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12:00 am Music Through the Night®
6:00 am Lynne Warfel
8:00 am Alison Young
1:00 pm Mindy Ratner
5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion®
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Dawn Upshaw

Dawn is back at the SPCO with a world premiere

Dawn Upshaw returns in her role as Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She sings some signature music by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and a world premiere by film composer Alberto Iglesias.

  • Summer SingersRegional Spotlight - Summer Singers
    Tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Thursday afternoon for Regional Spotlight. Host Steve Staruch will highlight Minnesota choir The Summer Singers.
  • Sharon WestbrookHow to find the right piano teacher
    Choosing a piano teacher can be a bit like finding the right lawyer, plumber or hairdresser -- professional experience is important, as well as a good fit. North Dakota Piano Teacher of the Year, Sharon Westbrook, shares her thoughts on finding that best "fit."
  • Lang Lang, Vadim Repin, Mischa MaiskyNew Classical Tracks: Star Power
    A trio of star soloists brings out the passion and beauty in two Russian chamber works.
  • Michael IsraelievitchSPCO names new Principal Timpanist
    Twenty-something Michael Israelievitch has just been named Principal Timpani of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. It was a grueling (but thorough!) audition and he feels ready to take on his new role.
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Radio Highlights

  • Friday Favorites

    Each week host Steve Staruch presents two hours of classical music based on listener requests. Do you have a favorite work you'd like to share?
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  • The New Releases

    Host Michael Barone shares the week's newest classical music releases each week
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  • Open Air

    November 3
    As a grown-up lullaby, it had some drawbacks. Almost as if, just as the insomniac was finally falling asleep, the composer shouts, "Are you asleep yet?!!" Call it a joke between friends. Though Count Keyserling used a go-between to request the music from the Leipzig Kapellmeister, he knew the famous Bach. And Bach felt he knew the aristocrat well enough to incorporate popular songs, jack-in-the-box surprises and other breaks of decorum in what was supposed to be a musical sleeping pill. The result was named after the go-between, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. And we'll hear Bach's Goldberg Variations played by that serial smasher of decorum, Glenn Gould, tonight on Open Air
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Arts & Culture

Novel explores the legacy of Indian boarding schools

Bemidji-based writer Kent Nerburn writes fictional narratives based on the real stories of people he has met on reservations in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Nerburn's latest book, "The Wolf at Twilight," explores the sad legacy of the Indian Boarding schools.

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State of the Arts

Can art be democratic? Pangea World Theater thinks so.

What happens when you give actors the power to say "sorry, but I'm not interested in reading that line?"

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Casanova's Homecoming

November 14, 2009 - November 22, 2009
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    Minnesota's music scene has occasionally popped up on the national radar, but regardless of national attention it's a vibrant artistic community. Discuss the venues, shows, record stores, labels, or anything else pertaining to Minnesota music. more

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