Music

Local hip hop artist Dessa combines the dry wit of Dorothy Parker with the beat of Mos Def. Dessa speaks and sings of her family ties and the pressures of modern life.

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March 12, 2009 9:05 AM

Teaching the art of conducting an orchestra

As part of an initiative to get local young professionals interested in classical music, the Minnesota Orchestra invited about 60 young professionals to a brief seminar on what an orchestra conductor does. Then some of the participants got a chance to try it for themselves. Minnesota Public Radio's Curtis Gilbert condensed the hour-long program into three minutes. The orchestra's assistant conductor Sarah Hicks led the session.

by Curtis Gilbert

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March 10, 2009 12:00 AM

New Classical Tracks: Leopold!

Leopold Stokowski was famous for making and conducting his own orchestral transcriptions of other composers' music. Stokowski died in 1977, but on a new compact disc, his transcriptions live on.

by Valerie Kahler

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March 5, 2009 3:58 PM

Wynton Marsalis, ambassador of jazz

He's played with legends and some would say is becoming a legend himself. Wynton Marsalis has devoted his career to the crafting and promotion of jazz.

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March 5, 2009 3:45 PM

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony players perform in studio

Two soloists from the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony preview weekend concert.

by Steve Staruch

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March 3, 2009 12:00 AM

New Classical Tracks: Consumed by the cello

Anne Gastinel began her career as a child prodigy, and made the difficult transition to an adult solo career. Today she is France's leading cellist. Her new disc explores the music of Schubert and its wealth of melody.

by Julie Amacher

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February 23, 2009 4:06 PM

New Classical Tracks: Mendelssohn with a light touch

The quicksilver, virtuosic writing of Felix Mendelssohn finds a very apt interpreter in violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Her new disc is a bicentennial tribute to the German Romantic master.

by Julie Amacher