Minnesota Orchestra National Broadcast Schedule (MPR Music)



	Minnesota Orchestra Regional Broadcasts and Webcasts September 2002 - May 2003 To find out when these programs will be broadcast in your area, please contact your local radio station. (Station List: States A - I; States K - M; States N- W) All Minnesota Orchestra concerts are Webcast live Fridays 8 - 10 pm CT. Pre-taped shows are offered on Fridays not listed below. Listen Live (link may not be active before and after show times.)
	Friday, November 8, 2002, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall ASHER FISCH, conductor ANTHONY ROSS, cello BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture FAURÉ Elegy for Cello and Orchestra SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 RAVEL Alborada del gracioso DEBUSSY La Mer Friday, November 15, 2002, 8 p.m. CT Note: program change. There will be NO live broadcast of the MN Orchestra on November 15. Instead, listeners on both radio and Web will hear the MN Orchestra in this program: BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont MAW: Romantic Variations for Orchestra [U.S. premiere] SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15 —Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Friday, November 22, 2002, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor MICHELLE DEYOUNG, mezzo MINNESOTA CHORALE Kathy Saltzman Romey, artistic director SIERRA Fandangos [Subscription Premiere] BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah PROKOFIEV Alexander Nevsky Friday, November 29, 2002, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall EIJI OUE, conductor WONNY SONG, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Friday, January 10, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor CHANTAL JUILLET, violin RAVEL Mother Goose Suite LIEBERMANN Violin Concerto [Subscription Premiere] SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 Friday, January 17, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall OSMO VÄNSKÄ, conductor VIKTORIA MULLOVA, violin HAYDN Symphony No. 94, Surprise BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Friday, January 24, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall OSMO VÄNSKÄ, conductor EMMANUEL PAHUD, flute WEIR The Welcome Arrival of Rain [World Premiere] IBERT Flute Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 Friday, February 7, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall HELMUTH RILLING, conductor AMANDA MACE, soprano alto to be announced JAMES TAYLOR, tenor THOMAS QUASTHOFF, bass-baritone MINNESOTA CHORALE Kathy Saltzman Romey, artistic director MENDELSSOHN Elijah Friday, February 14, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall OSMO VÄNSKÄ, conductor MICHAEL STEINBERG, speaker ARGENTO Valentino Dances, from The Dream of Valentino PICKER The Encantadas [Subscription Premiere] DVORÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World Friday, February 21, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall JAHJA LING, conductor THOMAS TURNER, viola LARSEN Symphony: Water Music BARTÓK Viola Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Friday, February 28, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ACTORS FROM GUTHRIE THEATER In a unique collaboration with the Guthrie Theater, the Minnesota Orchestra performs the film score from Thornton Wilder's Our Town, the first time the complete score has been presented live by a symphony orchestra since it was recorded for the film in 1940. This historic production will be directed by John Miller-Stephany, associate artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, and will feature actors from that acclaimed company in selected scenes from the classic play, with actors and Orchestra onstage. Friday, March 7, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall YAN PASCAL TORTELIER, conductor BASIL REEVE, oboe HINDEMITH Symphony in E-flat VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Friday, March 14, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall GIANCARLO GUERRERO, conductor SARAH KWAK, violin ROBERT HANFORD, violin RICHARD MARSHALL, viola JANET HORVATH, cello CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía India PAULUS String Quartet Concerto, Three Places of Enlightenment [Subscription Premiere] TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Friday, March 28, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI, conductor GARY GRAFFMAN, piano SCHULLER Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee SKROWACZEWSKI Piano Concerto for Left Hand [World Premiere] BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Friday, April 18, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall BERNARD LABADIE, conductor KARINA GAUVIN, soprano BRETT POLEGATO, baritone ST. OLAF CHOIR MOZART Masonic Funeral Music, K. 479a MOZART Symphony No. 40, K. 550 FAURÉ Requiem Friday, May 2, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall SIR NEVILLE MARRINER, conductor CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, speaker Chorus to be announced METROPOLITAN BOYS CHOIR Bea Hasselmann, music director ELGAR Enigma Variations WALTON Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario [Subscription Premiere] Friday, May 9, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall JAMES CONLON, conductor BRIDGETT HOOKS, soprano CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano STEPHANIE BLYTHE, mezzo CATHERINE KEEN, alto GARY LAKES, tenor DONNIE RAY ALBERT, baritone JOHN CHEEK, bass-baritone MINNESOTA CHORALE Kathy Saltzman Romey, artistic director METROPOLITAN BOYS CHOIR Bea Hasselmann, music director choruses to be announced MAHLER Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand Friday, May 16, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall EDO DE WAART, conductor ANDRÉ WATTS, piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 HAYDN Symphony No. 100, Military WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser Friday, May 23, 2003, 8 p.m. CT/Orchestra Hall EDO DE WAART, conductor CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN, baritone STRAVINSKY Concerto in D major for String Orchestra ADAMS The Wound-Dresser [Subscription Premiere] HOLST The Planets [end]