Arts & Culture

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Festival Chorus is performing the 300-year-old choral masterpiece, St. John Passion, this weekend in Winnipeg.

The retelling of the Passion story, written by J.S. Bach, weaves the Easter story using choir, orchestra, and soloists. 

A rare and storied violin that once belonged to one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century is poised to re-enter the world stage.

Tarisio, a leading expert in fine string instruments, has announced the private sale of the 1731 “Heifetz, Piel” Stradivari—an instrument owned for nearly three decades by Jascha Heifetz during the most prolific years of his career. The violin has been out of public view for more than 70 years.

The trumpet world is mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars. Niklas Eklund, the acclaimed Swedish trumpeter and master of the Baroque repertoire, has died at the age of 56. His death was confirmed April 15; the cause is unknown.

April showers don’t only mean May flowers – they also mean time inside with a good book. Fortunately, Chris Hall from McNally Robinson Booksellers returned to the Classic 107 studios for the April edition of ‘What to Read’! 

It has been a year of many firsts for the Winnipeg Baroque Festival, and that will continue on Thursday night as the Festival presents its first concert to feature wind instruments.  

Fierbois – the duo of oboist Caitlin Broms-Jacobs and pianist Madeline Hildebrand – will be sharing a program entitled Love & Madness, with musical highlights from the French Baroque tradition with some Italian masterworks. 

One of the hallmarks of the Flash Photographic Festival is its "Bring Your Own Venue (BYOV)" element that allows audiences to encounter photography in unlikely places. The exhibit on display at X-Cues Cafe and Lounge in Winnipeg’s West End takes things a step further by taking the viewer to an unlikely place. 

Sacred Sounds for Holy Week: A Musical Journey on CLASSIC 107 

As we approach Easter Sunday on April 20, CLASSIC 107 invites you to join us at 1 PM each weekday for a special Holy Week series. This curated selection of sacred works reflects the profound themes of sacrifice, reflection, and redemption central to the Easter season. 

Two student ensembles from the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music are getting ready to present two early works from two of the biggest voices in the western classical music canon. 

The unique nature of the repertoire featured in the concert It Takes a Village is that the piano quintets it features by Antonin Dvořák and Dmitri Shostakovich are pieces that were initially conceived at around the same age as the students who are playing them.  

Baroque lovers, rejoice! This morning’s 9 a.m. hour on Classic 107 is basically a sonic pre-party for one of the most exciting concerts of the Winnipeg Baroque Festival: La Folia, performed by local period dream team In Fidem in Fidibus. If you’ve got tickets for this afternoon’s show at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, consider this your musical appetizer.