Category: Music

Patrick Castillo has curated a Listening Library playlist featuring three centuries of music history.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D Minor with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

How much variation can one find in nearly a century of recordings of the opening chords of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony? As it turns out, lots.

Alex Ross, the brilliant and influential New Yorker music critic, has written a new article about how Beethoven’s immense legacy has shaped and even overshadowed all those who followed him.

The title of the season’s first world premiere may resonate with Minnesotans.

We’ve launched our new Beethoven guide, a biographical look at the legendary composer’s life and work, illuminated by SPCO recordings.