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Classical Minnesota Public Radio to present two live broadcasts of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw
March 20, 2008
WHAT: Classical Minnesota Public Radio to broadcast two live performances of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with their new artistic partner, soprano Dawn Upshaw
WHEN: Saturday, April 5, 2008 with conductor Reinbert de Leeuw and Saturday, April 26, 2008 with conductor Douglas Boyd
TUNE IN: Listeners can tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio stations statewide, including KSJN 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities, or online at www.mpr.org
Classical music lovers statewide have an opportunity to hear soprano Dawn Upshaw with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra through two live broadcasts on Classical Minnesota Public Radio, hosted by John Birge.
On Saturday, April 5, Classical MPR will feature the SPCO and its new artistic partner, soprano Dawn Upshaw, in a performance at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for a program inspired by cabaret, folksong, jazz and poetry. Repertoire includes Schoenberg's Cabaret Songs, Berio's Folk Songs for Voice and Orchestra and Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks concerto. Reinbert de Leeuw conducts.
Dawn Upshaw and the SPCO return to the MPR airwaves with conductor and SPCO artistic partner Douglas Boyd on Saturday, April 26, with a preview of the program the SPCO will perform at Carnegie Hall in May. The program features selected Schubert songs in newly commissioned arrangements for voice and chamber orchestra by Osvaldo Golijov, Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite and Haydn's Symphony No. 104 in D ("London").
"To hear a live broadcast of a performance is a unique experience," said Gayle Ober, MPR's director of classical music programming. "You are there, in the moment, with thousands of other listeners, even if you're alone in your car or your living room. Add to that world-class artists like Dawn Upshaw and the SPCO and you have something extraordinary. Live concert broadcasts are truly a way to bring great classical music to everyone."
To listen to these special live broadcasts, tune in to Classical Minnesota Public Radio stations statewide, including KSJN 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 and Saturday, April 26, or online at www.mpr.org. These broadcasts are in addition to MPR's regular Monday night SPCO concert broadcasts.
Minnesota Public Radio® operates a 37-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio, operating as American Public Media,™ reach more than 15 million listeners nationwide each week. Of those, more than 800,000 listen regionally, in Minnesota and surrounding states. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be obtained at www.mpr.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org.
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Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc., Nationwide and PSA data. Arbitron data are estimates only. Fall 2006/Spring 2007 average
Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
Kelly Belich
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
651-292-3239
kbelich@thespco.org
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