Look below for each of our live broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra in the 2015-2016 season.
VÄNSKÄ, STRAUSS AND MAHLER
Friday, October 2, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Katie Van Kooten, soprano
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
GUARANTORS' WEEK: SKROWACZEWSKI AND ROSS
Friday, October 16, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
STRAUSS' DON JUAN
Friday, October 23, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
STRAUSS Don Juan
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
SIBELIUS MINIATURES
Friday, November 6, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Henning Kraggerud, violin
SIBELIUS Suite from Karelia
Pohjola's Daughter
The Oceanides
Six Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Tapiola
TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO
Friday, November 13, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite from The Snow Maiden
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY'S PATHÉTIQUE
Friday, November 20, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo
LIEBERSON Neruda Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
HALLELUJAH! MESSIAH
Friday, December 11, 2015, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
James Feddeck, conductor
Esther Heideman, soprano
Carolyn Sproule, mezzo
Matthew Plenk, tenor
Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone
Minnesota Chorale
HANDEL Messiah
A JOYOUS NEW YEAR: BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Friday, January 1, 2016, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo
Zach Borichevsky, tenor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Minnesota Chorale
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 9, Choral
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 7, PIANO CONCERTOS 1 & 2
Friday, January 8, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES 4 & 6, FOURTH PIANO CONCERTO
Friday, January 15, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 4
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
FUTURE CLASSICS: EMERGING COMPOSERS SPOTLIGHT
Friday, January 29, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Kevin Puts, Composer Institute director
VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS KULLERVO
RECORDED LIVE IN CONCERT
Friday, February 5, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo
Tommi Hakala, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir of Finland
KORTEKANGAS Migrations [World Premiere]
SIBELIUS Kullervo
Finlandia
CARNEGIE HALL PREVIEW:
HILARY HAHN PLAYS SIBELIUS
Friday, February 19, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 1
JON KIMURA PARKER PLAYS MOZART
Friday, February 26, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano and harpsichord
MARTIN Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
HONEGGER Symphony No. 2
SCHUMANN, RAVEL AND DE FALLA
Friday, March 18, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos, conductor
Andreas Haefliger, piano
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred Piano Concerto
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
de FALLA Suites No. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS BRAHMS' THIRD
Friday, April 1, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Arto Noras, cello
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
PENDERECKI Cello Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC
Friday, April 8, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Cast to be announced
RODGERS/HAMMERSTEIN South Pacific (semi-staged production)
STRAVINSKY'S PETRUSHKA
Friday, April 15, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Roberto Díaz, viola
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
HIGDON Viola Concerto
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 revision)
RILLING CONDUCTS A GERMAN REQUIEM
Friday, April 22, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Minnesota Chorale
BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)
RACHMANINOFF'S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO
Friday, May 6, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8
STRAUSS' MERRY PRANKS
Friday, May 13, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Asher Fisch, conductor
Amber Wagner, soprano
WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
STRAUSS Interludes from Die Frau ohne Schatten
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
ERIN KEEFE PLAYS BRAHMS
Friday, May 27, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Erin Keefe, violin
PUTS Two Mountain Scenes
NIELSEN Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
SEASON FINALE: VÄNSKÄ CONDUCTS MAHLER'S FIFTH
Friday, June 10, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
BERG Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
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