On Friday, May 15th, Osmo Vänskä led the Minnesota Orchestra in a concert of Beethoven masterworks featuring Cuban artists. In addition to Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Eroica Symphony, they were joined by the Cuban National Choir, Coro Vocal Leo and pianist Frank Fernandez for Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.
Program
Friday, May 15, 7 p.m. (CDT)
Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Frank Fernandez, piano
Cuban National Choir
Coro Vocal Leo
Digna Guerra, direccion general de coros
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont
BEETHOVEN: Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Opus 55, Eroica
(The Saturday evening concert can be heard here.)
For complete coverage of this historic trip, visit classicalmpr.org/cuba.
Classical Minnesota Public Radio's coverage of the Minnesota Orchestra's historic tour to Cuba is made possible by Glen and Marilyn Nelson. Additional support comes from 3M, Pentair, Ecolab, and from Lorraine Hart.
Photos by Nate Ryan
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