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Music

Gordon Johnson on "GJ4"

Gordon Johnson on "GJ4"

Twin Cities bassist Gordon Johnson is out with another "Trios" album. This is the fourth in a series of recordings featuring Gordy, along with a variety of different jazz pianists and drummers.
by Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole

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Steven C works his piano

Steven C works his piano

St. Paul musician Steven Anderson, or Steven C., as his stage name goes, has built a thriving behind-the-scenes career in the "New Age" music industry as a producer and pianist. Now he's stepping out of the shadows with a new CD.
by Chris Roberts

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Osmo Vanska composes a musical 'bridge'

Osmo Vanska composes a musical 'bridge'

The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra is premiering a new work by Minnesota Orchestra conductor Osmo Vanska, called "The Bridge." It's inspired in part by the collapse of the I-35W bridge last summer.
by Marianne Combs

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1858, in music

1858, in music

Spend an hour listening to the music of 1858, and discovering some interesting connections between the music and Minnesota's history and landscape.
by Rex Levang

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Ordway Center plans expansion

Ordway Center plans expansion

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra could have a new concert hall at the Ordway Center, under a new proposal from the St. Paul Arts Partnership.
by Euan Kerr

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A Mother's Day New Classical Tracks for anyone who misses Mom

A Mother's Day New Classical Tracks for anyone who misses Mom

The death of Johannes Brahms' mother was the catalyst for a groundbreaking new take on the Requiem; one that disregarded the established structure and traditional text of the Requiem Mass, and drew instead from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible.
by Valerie Kahler

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Schubert Club Competition Winners: Daniel Larson

Schubert Club Competition Winners: Daniel Larson

Tuba player Daniel Larson of St. Olaf College is one of the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition winners. He stopped by Minnesota Public Radio to share his musical talents.
by Melissa Ousley

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Sharing a swingin' archive

Sharing a swingin' archive

Bob DeFlores' film archive is one of the largest private collections in the country. A new partnership with Normandale Community College will make many of his rare, historical films available for educational institutions.
by Karl Gehrke

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Schubert Club Competition Winners: Caitlin Cisler

Schubert Club Competition Winners: Caitlin Cisler

Several winners of the Schubert Club's Scholarship Competition visited Minnesota Public Radio to share their artistry. Among them is soprano Caitlin Cisler, a grad student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
by Steve Staruch

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New Classical Tracks: China's most popular classical work

New Classical Tracks: China's most popular classical work

Gil Shaham's new disc presents two violin concertos -- one a 19th-century standard, the other written 80 years later in Communist China -- but both cast in lush romantic style.
by Julie Amacher

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