A week or so ago, the orchestra played a concert featuring five Hungarian Dances, two choral works, and a serenade, all by Brahms. With the exception of one of the dances (the famous #5,) this was basically The Brahms You’ve … Continue reading →
This is the second post in this month’s edition of The Listening Room, our discussion of music that composer Judd Greenstein finds meaningful, inspiring, or just plain good. For earlier Listening Room posts, click here, and add your own insights … Continue reading →
It’s time for this month’s edition of The Listening Room, in which our MicroCommission composer Judd Greenstein selects a recording he loves and invites you to have a conversation about it. We’re going to change things up a little this … Continue reading →
Later this month, (specifically, the week of January 23,) we’ll be kicking off another installment of The Listening Room, a project we launched with Judd here on the blog in November. Basically, TLR is like a book club, only with … Continue reading →
This is the second of two posts kicking off the musical conversation we’re calling The Listening Room. If this is the first you’ve heard of it, click here to get caught up. Yesterday, Judd and I discussed the first work … Continue reading →
As previously announced, today marks the kickoff of a blog-based project we’re calling The Listening Room. It’s sort of a like a musical book club, and here’s how it works: over the next few months, we’ll announce specific recordings that … Continue reading →
It’s that time of the fall again – our first Inside the Classics concert of the season goes up this Friday and Saturday night (which you could probably have predicted by the fact that this blog went utterly silent more … Continue reading →
Well, it’s been a long week on the road, the orchestra is just now settling back into our homes in the Cities after our Common Chords residency up north in Grand Rapids (Sarah wrote about it earlier in the week,) … Continue reading →
Many thanks to all of you who attended our (standing-room only!) Inside the Classics concerts this weekend; it’s amazingly energizing to see the Hall filled, and with such an enthusiastic audience, to boot! We’re also grateful for your generosity; we … Continue reading →
So, about an hour ago, I just happened to click over to the Minnesota Orchestra’s online box office to see whether I could score a last-minute seat or two for this Friday’s ItC show for some friends. I’d heard sales … Continue reading →
