, other passions include sewing, singing and cooking.  She shares her life with her partner, John, an artist.


Valerie Kahler

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 Knights, conducted by Eric Jacobsen, explore Leo Tolstoy’s reaction to Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ with fantastic music on its latest album, ‘The Kreutzer Project.’ 


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