Sponsor
Support Saint Paul Sunday with your Amazon.com purchases
Search Amazon.com:
Keywords:
  • News/Talk
  • Music
  • Entertainment
Saint Paul Sunday home page

FEBRUARY 7, 2010 PROGRAM

Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Karl Paulnack, piano


Missionaries: Now and then, music of our time needs its own champions, too—performers devoted to sharing it with listeners who haven't yet experienced just how it exhilarating can be. This week, violinist Jorja Fleezanis and pianist Karl Paulnack join forces to celebrate the music that originally brought them together. These missionaries of contemporary sound have made it their calling to engage and enlighten audiences with rarely performed 20th and 21st century works. Listen in for sonatas by Peter Mennin and Ernst Bloch as well as one of Alban Berg's hauntingly beautiful Seven Early Songs.

Go to program to listen

 

MORE SAINT PAUL SUNDAY PROGRAMS

JANUARY 31, 2010 PROGRAM

Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano


Renowned baritone Thomas Hampson tells America's stories in song, bringing them to life through masterly performances and a passionate sense of their importance to our national soul. As part of his extensive collaboration with the Library of Congress, he unearths several previously neglected gems, singing them alongside more familiar favorites by Foster, Copland, Barber, and Ives. We also hear the fourth song in Stephen Paulus's "Heartland Portrait", a cycle commissioned for Mr. Hampson and set to luminous poems by Ted Kooser, thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. Pianist Craig Rutenberg, whose contributions have likewise enlarged our musical life, performs with equal mastery and heart. (more)

JANUARY 24, 2010 PROGRAM

David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano

The Wall Street Journal calls them "America's power couple of chamber music," but their fans just call them "wonderful." Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han make a warmly anticipated return visit to Saint Paul Sunday this week for a program that fully engages the duo's enthralling way of revealing the music from the inside out. Along with Brahms's first cello sonata and one of his beloved intermezzi for solo piano, we also hear heartfelt music of Edvard Grieg. The program opens with "Portrait," a deft and lyrical work composed by David's own father, Edwin Finckel. (more)

 

ABOUT SAINT PAUL SUNDAY

A Look Back: 25 years of Saint Paul Sunday

(Photo above: Bill McGlaughlin was the Associate Conductor of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the first guests on the show.)
Launch slideshow

Each week since 1981, Saint Paul Sunday has affirmed the abiding relevance and hospitality of great classical music-making. Whether longtime fans or recent converts, listeners encounter the same spirit that launched the series very first program: intimate, one-of-a-kind performances and approachable conversation with exceptional artists about the music at hand. (more)

FEATURED ARTIST

Anniversary Artist
Acclaimed for its insightful performances, brilliant artistry and technical mastery, the Emerson String Quartet is one of the world's foremost chamber ensembles, and has amassed an impressive list of achievements: a brilliant series of recordings exclusively documented by Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, six Grammy Awards including two unprecedented honors for "Best Classical Album," three Gramophone Magazine Awards and performances of the complete cycles of Beethoven, Bartók and Shostakovich quartets in major concert halls throughout the world. The ensemble is lauded globally as a string quartet that approaches both classical and contemporary repertoire with equal mastery and enthusiasm. (more)

25 More 25th Anniversary Artists

 

BUY MUSIC FROM THE ARTISTS

January 31, 2010 PROGRAM

Thomas Hampson

MORE SAINT PAUL SUNDAY MUSIC

Saint Paul Sunday Sessions

Alfresco

Alfresco, the sixth CD in the Sunday Sessions series has a host of favorite artists, including The Eroica Trio, The Johannes String Quartet, pianist Angela Hewitt, and many others.