Music

January 26, 2007 3:57 PM

This weekend's action is at the Concertina Bowl

Football fanatics still have another week before their big day, Super Bowl Sunday, arrives. But for fans of a certain kind of accordion, the biggest bowl event of the year happens Saturday in Blaine, Minnesota -- the Concertina Bowl.

by Chris Roberts

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January 25, 2007 4:45 PM

Aunt Bessie just might be a composer

Over the past decade, the St. Paul-based new music ensemble Zeitgeist has given amateur composers a rare opportunity to get their music played through an annual contest. This year's winners include a physician, a former history teacher and a high school violinist.

by Karl Gehrke

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January 24, 2007 10:05 AM

Mozart would have admired these musicians too

The virtuosos in the Boston Symphony Chamber players take on music Mozart wrote for some outstanding wind musicians of his day. Julie Amacher says it's a perfect match.

by Julie Amacher

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January 23, 2007 6:00 PM

Django Reinhardt: the father of Gypsy Jazz

Guitarist Django Reinhardt would be 97 years old this week. When he was young, a fire mangled his hands, forcing him to come up with new ways to play his favorite instrument. His innovations led to a new type of jazz music that resonated through western Europe even as war tore the continent apart.

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January 19, 2007 1:00 PM

Music from the heart

A folk singing duo from rural Minnesota finds fulfillment if not riches in music.

by Dan Gunderson

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January 19, 2007 11:43 AM

The draw of Carousel remains

The last time you heard "You'll Never Walk Alone" you were probably wearing a robe and carrying a diploma. But did you know where that song came from? It's from the Rogers and Hammerstein show, "Carousel" and it was an unusual musical for it's time.

by Dale Connelly and Jim Ed Poole

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January 18, 2007 4:52 PM

Dona nobis pickin'

The Twin Cities choral group VocalEssence is mixing mountain and classical music in what may be the first bluegrass mass. Minnesota composer Carol Barnett took on the challenge of blending disparate styles to create a cohesive composition.

by Steve Staruch

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January 17, 2007 10:00 AM

Netrebko reveals the beauty of Russian opera

Soprano Anna Netrebko is newly anointed royalty in the opera world. Her latest recording is a collection of some of the most beautiful songs and arias from the Russian repertoire.

by Julie Amacher

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January 12, 2007 2:39 PM

Writer Charles Baxter remembers Dorati

As a boy during the 1950s, writer Charles Baxter often visited Northrop Auditorium to hear Antal Dorati conduct the Minneapolis Symphony. As the Minnesota Orchestra celebrates Dorati's 100th, Baxter offers a remembrance.

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January 11, 2007 3:00 AM

Dorati's recordings put the Minneapolis Symphony on the map

No orchestra today equals the feat, but during the 1950s the Minneapolis Symphony sold millions of recordings thanks largely to its conductor, Antal Dorati.

by Karl Gehrke

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