Week of December 7, 2009

Minnesota Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Burt Hara, clarinet

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Program:
AHO: Minea
CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY: The Song of the Nightingale
STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" mvt. 1 –Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor (BIS 1516)

Description:
One of the great luxuries in life is to have something custom-made for you, and the lucky Minnesota Orchestra just got a hand-tailored piece delivered to them from the phenomenal Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. His "Minea" starts this Minneapolis concert, and the Orchestra sends its audience home whistling familiar tunes from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier.

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