Minnesota Orchestra unveils classical season; Vanska to conduct six concerts
Just 10 days after reaching a settlement with musicians after a bitter 15-month lock out, the Minnesota Orchestra is today announcing its new season.
The concerts are unabashedly meant as crowd pleasers, with popular repertoire and visiting artists included. Of particular note are six concerts featuring former Music Director Osmo Vanska, who resigned in October, a year into the lockout.
The full season details are here:
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2014 Classical Season Calendar
Minnesota Orchestra Homecoming
BEETHOVEN’S THIRD SYMPHONY: EROICA
Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski , conductor
BACH/Skrowaczewski Toccata and Fugue in D minor
STRAUSS Don Juan
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica
These performances are each preceded by a free public open house at Orchestra Hall beginning at 4 p.m. No tickets or reservations are required to attend the open house.
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Minnesota Orchestra Homecoming
HOLST’S PLANETS AND ELGAR’S CELLO CONCERTO
Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
ELGAR Cello Concerto
HOLST The Planets
These performances are each preceded by a free public open house at Orchestra Hall beginning at 4 p.m. No tickets or reservations are required to attend the open house.
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RAVEL'S BOLÉRO AND STRAVINSKY'S FIREBIRD
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Michael Christie, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)
RAVEL Boléro
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WEST SIDE STORY
Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, March 1, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Sarah Hicks, conductor
The Minnesota Orchestra performs Leonard Bernstein’s score live while the newly re-mastered film plays on a big screen with the original vocals and dialogue.
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ANDREW LITTON AND STEPHEN HOUGH
Thursday, March 6, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, March 7, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, March 8, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
RACHMANINOFF The Rock
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 4 (1947 revision)
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ELGAR AND SHOSTAKOVICH
Thursday, March 13, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, March 14, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, March 15, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
ELGAR Enigma Variations
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
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DEBUSSY’S LA MER
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Sunday, March 23, 2014, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor and piano
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
DEBUSSY La Mer
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VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS SIBELIUS: 2014 GRAMMY CELEBRATION
Thursday, March 27, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, March 28, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, March 29, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
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ERIC WHITACRE: A CHORAL CELEBRATION
Thursday, April 10, 2014, 7:30 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, April 11, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Eric Whitacre, conductor
Minnesota Chorale
The program, which will include several compositions by Whitacre, is to be announced at a later date.
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JOSHUA BELL AND OSMO VÄNSKÄ
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 7:30 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol
LALO Symphonie espagnole
MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
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ECHOES OF HISTORY
Friday, May 2, 2014, 8 p.m. / Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota
Sunday, May 4, 2014, 2 p.m. / Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor
University of Minnesota Marching Band
University of Minnesota Chorus
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
DVOŘÁK Largo, from Symphony No. 9, From the New World
LISZT Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
Tickets for these concerts are available through the University of Minnesota. Call 612-624-2345 for information.
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COMMON CHORDS: THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA IN HIBBING
May 5 to 10, 2014 / Hibbing, Minn.
The Minnesota Orchestra travels to Hibbing, Minnesota, for a week-long Common Chords outreach residency. The Orchestra and its musicians will visit the northeastern Minnesota city from May 5 to May 10 for a celebratory festival week of concerts and numerous events specially tailored to the Hibbing community.
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ERIN KEEFE PLAYS MENDELSSOHN
Thursday, May 15, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, May 16, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, May 17, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth , conductor
Erin Keefe, violin
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
WAGNER/de Vlieger The Ring: An Orchestral Adventure
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MOZART: THE THREE FINAL SYMPHONIES
Thursday, June 5, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, June 6, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green , conductor
MOZART
Symphony No. 39
Symphony No. 40
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
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MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5
Thursday, June 12, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, June 14, 2014, 7 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Courtney Lewis, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
The Minnesota Orchestra’s June 14 performance is a multimedia concert experience—presented as part of the Northern Spark festival, Minneapolis’ dusk-to-dawn urban arts festival, which is produced by Northern Lights.mn.
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CARMINA BURANA
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, June 27, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, June 28, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Sunday, June 29, 2014, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Vocal soloists to be announced
Minnesota Chorale
HEITZEG Now We Start the Great Round
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
ORFF Carmina burana
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RACHMANINOFF AND BRAHMS
Thursday, July 10, 2014, 11 a.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, July 11, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
KABALEVSKY Overture to Colas Breugnon
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
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A NIGHT IN VIENNA
Saturday, July 12, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
J. STRAUSS, JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube
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MOZART AND RACHMANINOFF
Friday, July 18, 2014, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra, Courtney Lewis, conductor
Michael McHale, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances