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250 Years of Mozart

Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, k 620
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27, K 595
—Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä; Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, k 492
—Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K 551, "Jupiter"
—Minnesota Orchestra/Philippe Jordan
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385, "Haffner"
—Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä

How has Mozart's music touched your life?

Warm Up to Mozart
In-store event at Barnes and Noble, Galleria on January 29 at 2 pm. Classical Minnesota Public Radio host John Birge will lead a discussion on Mozart including books and CDs to get you started on your Mozart journey. Musical peformance by The WolfGang.

We've been asking musicians, conductors, scholars and others about what Mozart means to them.

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Mozart Minutes, [Play all]
Alfred Brendel, pianist
Andre Watts, pianist
Douglas Boyd, oboist, conductor
Steven Copes, SPCO Concertmaster
Joe Dowling, Guthrie Theater Artistic Director
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Andras Schiff, pianist
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Misha Dichter, pianist
Piotr Anderszewski, pianist
Rose Kennealy Karas, Inver Grove Heights
Nicholas McGegan, Conductor/SPCO Artistic Partner
Adrienne Kinkaid, Plymouth
Douglas Boyd, Conductor/SPCO Artistic Partner
Barb Herzog, Apple Valley
Steven Prutsman, Piano/SPCO Artistic Partner
Lorie Ludwig, St. Anthony
Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra Artistic Director
Carol Baker, St. Paul
Alfred Brendel, piano
Adrienne Kinkaid, Plymouth
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Andras Schiff, piano
Joe Dowling, Guthrie Theater Artistic Director
Paul Jacobs, organ
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Rose Kennealy Karas, Inver Grove Heights
Cipa Dichter, piano
Joe Dowling, Guthrie Theater Artistic Director
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Andras Schiff, piano
Marina Peacock, Luck, Wisconsin
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar
Brian Toay, Fargo law clerk
Rose Kennealy Karas, Inver Grove Heights
Mark Peacock, Luck, Wisconsin pastor
Andras Schiff, piano
Neal Zaslaw, Mozart scholar