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Holy Week Programming

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Classical MPR is celebrating Holy Week with special programming.
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For Holy Week, Classical MPR is offering sacred music including four different musical depictions of the passion history, Duruflé's Requiem, and Mozart's Mass in C Minor.

Monday

10 a.m. Morning Glory — Pergolesi: Stabat mater
Anna Netrebko, Marianna Pizzolato
Antonio Pappano; St. Cecilia Orchestra

Tuesday

10 a.m. Morning Glory — Bach: Cantata, Christ lag in Todesbanden
Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Vienna Concentus Musicus

Wednesday

10 a.m. Morning Glory — Duruflé: Requiem
Barbara Bonney, Jennifer Larmore, Thomas Hampson
Michel Legrand/ Philharmonia Orchestra

6 p.m. — Reflections for Holy Week: Choral Music with Dale Warland, hosted by Steve Staruch

Maundy Thursday

10 a.m. Morning Glory — MacMillan: 7 Last Words from the Cross
Douglas Boyd/SPCO, SPCO Anniversary Chorale

6 p.m. — Westminster Cathedral Choir in Concert, hosted by Michael Barone (recorded at St. John's University in October 2011)

Good Friday

10 a.m. Morning Glory — Bach: St. John Passion
Bach Society of Minnesota

Easter Sunday

1 p.m. — SymphonyCast with Alison Young, presents Mozart's Mass in C Minor

8 p.m. — Bob Christiansen and Valerie Kahler present From Darkness to Light: A one-hour Celebration of Easter Sunday

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