The Minnesota Orchestra, led by Music Director Osmo Vanska, concludes its third season of "Close-to-Home" concerts in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, on Sunday, March 9, with a preview of highlights from the Orchestra's 2008-09 season.
The concert features the final movement of Beethoven's dance-like Seventh Symphony, Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the elegiac Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, among other selections. The program, hosted by Orchestra violist Sam Bergman, also includes Bergman's commentary on the works being performed, as well as a question and answer session with Vanska and members of the Orchestra.
The concert, held at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, will take place on Sunday, March 9, at 4 p.m. To order general admission tickets, which are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for students and children.
The Minnesota Orchestra and Music Director Osmo Vanska
Led by Music Director Osmo Vanska, the Minnesota Orchestra is recognized as one of America's leading orchestras. Founded in 1903, it presents nearly 200 concerts each year, with 400,000 attending, and reaches more than 85,000 music lovers annually through its education programs. The Orchestra is heard through an award-winning series of weekly radio broadcasts produced by Minnesota Public Radio, on American Public Media's national programs, SymphonyCast and Performance Today, and through its vast collection of recordings dating to the 1920s.
Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska, who was named 2005 Conductor of the Year by Musical America, became the Minnesota Orchestra's tenth music director in September 2003. During his first four seasons in Minnesota he led the Orchestra on two major European tours—including the ensemble's debuts at such prominent European music festivals as the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival—as well as two tours to communities across Minnesota. A third state tour takes place in February 2008.
Sam Bergman, host
Sam Bergman joined the Minnesota Orchestra's viola section in 2000 and hosts the Orchestra's Close-to-Home and Inside the Classics series. Bergman is an active writer and, with Assistant Conductor Sarah Hatsuko Hicks, co-authors an Inside the Classics blog on the Orchestra's website.
Close-to-Home series resumes October 2008
The Orchestra launches the fourth season of its Close-to-Home series at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church on October 12, 2008, with a performance of selected movements from Brahms' First Symphony, as well as additional works. -- www.minnesotaorchestra.org
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