Minnesota Orchestra

On Jan. 1, 2023, conductor Mei-Ann Chen and the Minnesota Orchestra rang in the new year with a program featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and a piece by Jessie Montgomery performed by special guest Awadagin Pratt. Listen to the concert now as we prepare for 2024!

In this season of holiday traditions, few are as magnificent and memorable as Handel's ‘Messiah.’ British conductor Christopher Warren-Green returns to lead the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Chorale and soloists in this glorious work. Listen live at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, on YourClassical MPR.

Michael Giacchino not only is a film composer but also a filmmaker. He shares his experience directing and composing music for Marvel’s ‘Werewolf by Night,’ which will be screened with a live performance of his score by the Minnesota Orchestra on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

The Minnesota Orchestra’s recording of ‘brea(d)th,’ which premiered in May at Orchestra Hall, has been released on all streaming platforms by Decca Records.

Jon Kimura Parker shares his love and admiration for British singer, pianist and composer Elton John. Listen as he shares a snippet of a song that shaped his youth with YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley.

Jon Kimura Parker shares his passion for Sergei Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' with YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley. Find out what makes this well-loved classical piece tick.

Acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker and the BRKFST Dance Company joined the Minnesota Orchestra for a program featuring works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Igor Stravinsky. Listen to the concert now and watch as Parker demonstrates his love for Elton John and explains Rachmaninoff’s work.

The Minnesota Orchestra announced its 2023-24 season with new music director Thomas Søndergård, a Danish conductor and percussionist whose goal is to “be the music director for all generations.” Find out more about upcoming concerts, guest conductors and guest soloists scheduled to perform alongside the Minnesota Orchestra!

Last December, Border CrosSing and artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa joined the Minnesota Orchestra in ‘El Mesías,’ a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Ariel Ramírez’ ‘Navidad Nuestra.’ Listen to the concert now!

A first-of-its-kind concert dubbed “The Listening Project” from the Minnesota Orchestra last fall put the spotlight on rarely heard music by Black composers. Read more about the composers featured in this interview by Cathy Wurzer with Louise Topper.