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Music

Pirates of Penzance: interview with Guthrie Theater artistic director Joe Dowling

The Guthrie Theater closes its season with Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." MPR classical music host Mindy Ratner sat down with Joe Dowling, artistic director for the theater and the operetta's director to find out why Gilbert and Sullivan's works last.

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Salute to the Dale Warland Singers

Tune in every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in May. We'll have outstanding performances drawn from recent DWS seasons. Then, on Sunday, May 30, 2004, 3 pm, Minnesota Public Radio will present the final Dale Warland Singers concert, live from Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.

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Commentary: today's pop music about making money

If you check out the top ten songs downloaded from iTunes, you'll find odes to love, odes to parties, and Eminem complaining about having too many women after him. Not a single song has a shred of political message to it. That concerns commentator Bill Banfield.
by Bill Banfield

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Interview with folk singer/songwriter Dave Potts

The Alabama resident stopped by the Morning Show studio to chat with Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole about his recent Minnesota appearance.
by Dale Connelly

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Morning Show Evening Concert

Join Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole for an 2 hours of music, manners, superhuman meddling and radio melodrama. Actor and playwright Beth Gilleland appears as "Incredible Betty," a caped avenger sworn to uphold generally accepted standards of polite behavior. Musical talents include the duo of vocalist/violinist Laurie Lewis and vocalist/mandolinist Tom Rozum and blues guitarist Cam Waters, who is joined by bassist David Tousley.
by Dale Connelly

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Interview with violinists Sarah Chang and Joseph Silverstein

John Birge chats with virtuosos Chang and Silverstein about first collaboration together with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
by John Birge

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Interview with musicians Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum

Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum join Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole in the studio to talk about their upcoming involvement in "The Morning Show Evening Concert" at the Fitzgerald Theater.
by Dale Connelly

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A symphony where the audience interacts with more than sound

The Nobel Symphony is St. Paul composer Steven Heitzeg's most monumental composition to date. Gustavus Adolphus College commissioned the piece to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prizes. The symphony premiered in the fall of 2001. It will be performed again at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis this Sunday afternoon, but with an added dimension. Minneapolis College of Art and Design students have created an interactive media component.

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The St. John Passion

MPR's Julie Amacher discusses the St. John Passion with Bach scholar Thomas Lancaster.

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Weston Noble to retire from Luther College

A remarkable era of music performance and education at Luther College will come to an end next year when Weston Noble, internationally acclaimed music educator and choral conductor, retires after a 56-year career at the college.

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