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Music

Minnesota Orchestra's Jorja Fleezanis looks back on her career

Minnesota Orchestra's Jorja Fleezanis looks back on her career

Master violinist Jorja Fleezanis prepares to leave her leadership role as the concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra. She joins Midmorning to talks about her career as the lead violinist, and how an orchestra comes together on even the toughest pieces.

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Clarinetist Stanley Drucker retires from NY Philharmonic

Clarinetist Stanley Drucker retires from NY Philharmonic

Stanley Drucker joined the New York Philharmonic in 1948 at the age of 19. He's retiring as the orchestra's principal clarinet at the end of the season. Tomorrow night, he will perform his last solo work, a concerto that's just as old as his tenure with the Philharmonic: Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

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Shai Wosner plays a whole lotta Schubert

Shai Wosner plays a whole lotta Schubert

It was all Schubert all the time for pianist Shai Wosner at his recent Chopin Society concert. Hear the concert as well as a sneak preview of Shai's appearance on Performance Today.

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Pianist Stephen Hough: Faith, prayer and Tchaikovsky

Pianist Stephen Hough is recording all of Tchaikovsky's works for piano and orchestra with the Minnesota Orchestra for Hyperion. He is a performer with a strong inner compass, and much of that comes from a devout religious faith.
by Brian Newhouse

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James Hersch performs on Radio Heartland

James Hersch performs on Radio Heartland

James Hersch has done the coffeehouse circuit and house concerts and sold handfuls of records. But with the audiences changing and listeners' buying habits shifting, he's decided to go a different direction with "The 52 Song Project."
by Dale Connelly

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Gypsy Mania performs on Radio Heartland

Gypsy Mania performs on Radio Heartland

"Hot club" jazz isn't new to Minnesota. In fact, there are several bands in the region performing the 20th Century style of jazz attributed to Django Reinhardt and Stephanne Grappelli. And the members of Gypsy Mania say the Twin Cities, in fact, has become the center for that style of music lately.
by Dale Connelly

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New documentary shows The Rose Ensemble in new light

New documentary shows The Rose Ensemble in new light

The Rose Ensemble is an acclaimed vocal group based in the Twin Cities that is mostly known for its arrangements of early classical music. A new documentary produced by Twin Cities Public Television goes behind the scenes to present the ensemble in a new light.
by John Birge

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Tim Sparks performs on Radio Heartland

Tim Sparks performs on Radio Heartland

Local guitarist Tim Sparks has been all over the musical globe in the past few decades since moving to Minnesota. He was one of the founding members of the jazz trio Rio Nido. He's also recorded albums of European and Mediterranean folk music as well as classical music.
by Dale Connelly

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