Classical Minnesota Public Radio is dedicated to showcasing local Minnesota music and the musicians who create it. Catch some of the regional artists this holiday on stage, on the radio and in a new CD of music and recipes from The Splendid Table - "Taste of the Holidays."
When Brahms mother died, he arrived too late to say goodbye. In his grief, he wrote one of the greatest expressions of loss and letting go - his German Requiem. Listen online to excerpts from a performance by the National Lutheran Choir.
Meditation and Hoolerie - a piece that features the high, laughing registers of the clarinet - is this week's spotlight with the ensemble Trio Montecino.
The lake can wait when the Summer Singers are performing. Listen to highlights online of this past season.
Former Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Partner Nicholas McGegan has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Listen online to Schubert from a concert last summer in Northfield.
Their voices are out of this world - and will take you to another place and time. It's New York Polyphony. Listen to a recent recital at St. Olaf online.
One of the finest choirs in the world came to Saint Paul last month. Their sparkling rendition of music from the Anglican tradition is online.
Russian born Twin-Cities pianist Denis Evstuhin was chosen out of hundreds of applicants to compete in Warsaw in the Chopin Piano Competition happening now. Listen online to four Chopin impromptus he played at a warm-up recital in Saint Paul.
Cantus tenor and composer Paul Rudoi uses a grant from the Composers Forum to record his own choral music. Listen to this sublime music online.
