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The lights of Orchestra Hall shine on the Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis on Thursday, April 13, 2017.
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Minnesota Orchestra live broadcasts on Classical MPR

Find the programs for each of our live broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra in the 2017-2018 season.

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
VANSKA OPENS THE SEASON WITH STRAVINSKY'S FIREBIRD

Friday, September 15, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess
HILLBORG Violin Concerto No. 2 [U.S. Premiere]
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
CELEBRATING FINLAND'S CENTENNIAL

Friday, September 22, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Elina Vahala, violin

AHO Minea
J. KUUSISTO Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
RODERICK COX CONDUCTS RACHMANINOFF

Friday, October 6, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Roderick Cox, conductor
Alessio Bax, piano

ARGENTO Valentino Dances
GRIEG Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
BEETHOVEN AND PROKOFIEV

Friday, October 13, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Bixby Kennedy, clarinet

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
VANSKA CONDUCTS THE REFORMATION SYMPHONY:
Celebrating 500 Years of Reformation through Music

Friday, November 3, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Adam Kuenzel, flute
Minnesota Chorale

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, Reformation
CURRIER RE-FORMATION [World Premiere]

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
FUTURE CLASSICS: EMERGING COMPOSERS SPOTLIGHT
Friday, November 10, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Kevin Puts, Composer Institute director

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Live Broadcast Concert

Saturday, November 11, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Brian Newhouse, host

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
BRAHMS' FOURTH SYMPHONY

Friday, November 17, 2017, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Rafael Payare, conductor
Virginie Verrez, mezzo

DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice
RAVEL Sheherazade
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

 

Minnesota Orchestra Holiday Concerts
A CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

Sunday, December 10, 2017, 2 p.m. (Coffee Concert) / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Julia Sophie Wagner, soprano
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Minnesota Chorale

BACH Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I, II and III

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
A NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1

Monday, January 1, 2018, 2 p.m. (Coffee Concert) / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Minnesota Dance Theatre

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams
Serenade for Strings
Piano Concerto No. 1

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concert
TCHAIKOVSKY MARATHON: SYMPHONY NO. 4

Friday, January 5, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Kyle Orth, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 4

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
TCHAIKOVSKY MARATHON: SYMPHONIES NO. 2 & 5

Friday, January 12, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2
Variations on a Rococo Theme
Symphony No. 5

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concert
TCHAIKOVSKY MARATHON: SYMPHONY NO. 6

Saturday, January 13, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 6, Pathetique

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
FAURE REQUIEM
Friday, February 9, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Helene Guilmette, soprano
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Minnesota Chorale
RIGEL Symphony No. 4
MOZART Symphony No. 31, Paris
FAURE Requiem

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
ANDRE WATTS PLAYS BEETHOVEN'S EMPEROR

Friday, February 23, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
John Storgards, conductor
Andre Watts, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
DEBUSSY'S LA MER

Friday, March 2, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

LYADOV The Enchanted Lake
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome
DEBUSSY La Mer

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
VANSKA CONDUCTS MAHLER'S TITAN SYMPHONY

Friday, March 16, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Erin Keefe, violin

WEILL Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 1, Titan

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
WAGNER, LISZT AND SCHUMANN

Friday, April 13, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Markus Stenz, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano

WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
CAMERON CARPENTER PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

Friday, April 20, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Klaus Makela, conductor
Cameron Carpenter, organ

MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina
RACHMANINOFF/arr. Carpenter Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
AMERICAN VOICES: COPLAND AND BERNSTEIN

Friday, May 4, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Sharon Bezaly, flute

COPLAND Suite from Billy the Kid
BEAL Flute Concerto [World Premiere]
BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
BRITTEN AND SCHUMANN

Friday, May 11, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Michael Francis, conductor
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
ANDREW LITTON AND THE MINNESOTA CHORALE: BERNSTEIN AND WALTON

Friday, June 1, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Minnesota Chorale

BERNSTEIN Fancy Free
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
WALTON Belshazzar's Feast

 

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
BEETHOVEN AND BERLIOZ

Friday, June 8, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Jun Markl, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Minnesota Orchestra Classical Concerts
SEASON FINALE: VANSKA CONDUCTS MAHLER'S FOURTH

Friday, June 15, 2018, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
R. Douglas Wright, trombone
Kari Sundstrom, trombone
Andrew Chappell, bass trombone
Steven Campbell, tuba

STEPHENSON Low Brass Concerto [World Premiere]
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

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