Mozart visited Leipzig in the spring of 1789. Astonished by Bach's genius, Mozart asked to visit the St. Thomas library. Part of the fruit of Mozart's study was a collection of string-trio transcriptions of the Bach Preludes and Fugues. In this week's Regional Spotlight, hear the Bach/Mozart partnership as performed by Accordo.
All seems right with the world in the Mozart Piano Sonata No 12. For this week's Regional Spotlight, Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi will have you believing the world is a better place with his Chopin Society performance of the Mozart No. 12.
As the holiday season draws to a close, the joyful sounds continue on this week's Regional Spotlight.
Colder December temperatures mean lots of warm, spirited, holiday music-making in this week's Regional Spotlight.
In this week's Regional Spotlight, Classical MPR continues with seasonal performances from around the area this December, with performances by the Valley Chamber Chorale, the Ancia Saxophone Quartet and the Lumina ensemble.
'Tis the season for newly released holiday recordings from local ensembles. What's old is new again in this week's Regional Spotlight.
Highlights from the annual Christmas concert with the National Lutheran Choir (recorded in 2015) at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis are in this week's Regional Spotlight. There are cheery works for harp and choir by Benjamin Britten, Michael Praetorius and Peter Conte.
The Haydn Opus 50 No. 1 quartet was on the program this past Saturday, Nov. 12, with the Verona Quartet performing in St Cloud. That performance is in this week's Regional Spotlight.
With a wide array of percussion instruments, including the jawbone of a horse, Tembembe combines the music of the Mexican Baroque with contemporary music of Latin America. Steve Staruch joined Tembembe in the Classical MPR studios for a live mini-concert. That performance and conversation is in this week's Regional Spotlight.
A late-18th-century music theorist described F-sharp minor as a 'gloomy key which tugs at passion like a dog biting a dress.' So why does Haydn's only piano trio in F-sharp minor sound so playful? The Morgenstern Trio chews through the piece from a performance at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. It's on this week's Regional Spotlight.
