Regional Spotlight™

Dvorak's Dumky Trio has been described as an uninhibited Bohemian lament and a dark fantasia. You'll be in awe with Accordo's performance of the Dvorak Dumky Trio. It's in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Haydn's final three Piano Trios were dedicated to Therese Jansen. She must have been a virtuoso, as Haydn didn't hold back when composing the piano parts in these trios for her. The multiple award-winning Lysander Piano Trio performs the Haydn Piano Trio no. 44 from a Chamber Music Society of St Cloud recital.

Gian Carlo Menotti is best known for his operas. In this week's Regional Spotlight the Zodiac Trio perform Menotti's character filled Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano.

It's like a little opera, the Piano Sonata No. 34 by Haydn. One of only a handful of keyboard works in a minor key, the piece is filled with fleet and serene-like themes. A performance with Hungarian pianist Denes Varjon from his Frederic Chopin Society recital this past February is in this week's Regional Spotlight.

David Cherwin leads the National Lutheran Choir in the serene Samuel Wesley anthem, 'Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace.' Here's a performance that will allow you to simply breathe and breathe deeply.

This week's Regional Spotlight focuses on the Mediterranean. The Musical Offering performs Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade.

From a recent performance with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra led by Delta David Gier, Arvo Part's haunting Trisagion is in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Steve Osborne is a favorite with audiences worldwide and a favorite with the Frederic Chopin Society. Osborne's performance this past March at the Mairs Concert Hall of the Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 1 in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Clever is as clever does. And Benjamin Britten was one of the cleverest. Britten took a theme by one of his early teachers, Frank Bridge, working it into a march, a waltz, a romance, and the list goes on. Britten's 'Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge' with Kremerata Baltica from an Ordway performance last year is in this week's Regional Spotlight.

Beloved former concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra, Jorja Fleezanis was back in the Twin Cities to perform with the Minnesota Bach Ensemble. Highlights from that performance including the Brandenburg Concert No. 4 are in this week's Regional Spotlight