How do you feel about classical music?

When I’m doing tasks like cooking, exercising or cleaning.

When I’m reading or studying, for example.

When I’m relaxing, sleeping or just “hanging out.

When I’m paying attention solely to the music

When does listening to music bring you the most joy?

I attend a few shows a year, but it’s not a large part of my life.

I regularly attend live shows and can’t get enough of them.

Do you enjoy live music?

I know what I like and rarely stray from my favorites.

I’m open to new things, but there are classics for a reason.

I relish discovering the new and unfamiliar.

When it comes to listening to music …

I like folk, bluegrass and more traditional forms.

If it’s improvised and cool, I’m there.

If I’m not listening to classical music, I’m listening to …

Rooted in Black music history in the Americas and worldwide.

Going beyond Western Europe traditions, often influenced by folk music.

Drawing from traditional music of the Middle East, Southeast Asia and more.

Delving into traditional music of Native Americans and other First Nations.

Surveying traditional music of Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Exploring traditional music cultures from around the world.

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Every weekday at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories.

, opened on Sunday, Sept. 10. The art in these galleries is accompanied by music, which was inspired by the galleries' themes and curated by Classical MPR.

This week for Morning Glories, we will hear music that was either inspired by or the source of inspiration for art.


Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition


Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words: Selections


Inspired Lord Frederic Leighton's Lieder ohne Worte.


Richard Wagner - Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I


Kandinsky's Composition 8 was inspired by hearing a performance of Wagner's Lohengrin


Ralph Vaughan Williams: Job: A Masque for Dancing: Selections


Ballet music after William Blake's engravings of the Book of Job


Three works by Sandro Botticelli inspired this trio of orchestral pieces

Mia: Eyewitness Views

Mia's newest exhibit, Eyewitness Views, opened on Sunday, Sept. 10. The art in these galleries is accompanied by music, which was inspired by the galleries' themes and curated by Classical MPR. This week for Morning Glories, we will hear music that was either inspired by or the source of inspiration for art.


Giovanni Antonio Canaletto, The Grand Canal in Venice

Morning Glories: Music inspired by or about visual arts

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