Minnesota Orchestra musicians announce spring concert details

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The locked out Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra today announced details of a 10-concert spring season, featuring violinists Joshua Bell and Itzhak Perlman, among others.  The musicians hinted at some of the upcoming concerts at their community meeting Monday, but now have announced dates, programs, and ticket details.

"Our goal is to maintain a world-class concert schedule for the community, and we are grateful for the community’s continued support," cellist Tony Ross said in a press release. "We are grateful to these renowned musicians and conductors for their commitment to keep the music alive in Minnesota."

The musicians said repeatedly on Monday that their top priority is to reach a deal with management so they can return to work. They said that, in the interim, they will work with management to fold these concerts into whatever season develops.

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Details of the concerts are listed below.

Memory and Reverence: Minnesota Chorale in Mozart’s Requiem (Jan. 10 & 11, 2014)

PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62

BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

MOZART Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

WHERE: Ted Mann Concert Hall.  Tickets are on sale now.

The New York Century: American Sounds from Gershwin to Greenstein (Feb. 20 & 21, 2014)

PROGRAM: BERNSTEIN  Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

GERSHWIN  Rhapsody in Blue

JUDD GREENSTEIN  Acadia

WHERE: Ted Mann Concert Hall  Tickets on sale Monday, Jan. 13, 2014

Osmo’s Sibelius: 2014 Grammy Celebration! (March 20 & 21, 2014)

PROGRAM: SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 4

SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 1

WHERE: The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University.  Tickets on sale Feb. 24, 2014

Joshua Bell with conductor Michael Stern (April 15, 2014)

PROGRAM: LALO  Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21

MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL  Pictures at an Exhibition

WHERE: The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University. Tickets go on sale March 24, 2013

Echoes of History: Osmo Vänskä and MoMO (May 2 & 4)

PROGRAM:  DVOŘÁK  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World:  II. Largo

LISZT  Les préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3

LISZT  Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY  1812, Overture solenelle

WHERE: Northrop Auditorium.  May 2, SOLD OUT . May 4, Tickets go on sale, Monday, Dec. 16 at 12 p.m.

Itzhak Perlman  (May 14)

PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN  Romance No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 40

BEETHOVEN  Romance No. 2 in F Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50

WEBER  Overture to Oberon

BERLIOZ  Symphonie fantastique

WHERE: Northrop Auditorium. Tickets go on sale, Monday, April 21