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Music

Interview with the Grammy-winner Dominick Argento

How he found out about the Grammy for "Casa Guidi"; what the Grammy award means to him.

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Interview with the "Little Prince", Nathaniel Irvin

Minnesota Public Radio listeners get a double treat on Sunday February 22 at 6 pm: the first performance of a warmly received new opera—with a Minnesota singer in the title role. The singer is boy soprano Nathaniel Irvin of Maple Grove, and the opera is a new setting of the beloved fantasy The Little Prince by Antoine de St.-Exupéry.

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Dancing to the sounds of the Duluth harbor

Most people who visit Duluth spend some time sight-seeing on the waterfront. But the sounds of the harbor can be just as inspiring as the sights. A young composer has turned those sounds into music.

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Valentine's Day recordings

To complement your Valentine's Day, Minnesota Public Radio music director Rex Levang recommends recordings by three women whose stunning voices pull at the heartstrings.

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Minnesota Orchestra 2004 European Tour: postcards

The Minnesota Orchestra is in the middle of its three-week tour of Europe. Violist Sam Bergman's latest postcard from the road.

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State of the Arts: Mason Jennings and independent record sellers

Mason Jennings performs live and talks about his new album to be released next week. Plus, the Ibsen festival at the Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro and Chris Roberts on independent record stores.

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St. Cloud's orchestra reaches new heights

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra has been around since the early 1970s. But just in the past couple years, it has attracted critical raves, and popular support.

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Fortepianos: a link in a musical evolutionary chain

Most people know the modern piano evolved from the harpsichord. But few know there was an intermediate instrument, called the fortepiano. A Duluth concert features a rare treat: matched fortepianos playing works of Mozart in a way rarely heard today.

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Whither the indie record store?

After years of slumping CD sales and the illegal downloading of songs, the music retail industry is finally embracing the digital age. Online music sales through companies such as Apple Computer, Napster and even Walmart are growing, and several major record labels are converting their music catalogs to digital. Many industry observers say the shift to digital delivery of music spells doom for the independent record store. Yet, the few such stores that remain in the Twin Cities say reports of their impending death may be premature.

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Ani DiFranco gets back to basics

In a time when many musicians rely on digital technology to enhance their sound, folk icon Ani DiFranco is returning to basics. She recorded her new album, Educated Guess, by herself, in her living room, using an old reel-to-reel tape recorder. The result is a raw, intimate, sound. DiFranco brings that sound to the Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis this weekend.

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