Posted on Facebook 12/30

Did you know that these limited-edition Beethoven t-shirts will be on sale at the OH+ Concessions Booth before and after January concerts?  Quantities are limited for these sure-to-be HOT commemoratives.

Tickets for the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Beethoven 1 & 9 concerts are also HOT – as a matter of fact, they’re sold out.  If you have tickets that you can’t use, please exchange or bank them so that your seats can be sold to someone who’s waiting.  It’s easy to do here:   https://boxoffice.minnesotaorchestra.org/cart/forms/change.aspx
 
Click here to check on availability of turnbacks, or call the box office at 612.371.5656 :   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/493/-/a-joyous-new-year-beethoven-s-ninth-symphony#.VoQd2PkrLIU
 
Some tickets remain for other performances in January’s Beethoven Marathon, but act fast!  Click here for info:   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/special-events/beethoven-marathon
 
We hope to hang out with you and Beethoven and our fabulous Orchestra in January!

Posted on Facebook 12/16

Move over, Karaoke! Take a look at this preview of the delightful animated feature that will guide the singalong at this Saturday’s “Scandinavian Christmas” concert!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF-LiuOir-A

Sarah Hicks conducts our MN Orchestra, the MN Boychoir, Twin Cities Girls Chorus, Ethnic Dance Theater, soloists and narrator in a one-of-a-kind holiday extravaganza at 2:00 and 6:00.   

Some tickets remain, and you can get a 50% discount on your 6:00 performance tickets by using the coupon code “SnowQueen” at checkout time.  Click here for more info and tickets, or call the box office at 612.371.5656   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/584/-/a-scandinavian-christmas#.VnF86UorLIU

Posted on Facebook 12/10

You have three chances to hear Handel’s “Messiah” this weekend, and one of them is a sing-along!

Friday and Saturday evenings James Feddeck conducts our Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Chorale, and Esther Heideman, soprano, Carolyn Sproule, mezzo, Matthew Plenk, tenor, and Stephen Hegedus, bass-baritone in 8:00 performances of this soul-stirring masterpiece.  More info and tickets here:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/491/-/messiah-hallelujah#.Vmm8Y0orLIW

Then on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 Kathy Saltzman Romey conducts the Orchestra and Chorale, and they invite you to warm up your vocal cords and sit with & sing along with Chorale members of your same part (soprano, alto, tenor or bass) or, if you prefer, to sit & sing within a mixed-part section or with family and friends.  You can bring your own score or download one (smart devices are permitted in the Auditorium for this special Messiah sing-along, and complimentary Wi-Fi is available!). More info and tickets (just $12-$25) here:   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/492/-/messiah-sing-along#.Vmm-uEorLIU

We hope to see you (and maybe even sing with you) at Orchestra Hall this weekend!

Feeling a bit stressed out this holiday season? Having a little trouble getting your days to the “merry & bright” stage? Well, do we have a suggestion for you!

Charles Lazarus, his band, vocalists, and some of his MN Orchestra colleagues present their popular “Merry & Bright” show Friday night at 8:00 at Orchestra Hall! It’s sure to get you in the mood you want to be in.

A few tickets remain – get yours here:   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/579/-/merry-and-bright#.VmCC-3arTIU

(Artwork © Garan Ipsen)

Posted  on Facebook 12/2

“The Nutcracker” is everywhere this time of year. But how about the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn version?  Well, it’s at Orchestra Hall today through Saturday, along with dancers from Minnesota Dance Theatre and our MN Orchestra, all under the direction of Roderick Cox. And they’ll be performing some of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker music as well!

Schoolkids will be streaming into the Hall Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to see and hear this imaginative performance that pairs Tchaikovsky’s familiar music with Ellington/Strayhorn’s jazzy versions (for example, “Dance of the Reed Flutes” becomes “Toot Toot Tootie Toot”). Their teachers have been given terrific preparation materials containing info about the music, the composers, the instruments, the performers, etc.  You can read it too!  Just click here:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/images/education/pdf/1516_swingin_nutcracker.pdf

On Saturday afternoon these concerts will be performed twice for you and your family!  A few tickets remain (just $12), so dance on over to the MN Orchestra website to grab yours:   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/580/-/family-concert-swingin-nutcracker#.Vl7-bnarTIW