2006 Program Listings
Program 01
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
André Watts, piano
ADAMS: Tromba Lontana (Fanfare for Houston)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
RAVEL: Boléro
Program 02
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jie Chen, piano
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947 revision)
Program 03
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
MOZART: Symphony No. 34, K.338
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8
Program 04
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
BARBER: Essay No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
Program 05
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Burt Hara, clarinet
Janet Horvath, cello
Norah Long, soprano
Christina Baldwin, mezzo
Norman Reinhardt, tenor
Tim Krol, baritone
Basilica Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Choristers
MESSIAEN: Abyss of the Birds, from Quartet for the End of Time
HEITZEG: Wounded Fields
BRUCH: Kol Nidre
PAULUS: To Be Certain of the Dawn
Program 06
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Brett Polegato, baritone
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
GIORDANO: Nemico della patria, from Andrea Chénier
MOZART: Symphony No. 39, K.543
MOZART: Wind Serenade in C minor, K.384a [388]
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3
Program 07
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Namensfeier (Name Day) Overture
BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in B-flat major (arr. Michael Steinberg)
BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Ruins of Athens
BEETHOVEN: Wellington's Victory
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
Program 08
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Wonny Song, piano
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo
Gordon Gietz, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
Minnesota Chorale
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, Choral
Program 09
Minnesota Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
HAYDN: Symphony No. 85, La Reine
WALTON: Cello Concerto
DEBUSSY: Ibéria
RAVEL: La Valse
Program 10
Minnesota Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Program 11
Minnesota Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Program 12
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
STRAUSS: Wind Serenade
STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 (with Blumine movement)
Program 13
Recorded: August 24, 2006
Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Llyr Williams piano
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Program 14
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Sharon Bezaly, flute
ADAMS: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra, from Nixon in China
AHO: Flute Concerto
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
Program 15
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano (Tosca)
Carl Tanner, tenor (Cavaradossi)
Greer Grimsley, baritone (Scarpia)
Minnesota Chorale
Minnesota Boychoir
PUCCINI: Tosca (complete opera in concert)
Program 16
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Alfred Brendel, piano
KERNIS: Sarabanda in Memoriam
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K.503
SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Legends
Program 17
Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
Program 18
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Fidelio
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Program 19
Minnesota Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Kathy Kienzle, harp
HAYDN: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
DEBUSSY: Dances Sacred and Profane (for harp and orchestra)
TURINA/Frühbeck de Burgos: Theme and Variations for Harp and Strings
RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome
Program 20
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
AHO: Symphony No. 7, "Insect Symphony"
Program 21
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Adam Kuenzel, flute
MOZART: Symphony No. 35, K. 385, "Haffner"
NIELSEN: Flute Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
Program 22
Minnesota Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
Anthony Ross, cello
ESCHER: Music for the Spirit in Mourning
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
DVORÁK: Cello Concerto
Program 23
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5
Program 24
Minnesota Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Coriolan
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
MOZART: Symphony No. 41, K. 551, Jupiter
Program 25
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Program 26
Minnesota Orchestra
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Marlis Petersen, soprano
Iris Vermillion, mezzo
Sanford Sylvan, bass
Minnesota Chorale
BACH: Magnificat
MOZART: Mass in C minor, K. 417a [427], The Great
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