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May 8-10 Concerts

5/8/2015

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SINGERS! We know that you love Eric Whitacre and his choral music – and rightfully so!  Experience three world premieres of his compositions – a new orchestral arrangement of “Lux Aurumque” and the MN Chorale performing “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!” and “Deep Field” with the Orchestra. What a testament to the MN Chorale and the MN Orchestra that Eric chose to premier these works right here in Minneapolis!

Whitacre conducts these concerts this Friday & Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. They also include Aaron Copland’s 1941 “Quiet City” featuring Marni Hougham on English horn and Manny Laureano on trumpet, Stephen Paulus’ deeply moving “Pilgrim’s Hymn,” a new orchestral arrangement of Steven Bryant’s “Ecstatic Waters,” and Jonathan Newman’s “Blow It Up, Start Again.”  Eric will undoubtedly address the audience from the stage in his always-charming and always-informative style! 

Read about Whitacre’s “Deep Field” and the amazing technology that will allow YOU to be one of the “performers” in our previous posts for this program (see below).

If you don’t already have your tickets ($29-$96), here’s where to get them:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/386/-/eric-whitacre#.VUIx9flVikp   A few small “clumps” of seats are still available for each performance, so you and your choir pals might even be able to sit together if you snap them up soon!

And advance student rush tickets ($12) are available for the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon performances. Info here:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/special-offers/student-rush-tickets

Posted on Facebook 5/3

Avoid the rush! Download Eric Whitacre’s “Deep Field” app to your smartphone today so that it’s ready to go when it’s time for you to “play your part” in this weekend’s concerts!

Meanwhile, you can look at some great photos on the app, watch a short video by Eric, and read some background info. And then, at the concert, when Eric gives the signal, you will become a “player” in the final measures of the piece – your phone will participate in creating “shimmering ambient music” in the Hall and a picture of one of the galaxies discovered by the Hubble telescope will appear on your screen.  All of us together will thus recreate a portion of the huge Hubble image. SO COOL!

Just search for “Deep Field Eric Whitacre” in the App Store or Google Play Store. (We hear that the wi-fi signal has been strengthened in the Orchestra Hall lobby, so you should be able to download the app before the concert or at intermission as well, but don’t risk it – download it now!)

Click here for a video in which Whitacre talks about “Deep Field” and other pieces on the program:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RFl1azxI-g

If you don’t already have your tickets ($29-$96), here’s where to get them:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/386/-/eric-whitacre#.VUIx9flVikp 

Advance student rush tickets ($12) are also available for the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon performances. Info here:  http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/special-offers/student-rush-tickets
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TECHNOLOGY meets ART! Don’t leave home without your smartphone for the May 8-10 concerts!  We’ll post more about these performances over the next few days, but we’ll start today with this intriguing video from composer/conductor Eric Whitacre:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htUXEalbhI 

Yup, we in the audience will be asked to USE our smartphones during the performance of “Deep Field.” Wow. This is a first!

Get your tickets right now so that you don’t risk missing this “happening!”   http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar/eventdetail/386/-/eric-whitacre#.VUIx9flVikp

We hope to see you and your phone at Orchestra Hall!


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5/29/2019 07:36:28 pm

I know for a fact that it's not only me who feel in love with Eric Whitacre and his choral music. His voice is gentle yet amazing; a characteristics that couldn't be found on other artists that we have right now! That's why I really appreciate him as a performer. That's why I am really happy that he will be having a league of performance across the country. Regardless of the ticket price, I will make an effort to be there to show some support because he needs it!

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12/21/2019 07:35:07 am

Kingsgrove YMCA as his GrassRoots club. The "Y" sadly the club no longer runs a dedicated football club and thus joins the list of clubs "gone to God", but none the less its a pleasure to tick another off the list.

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