No tuxedos, formal gowns or bouquets of flowers — this video is an unfettered look at musicians hard at work.
Ahead of its New Year's Day concert featuring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra released this video of Osmo Vänskä leading a Dec. 31 rehearsal. Watch the intense movements of conductor and musicians as they practice the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth.
It's a sneak preview of the Minnesota Orchestra's concert that takes place Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Classical MPR will broadcast this live concert; Brian Newhouse hosts.
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