Ken-David Masur makes his Minnesota Orchestra conducting debut in a concert that honors musical heroes and hometown heroes. Jon Kimura Parker shares the stage with the Orchestra performing music by legends such as George Gershwin, John Williams, William Grant Still, Amy Beach and Samuel Barber. A...

Program
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Nonet / 25 min

VÄNSKÄ
Overture [World premiere] / 8 min

WEILL
Violin Concerto / 28 min

Frederic Chopin’s imaginative Piano Concerto No. 2, performed by Orion Weiss, is at the heart of this concert that also features two bright and brilliant symphonies by contemporaries Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Joseph Haydn.

Program
SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony No. 2 / 11 min

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto...

In memory of George Floyd and all victims of racial violence and hate, Music Director Osmo Vänskä, the Minnesota Orchestra and violinist Karen Gomyo share music together in mourning, with compassion and hope.

Program:
SHOSTAKOVICH
Chamber Symphony / 25 min

SAINT-GEORGES
Violin Concerto in D maj...

“Our job is to demonstrate truth, beauty and humanity through art. We have designed our May concerts to acknowledge the world we live in and to show empathy for others.” – Susie Park, First Associate Concertmaster

Through music by Lancaster, Stravinsky, Penderecki and Schubert, the Minnesota Orc...

German conductor Marc Albrecht makes his Minnesota Orchestra debut in a program that highlights the unpredictable. Opening with Joel Thompson’s powerful In Response to the Madness, the program also features a magical trio for flute, bassoon and harp composed in 1986 by Miguel del Aguila and concl...

Take a musical visit abroad with the Minnesota Orchestra without leaving your home. Hear music celebrating such locales as Brazil, Cuba, Italy, Russia, Armenia and more. Hosted and conducted by Sarah Hicks, the concert also includes reflections on world travel from Orchestra musicians and an intr...

Go on a musical journey to meet animals and experience their habitats!

Musical Menagerie will invite viewers to connect music with animals—thanks to a partnership with The Minnesota Zoo—in a live concert that presents a variety of composers and styles of music as well as unique film elements and...

Eight months after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as the Minnesota Orchestra continues to reckon with the racial injustice in our community, this heartfelt concert opens with reflective music by Philip Herbert. His Elegy: In Memoriam—Stephen Lawrence remembers another life tragically...

Program includes:
SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony No. 1

MOZART
Bassoon Concerto