CALENDAR

2024/25 season

October 6, 2024 - 3pm
VIAGGIO IN ITALY
Wayzata Symphony Orchestra
Music Director
Cassie Pilgrim, oboe - St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Verdi: Overture to Luisa Miller
Besozzi: Oboe Concerto in G Major
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
Respighi: Fontana di Roma

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Performances

November 8, 2024 - 7:30pm
Carleton Orchestra

Conductor

Carol Barnett: Overture to the Midnight Spectacle
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
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November 17, 2024 - 3pm
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
Wayzata Symphony Orchestra
Music Director
Kelly Grill, marimba

Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba and Strings
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2

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November 22-23, 2024
SØNDERGÅRD CONDUCTS MOZART’S REQUIEM
Minnesota Orchestra and Minnesota Chorale - Subscription Program
Cover conductor
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Andrea Carroll, soprano
Taylor Raven, alto
Jack Swanson, tenor
Dashton Burton, baritone

Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées (The Forgotten Offerings)
Ortiz: Tzam
Mozart: Requiem

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December 5-6, 2024
THE BEST OF BACH
Minnesota Orchestra - Subscription Program
Cover conductor
Jordan de Souza, conductor
Avi Avital, mandolin

J. S. Bach: Sarabande from Prelude No. 1 for solo mandolin
Mahler: Bach Suite
Pärt: If Bach Had Been A Beekeeper
J.S. Bach: Concerto in G minor BWV 1056 (trans. for mandolin)
J.S. Bach: Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 (trans. for mandolin)
Betsy Jolas: Letters from Bachville
Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor
Bach/Stokowski: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Bach/Skrowaczewski: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Hindemith: Ragtime on a Theme of J.S. Bach

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December 21, 2024 - 7:30pm
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
Rochester Symphony
Guest Conductor
LaSonya Natividad, vocal soloist

Coleridge-Taylor: Christmas Overture
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
arr. Richard Hayman: Carol of the Bells
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers
Tyzik: Mini Jazz Nutcracker Suite
Kessler: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
arr. Stephenson: Jingle Bell Rock
arr. Earle Hagen: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
arr. Moss: White Christmas
Kelly: Of Nights, Lights, and Brass
Devol: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Devol: Winter Wonderland
arr. Finnegan: Christmas Singalong
Anderson: Sleigh Ride

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December 31- January 1, 2024
JON KIMURA PARKER PLAYS GERSHWIN
Minnesota Orchestra - Holiday Subscription Program
Cover conductor
Bill Eddins, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo

Ellington: Three Black Kings (Les Tres Rois Noirs), ballet for Orchestra
Bonds and Gershwin songs TBD
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Antheil: A Jazz Symphony

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January 19, 2025 - 3pm
SCANDINAVIAN EXPRESS
Wayzata Symphony Orchestra
Music Director

Elfrida Andreé: Concert Overture in D Major
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

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February 28, 2025 - 7:30pm
March 2, 2025 - 3pm
BRAHMS: A GERMAN REQUIEM
Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, Two Rivers Chorale, Edina Chorale
Music Director
Emma Davis, soprano
Gerard Sundberg, baritone

Joshua Bauder: Arise! (world premiere)
Lili Boulanger: D’un Soir Triste (Of a Sad Evening)
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)

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February 2, 2025 - 7pm
February 3, 2025 - clinics
NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CONFERENCE
Guest Conductor

Quinn Mason: Toast of the Town
William Grant Still: Serenade for Orchestra
Stella Sung: Loco-Motion
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March 9, 2025 - 7:30pm
Carleton Orchestra
Conductor
Natalia Moiseeva, violin

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Valse Triste
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
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April 27, 2025 - 3pm
MYSTICAL LEGENDS
Wayzata Symphony Orchestra
Music Director
Gao Hong, pipa

Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor
Gao Hong: Flying Dragon Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

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May 27, 2025 - 3pm
Carleton Orchestra
Conductor

Concerto/aria competition winner
TBD

Other Engagements

June 12, 19, 26, 2024
Lakes Area Music Festival: Listening Lab
Discussion Host
Introduction and repertoire discussions geared towards new classical music listeners
"Like a book club…but for MUSIC!”

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Mozart: Symphony No. 38
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

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July 5-17, 2024
Järvi Academy/Pärnu Music Festival:
Masterclass with Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Leonid Grin

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major K.543
Pärt: Psalom
Pärt: L’abbé Agathon
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G-Major “Surprise”
Josef Strauß: Waltz Sphären-Klänge
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-minor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor

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July 26-August 3, 2024
Fiskars Summer Festival: LEAD! Foundation
Masterclass with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Eva Ollikainen

Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra
Byström: A Walk to Beethoven
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3
Bellini: “O rendetemi la speme” from I Puritani
Donizetti: “Quel guardo cavaliere” from Don Pasquale
Rossini: “Sventurata! me credea” from La cenerentola
James Albany Hoyle: Hämäränsäde, for orchestra
Montgomery: Strum, for string orchestra

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