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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