Karl Gehrke
22 Collection Items
- Fringe O Rama - Arts team offers a preview of Fringe Festival
The MPR Arts team provides a preview on the 15th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Midwest's biggest performing arts festival. For ten days, actors and dancers will perform in over 150 shows throughout Minneapolis.
- A profile of jazz bassist Gordon Johnson
MPR’s Karl Gehrke profiles Minneapolis jazz musician Gordon Johnson. Gehrke interviews Johnson about his musical background, and other local musicians about Johnson’s playing.
- Bruce Cho working hard for clarinet dreams
MPR’s Karl Gehrke profiles classical clarinetist Bruce Cho, who plays the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra as part of the Young People's Concerts. Gehrke interviews Cho, his music teacher, and a music colleague.
- Classical work by Dominick Argento honors his late wife
MPR’s Karl Gehrke meets with American composer Dominick Argento at his Minneapolis home to discuss his work “Evensong: Of Love and Angels," commissioned by Washington Cathedral Choral Society. Argento wrote the piece for his deceased wife, Carolyn, and considers it his most meaningful work.
- Singer Connie Evingson celebrates St. Paul-born jazz great
MPR’s Karl Gehrke talks with Minnesota jazz vocalist Connie Evingson about her CD of songs by Dave Frishberg, an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist born in St. Paul. Gehrke interviews both artists and others about the music compositions.
- American Indian traditions come to classical music
MPR’s Karl Gehrke profiles Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, a Chickasaw composer dedicated to spending his life looking for North American Indian solutions in classical music composition. Tate's new guitar concerto is titled "Nitoshi' Imali." It was a commission from the Joyce Foundation, and awarded to Tate and the St. Paul-based American Composers Forum.
- "Kirby" - A play based on the life of Kirby Puckett
On this Midday program, a look at Kirby, a play at the History Theatre in St. Paul that explores baseball Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett’s life as an adored sports icon struggling with off the field troubles. Program includes report, interviews, and call-in segments.
- Wordless Music Series pairs rock and electronic musicians
MPR’s Karl Gehrke looks at a major New York City concert series uniting classical and indie rock audiences that is coming to the Twin Cities. In the previous year, the Wordless Music Series has paired rock and electronic musicians in intimate chamber music settings with classical performers.
- Sing Me a Home - Minnesota Chorale & Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity team up
MPR's Karl Gehrke reports that the personal stories of several Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity homeowners have been turned into songs for Minnesota Chorale "Sing Me a Home" concert. The performance is part of the chorale's outreach program called "Bridges."
- Lutheran Exhibit - Lutheran's not just white and staid
MPR’s Karl Gehrke reports on a new exhibit at the University of Minnesota that challenges the stereotype of Lutherans as staid, white Scandinavians. The recent arrival of immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia has created many ethnically diverse Lutheran congregations in the Twin Cities.
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