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Classical Minnesota Public Radio to expand broadcast of American Public Media's Performance Today® to two hours
May 15, 2008
Beginning Monday, May 19, the full two hours of American Public Media's Performance Today® will begin broadcasting weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT on Classical Minnesota Public Radio stations throughout the region.
Performance Today, which St. Paul-based American Public Media acquired from National Public Radio in January 2007, is a two-hour weekday classical music program featuring live concert recordings from studios, festivals and concert halls across the nation and around the world, as well as classical music news, interviews and features.
"We love the idea of bringing classical music alive on the radio," said John Birge, host and program director for Classical Minnesota Public Radio. "Performance Today is an especially fitting vehicle for that—not only for its commitment to airing live performances, but in the unique way it brings to life the stories of the music and musicians as well. It's another great way we connect classical music to the lives of our listeners."
For program archives, news, feature interviews and podcast information, visit Performance Today's Web site at www.performancetoday.org.
About Performance Today
Hosted by Fred Child, Performance Today is one of America's most popular classical music radio programs, with more than 1 million weekly listeners on 246 stations around the country.
Performance Today features live concerts by famous artists in concert halls around the globe and from the American Public Media studios as well as interviews, news and features. Listeners to Performance Today, on any given day, may hear from performances in the great concert halls of New York, Prague, London, Berlin and Paris.
The list of concert performers and studio guests on Performance Today is a Who's Who of the classical music world, including performances by orchestras like the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, plus acclaimed soloists such as Yo Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Midori and Itzhak Perlman, to name a few. Each Wednesday, Bruce Adolphe joins Fred Child for the Piano Puzzler, challenging a listener to identify a popular song played in the style of a composer. Several times each year, Performance Today also features young American soloists with the potential for great careers, as "Young Artists in Residence."
For more information, visit www.performancetoday.org.
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's parent company, American Public Media,™ reach more than 15 million listeners nationwide each week. Of those, nearly 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.
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Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc., Nationwide and PSA data. Arbitron data are estimates only. Spring 2007/Fall 2007 average.
Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
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