Choral Stream

Listen to Classical MPR on April 3 at 10 a.m. for a Good Friday special: Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe leads a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Alison Young hosts the broadcast.

Bach requires much from his singers in his handful of motets. The South Dakota Chorale, led by Brian Schmidt, is a first-rate ensemble that is more than up to the challenge.

Each week, American Public Media/Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Choral Initiative Manager, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, travels across the country building community through choral music.

The Choral Stream will broadcast the Cappella Romana world premiere recording of Maximilian Steinberg's Passion Week on Good Friday at 2 p.m. CDT.

Here is an exclusive video of the Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota Children's Choral Festival. You definitely don't want to miss this video.

The American Spiritual Ensemble raises the roof from a performance given last February. (Actually, the roof hasn't really come down yet!)

Recently, in a first-year composition course I teach, our discussion veered into the timely topic of Ferguson, Missouri. The room was graveyard silent. None of us dared tread out into the world of deep conversation. We listened to the silence. After a moment, I rose and turned on Franz Biebl's 'Ave Maria.'

At the 2014 iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse in London, Eric Whitacre, Marius Beck and The Eric Whitacre Singers partnered up for some amazing music-making. One of their collaborations is this version of the folk song 'Man of Constant Sorrow,' which was re-popularized by the movie 'O Brother Where Art Thou?'

Deo Cantamus are one of five choral ensembles who have co-commissioned a new version of Dan Forrest's "Te Deum." The regional premiere will be performed on March 28.

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's famous choirs. On Monday, March 23, the Choir will make an appearance in St. Paul, Minn., as part of Classical MPR's Choral Series. This week on Morning Glories, we'll look forward to their arrival with five pieces that reach from the Renaissance to the 20th century.