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Ordway musical memories

Kernis Overture in Feet and Meters SPCO
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McFerrin Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik SPCO
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Leonidas Kavakos/Peter Nagy - Georges Enescu/Sonata in the Romanian Popular Character
The Ordway in St. Paul
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has been host to many of the greatest names in classical music over its 25 year history.
MPR Photo/Chris Roberts

In its 25 years, the Ordway has been host to some of the biggest names in classical music - Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Guarneri String Quartet, Mitsuko Uchida, Gidon Kremer, Eroica Trio, Lang Lang - as well as countless memorable performances by resident ensembles including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Opera.

You can listen on-line to a few of our staff picks of concerts that were particularly exciting.

Bobby McFerrin giving a lively juiced-up version of Mozart and Hugh Wolff's last hurrah as Music Director leading the SPCO in a world premier by Aaron Jay Kernis written for and dedicated to him.

Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos
Photo courtesy: Intermusica

As well, a recent concert - a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat rendition of Enescu's "Sonata in the Romanian Popular Character" given in a Schubert Club recital by Leonidas Kavakos and Peter Nagy.

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