“The Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra revealed details of 10 concerts they will produce and play between January and May,” writes Kristin Tillotson in Thursday’s (12/12) Star Tribune (Minneapolis). “The performers will also be producing the season, which is drawing big names such as Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell.… It was previously announced that former Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vänskä will return as guest conductor for two concerts to reopen the renovated Northrop Auditorium in May. Now he has signed on for two additional concerts (March 20-21)…. Other concert venues will be the O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University and Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota. The season … includes … ‘Acadia,’ a work by the young composer Judd Greenstein that had its world premiere by the Minnesota Orchestra in April 2012. The season kicks off with former Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Music Director Hugh Wolff leading the orchestra in Mozart’s Requiem as well as Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Beethoven’s Overture to Coriolan (Jan. 10-11).… The musicians also will continue playing school concerts during the season…. Guest artists are being offered fees ‘nothing near’ their usual ones, [principal cello Tony] Ross said.… The musicians have applied for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and have won a permission to accept tax-deductible donations.”
Minnesota Orchestra photo by MPR/Nate Ryan
Posted December 13, 2013
