This week, take a moment to allow some timeless beauty into your life. And there’s a lot of beauty to choose from as classical musicians start a new season filled with fresh inspiration:
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra started its season last week. This week its musicians continue their exploration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s greatest work, his Haffner Symphony, alongside Mozart’s friend (Joseph Haydn) and Haydn’s student (Ludwig van Beethoven).
The Minnesota Orchestra opens its season with a celebration of Italy. And you can find out why Yunchan Lim’s performance at the Van Cliburn Competition has been viewed more than 14 million times on YouTube when the 20-year-old phenom plays Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the orchestra. Catch our live broadcast Friday night on YourClassical MPR.
While the Minnesota Orchestra explores Italy, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra makes it an all-American opener on Saturday with Gershwin’s 100-year-old Rhapsody in Blue, as well as a new piece commissioned for the occasion called Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue, by Peter Boyer. Also on the program is Antonín Dvořák’s American Suite and a symphony by Samuel Barber.
In the Twin Cities, you can enjoy a new season from a new professional orchestra just launched by the Classical Music Project. Hear Dvořák, Niccolò Paganini, Rachmaninoff and more from some of the best musicians in the Twin Cities.
Some of the best musicians from Spain call themselves Spanish Brass, and they launch a new season of Concerts in the Galleries at the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks. It’s a jewel of a series that brings pianist Simone Dinnerstein and guitarist Jason Vieaux to the galleries later this year.
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Enjoy the fresh start — and the fresh sounds!
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