UPCOMING

January 6, 2012, 8 p.m.

OSMO VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS FUTURE CLASSICS
Music Director Osmo Vänskä conducts a program that celebrates new works by some of the nation's brightest emerging composers.
Program Notes

January 13, 2012, 8 p.m.

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Recorded Thursday, January 12, 2012
Program Notes

January 20, 2012, 8 p.m.

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances
BRAHMS: Nänie
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor (choral selections)
Minnesota Chorale
Program Notes

Friday, January 27, 2012 (Encore broadcast)

PROKOFIEV: Suite from Love for Three Oranges
AHO: Clarinet Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Martin Fröst, clarinet
Recorded February 18, 2011
Program Notes

Friday, February 3, 2012

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 6
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Recorded February 25, 2011

February 10, 2012, 8 p.m.

MUSSORGSKY: Dance of the Persian Maidens, from Khovanshchina
PROKOFIEV: Sinfonia concertante
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
James Gaffigan, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello

February 17, 2012, 8 p.m.

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7, Leningrad
Andrew Litton, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin

February 24, 2012

ELGAR: In the South
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
WALTON: Symphony No. 1
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Recorded Thursday, February 23, 2012

March 16, 2012, 8 p.m.

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 4
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1
KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

March 23, 2012, 8 p.m.

MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
HAYDN: Symphony No. 52
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Gilbert Varga, conductor

April 13, 2012, 8 p.m.

GINASTERA: Estancia
STEPHENSON: Violin Concerto [World Premiere]
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jennifer Frautschi, violin

April 20, 2012, 8 p.m.

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
Additional works to be announced.
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

April 27, 2012, 8 p.m.

ELGAR: Enigma Variations
RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe (complete)
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Minnesota Chorale

May 4, 2012, 8 p.m.

STRAVINSKY: Symphony in Three Movements
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
Kristjan Järvi, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

May 11, 2012, 8 p.m.

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor
GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Sarah Kwak, violin

May 18, 2012, 8 p.m.

PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

June 8, 2012, 8 p.m.

STRAUSS: Dance of the Seven Veils and Final Scene from Salome
MAHLER/Cooke: Symphony No. 10
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano

Minnesota Orchestra Music on Demand

The Minnesota Orchestra now offers music downloads recorded live at select classical concerts. Concerts are available for download just days after the original Orchestra Hall performance. Find out more on the Minnesota Orchestra Music on Demand website.

Available Downloads

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Stravinsky: Petrushka

Orff: Carmina burana

Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Brahms Symphony No. 4

S. & G. Paulus TimePiece for Jazz Soloists and Orchestra

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Music director Osmo Vänskä

"Meet Osmo Vänskä" at the Minnesota Orchestra Web site

Program Schedule

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