“...Probably the Leading Ensemble of Its Kind in America”

“...probably the leading ensemble of its kind in America” – The New York Times We are delighted to announce our 2015.16 season, one which showcases a new SPCO—a musician-led The season will feature newly commissioned works by Derek Bermel, Timo Andres, Michael Hersch and chamber orchestra of unparalleled versatility and virtuosity. Mauricio Sotelo, whose concerto for Kopatchinskaja will also feature the world’s leading amenco dancer, Fuensanta “La Moneta.” The world premiere of Fröst’s Genesis project will be presented, in which he serves as The recent opening of our acoustically superb new home in downtown Saint Paul, the Ordway Concert Hall, clarinet soloist, conductor and musical host, assuming the role of the Jester who leads the audience through has been met with universal acclaim and has put a very public face on our transformation to a primarily an exploration of the secular and sacred roots of classical music. Add in Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion with unconducted ensemble. As Anthony Tommasini from The New York Times wrote of our unconducted hall conductor Paul McCreesh and singers from the Gabrieli Consort, and the return of SPCO favorites Pekka opening performance, this is “music-making of in-the-moment brio.” Greater engagement, commitment and Kuusisto, Jonathan Biss, Jonathan Cohen, Veronika Eberle, Scott Yoo and Laurence Cummings and we have a passion emanates from the stage when the musicians of the SPCO take the lead, and the result is a far more season that truly shines a spotlight on the extraordinary range and reach of the SPCO’s artistry. engaging experience for the audience. This transformation has been driven by the chamber music sensibilities of our players, including a wealth of new talent that has recently infused the SPCO with energy that leaps off We look forward to sharing this exciting season with you! the stage.

In 2015.16, the SPCO will be joined by an extraordinary roster of Artistic Partners—Jeremy Denk, Martin Fröst, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Christian Zacharias and Thomas Zehetmair. The chemistry that we as musicians feel working with these incredible artists creates reworks on stage.

The 2015.16 season will bring an exploration of our core repertoire of symphonies and concertos by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky, as well as favorites by Chopin, Dvorák and Gershwin. Denk and Zacharias will perform a veritable feast of piano concertos in the new Concert Hall and Kyu-Young Kim Zehetmair will lead us in two of Mendelssohn’s beloved symphonies. Senior Director of Artistic Planning and Principal Second Violin

Artistic Partners ...... 4 Guest Artists ...... 5 The Ordway Concert Hall ...... 6 Ordway and Ted Mann Series ...... 8 Neighborhood Series ...... 11 Special Performances ...... 14 Chamber Music Series ...... 15 Listening Library ...... 16 Create Your Own Package ...... 17 We are thrilled to welcome clarinetist Martin Fröst to our roster of world-renowned Artistic Partners in the 2015.16 season. We’ll also celebrate pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias during the ﬁnal year of his tenure as an SPCO Artistic Partner. DONT MISS THESE ARTISTS Jeremy Denk piano NEW! Martin Fröst “Jeremy Denk— clarinet pianist, writer, “Fröst exhibited thinker—revealed a a virtuosity and IN THE 2015.16 SEASON fascination for works a musicianship in which disparate and Scott Yoo, conductor unsurpassed by any Jonathan Cohen, conductor, harpsichord and cello even contradictory clarinetist—perhaps “Yoo unveiled new sonic ideas and moods any instrumentalist—in “...rising like a shooting star through the period performance overtones and inner voicings could nd common my memory.” sector” – The Hufﬁngton Post in his subtly calibrated ground in sheer – The New York Times performance.” – Miami Herald musicality.” – The Boston Globe “Seamlessly and with a velvety tone, he strides through the huge range of his instrument, and on the borders of silence, “Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter there are windows to the soul opening up.” what he performs, in whatever combination—both for his – Leipziger Volkszeitung penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity of his playing.” – The New York Times “In earlier times, the talent of Martin Fröst would have attracted suspicion. Like that of Paganini…there is something “Denk is a pianist with much more than commendable approaching the supernatural about his command of his technical skills. His keen intellectual curiosity, combined instrument.” – The New York Times with insightful phrasing, can generate unusually vivid interpretations of an extensive repertoire.” “Until you’ve heard Martin Fröst, you really haven’t heard the – The Baltimore Sun Pekka Kuusisto, violin Jonathan Biss, piano clarinet.” – The Times, London “[His] rare gift is to become rather than “...one of the nest pianists of perform the music he plays.” his generation.” – The Guardian – The Guardian

Patricia Christian Zacharias Joèlle Harvey, soprano Kopatchinskaja violin conductor and piano “Harvey is a name to watch, “What is beyond Join the SPCO and a soprano with presence, argument is her erce Christian Zacharias for poise and silvery top notes.” questing intelligence, three consecutive weeks – The Times, London allied to a virtuosity of concerts celebrating that lets her turn her the Artistic Partnership of instrument into a one of the great pianists thousand characters and musicians of our time. in a drama to which Don’t miss this opportunity only she has the script. to hear Zacharias and the Touching, mesmerizing and slightly mad: like everything she SPCO in the new Ordway Concert Hall during this nal year of Laurence Cummings, conductor and Paul McCreesh, conductor; does.” – The Times, London his Artistic Partnership. harpsichord singers from the Gabrieli Consort “Cummings is universally excellent. [He] has style and “McCreesh and the Gabrielis prove the power “A performer who puts the fun back into music making.” “[Zacharias is] among my favorite living musicians. He’s a lets the phrases breathe.” – Financial Times, London of period practice.” – Opera Today – The Telegraph, Australia pianist of ideas. I always learn something important about the compositions he performs, about the composers whose “This is a violinist with something more important to works he’s playing, about music as such, from the way he offer than dazzling technique. It’s called character.” plays.” – The New Yorker – The Times, London

Thomas Zehetmair quartet-lab conductor and violin (clockwise from top left): “Thomas Zehetmair conducted with passion, driving the music dramatically, creating a sense Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin of devastation and mourning in the orchestra’s dissonances. As soloist, he made the most of Isabelle van Keulen, violin the violin’s anguished utterances in his raw, uninhibited playing.” – Star Tribune Lilli Maijala, viola Pieter Wispelwey, cello Veronika Eberle, violin “Under Zehetmair, the orchestra sounded at its best, playing with precision and passion.” “These are all seasoned innovators. “Ms. Eberle’s introverted – Star Tribune Their combined virtuosity took the intensity and interpretive breath away.” boldness made an immediate – The Independent impression.” – The New York Times

4 order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 5 THE ORDWAY CONCERT HALL On March 5, 2015, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra introduced the Twin Cities to its newest premier venue—the Ordway Concert Hall.

Intimate. If one word could encapsulate the initial reviews of the Concert Hall, that was it. And it “With the SPCO cradled in a curve of wood and that sensuous, undulating ceiling overhead, it’s an exquisitely beautiful was just the adjective that acoustician Paul Scarbrough was striving for. “What the orchestra really space, a new jewel for us all to enjoy. And the sound! We’ve been promised from the start that the Concert Hall would be special, but nothing could prepare us for the actual physical experience. It’s like hearing the SPCO in HD, wanted,” he said, “was a room that would be resonant, but at the same time have a lot of intimacy. as if each individual note were distinct and defined, a thread in the air you can reach out and touch.” – MinnPost This is chamber music. This is not a full symphony orchestra playing big romantic works. This is a chamber orchestra playing that repertoire. And that repertoire is about intimacy. It’s about the “…the SPCO in its new home sounds like a different orchestra — richer in color, more resonant, audience member feeling really connected to the musician and the musician feeling really connected capable of more fully detailed music-making. It was as if our ears became unplugged.” – Star Tribune to the audience member. So what we were trying to create here was a room where that sense of intimacy could be brought out, and the relationship between the Twin Cities audiences and this orchestra could really grow and flourish and develop.”

We are pleased to welcome you to our new downtown Saint Paul home for our first full season in the Ordway Concert Hall.

“The excellent SPCO, led from the first chair by concertmaster Steven Copes, sounded bright and present, with chamber-music clarity. Woodwind solos leapt to the fore in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, and Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question showed off the space’s resonance—the pianissimo strings were fully audible and the questioning trumpet, played from the second balcony, rang out clearly. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, energetically performed, got big and beefy without losing clarity.” – The Wall Street Journal

“The St. Paul players elicited that precarious thrill perfectly, all while delivering a performance of remarkable and fearless precision.” – San Francisco Chronicle

“You could sense the excitement of the musicians over their new home, especially during the Beethoven, as the players leaned forward in their seats, listening to one another intently. Inner voices and solo lines came through beautifully. Yet the overall sound had symphonic depth and, during big climaxes, plenty of heft.” – The New York Times

6 order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 7 8 ORDWAY AND TED MANN SERIES HOW TO USE THIS GRID: • Choose the day, time and location that work best for you. • Glance down the column to see which programs are in each series.

ORDWAY TED MANN 8 12 8A 8B 6A 6B 16 8A 8B 6A 6B 6C 6 4 CONCERT START TIMES: Friday Morning, 10:30am Friday/Saturday Evening, 8:00pm Sunday Afternoon, 2:00pm

+ Same seats are not guaranteed for all concerts in the Saturday Evening 6C Series.

FRIDAY MORNING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING FRIDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING + SATURDAY AFTERNOON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SUNDAY CONCERT/FEATURED ARTISTS PROGRAMS SEP 12 12 12 13 Opening Night: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds Jeremy Denk, piano Ives: Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version)

SEP 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 Jeremy Denk Plays Bach and Stravinsky Bach: Piano Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds Jeremy Denk, piano Adams: Shaker Loops Bach: Piano Concerto No. 4

SEP 27 Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Haydn Mozart: Symphony No. 29 Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Led by SPCO musicians for Cello and Orchestra Julie Albers, cello Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon Haydn: Symphony No. 57

Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion Bach: Saint Matthew Passion OCT 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 Paul McCreesh, conductor Gabrieli Consort

NOV 6 7 7 Patricia Kopatchinskaja Plays Beethoven Haydn: Symphony No. 30, Alleluja Hersch: Violin Concerto Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin (world premiere, SPCO commission) Beethoven: Violin Concerto

NOV 11 11 11 12 12 Martin Fröst: Genesis This program features the world premiere of Martin Fröst’s Genesis project, which traces the secular and sacred roots Martin Fröst, director and clarinet of classical music with works by Hildegard von Bingen, Telemann, Schumann, Brahms, Bartók and Piazzola, along Please note: these performances will take place on with transcriptions and original compositions by Anders Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm due to tour scheduling, but are part of the Friday and Saturday evening series. Hillborg, Hans Ek and Görän Fröst.

NOV 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 Jonathan Biss Plays Beethoven Mozart: Quintet in E- at for Piano and Winds Andres: Piano Concerto Jonathan Biss, piano (world premiere, SPCO co-commission) Mischa Santora, conductor Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2

DEC 5 5 5 Bach and Mendelssohn Pärt: Fratres for Solo Violin, Strings and Percussion Bach: Cantata No. 202, Wedding Cantata Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 Hyunah Yu, soprano

JAN 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 Jeremy Denk Plays Dvorák and Haydn Haydn: Piano Concerto in D Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Jeremy Denk, piano (after Piano Trio No. 2, orch. Yoo) Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, Op. 81

JAN 15 Notable Encounter: Bela Bartók Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Notable Encounter, lecture demonstration with musical Scott Yoo, conductor and speaker examples by Bach, Mozart and Scott Yoo

JAN 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 Veronika Eberle Plays Mozart Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 Led by SPCO musicians Bermel: Murmurations for Strings (SPCO co-commission) Veronika Eberle, violin Haydn: Symphony No. 85, La Reine

12 14 Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony Prokoﬁev: Symphony No. 1, Classical FEB Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter Led by SPCO musicians

19 19 19 20 20 20 Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Hartmann: Concerto funebre FEB Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Led by SPCO musicians Steven Copes, violin

Copland’s Appalachian Spring Copland: Appalachian Spring FEB 27 27 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Martin Fröst, clarinet

Fröst Plays Hillborg Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite MAR 4 5 5 6 Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto, Peacock Tales Martin Fröst, director and clarinet

APR 2 2 2 3 Pekka Kuusisto Plays Mozart Tüür: Action-Passion-Illusion for String Orchestra Haydn: Symphony No. 88 Pekka Kuusisto, violin Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5

APR 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 SPCO with quartet-lab Biber: Battallia à 10 in D Crumb: Selections from Black Angels quartet-lab, string quartet Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11, Serioso, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Isabelle van Keulen, violin Lilli Maijala, viola; Pieter Wispelwey, cello for String Orchestra (arr. quartet-lab) Enescu: String Octet in C

APR/ 29 29 29 30 30 30 1 Celebrating Christian Zacharias: Haydn: Notturno No. 1 Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 Escaich: Baroque Song MAY C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in F, Wq. 181 Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24

MAY 6 7 Celebrating Christian Zacharias: Haydn: Symphony No. 84, Paris Haydn’s Paris Symphony Gluck: Suite from Orfeo and Eurydice (arr. Zacharias) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, Jeunehomme Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano

MAY 13 13 13 14 14 Celebrating Christian Zacharias: Haydn: Symphony No. 82, The Bear Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4 MAY 20 20 20 21 21 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violin Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Handel, Purcell and Dowland Purcell: Selections from The Fairy Queen MAY 28 28 28 Handel: Armida abbandonata for Soprano and Orchestra Laurence Cummings, conductor Dowland: Lachrimae and harpsichord Joèlle Harvey, soprano (selections from the Seaven Teares) Handel: Delirio amoroso for Soprano and Orchestra

Spanish Zarzuela with Patricia Kopatchinskaja De Falla: Seven Spanish Folksongs (arr. Wiancko) JUN 10 10 10 11 11 12 Sotelo: Inner Red Light Sculpture for Solo Violin, Strings Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin and Flamenco Dancer (world premiere, Fuensanta “La Moneta,” amenco dancer SPCO commission) Ginastera: Concerto for Strings, Op. 33

PRICING AND SEATING CHARTS

16-Concert Series ORDWAY CONCERT HALL 8-Concert Series TED MANN CONCERT HALL Ordway Center for the Performing Arts University of Minnesota section 1 $800 345 Washington St, Saint Paul section 1 $ 400 West Bank Campus 2128 4th St S, Minneapolis section 2 $ 480 Friday Morning Friday and section 2 $ 240 section 3 $ 192 and Sunday Afternoon Saturday Evening section 3 $ 96 ORCHESTRA * * STAGE child $ 80 child $ 40

12-Concert Series 6-Concert Series section 1 $ 600 section 1 $ 300 section 2 $ 360 section 2 $ 180 MEZZANINE

section 3 $ 144 section 3 $ 72 TIER 1

TIER 2 child $ 60 TERRACE TERRACE child $ 30

4-Concert Series TIER 1 TIER 1 * Please note: these seats are behind the stage in the choir loft. While there are no section 1 $ 160 TIER 2 TIER 2 subscription concerts featuring a full choir section 2 $ 100 in the 2015.16 season, subscribers seated in this area will be moved to an alternate section 3 $ 40 location for any concerts featuring a choir in future seasons. child $ 20

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES HOW TO USE THIS GRID: • Choose the day, time and location that work best for you. • Glance down the column to see which programs are in each series.

4 3 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 CONCERT START TIMES: Tuesday/Thursday Evening, 7:30pm Friday Morning, 10:30am Friday/Saturday Evening, 8:00pm Sunday Afternoon, 2:00pm (Arden Hills), 3:00pm (Mahtomedi)

APPLE VALLEY 7:30 pm TUESDAY STILLWATER 7:30 pm THURSDAY UPTOWN MINNEAPOLIS 7:30 pm THURSDAY EDEN PRAIRIE MORNING 10:30 am FRIDAY EDEN PRAIRIE EVENING 8:00 pm FRIDAY WAYZATA 8:00 pm FRIDAY SAINT PAUL 8:00 pm SATURDAY ARDEN HILLS 2:00 pm SUNDAY CONCERT/FEATURED ARTISTS PROGRAMS MAHTOMEDI 3:00 pm SUNDAY SEP 29 25 25 26 Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Haydn Mozart: Symphony No. 29 Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Led by SPCO musicians for Cello and Orchestra Julie Albers, cello Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon Haydn: Symphony No. 57

OCT 1 2 4 Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Haydn Mozart: Symphony No. 29 Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher Led by SPCO musicians for Violin and Orchestra (arr. Glazunov) Ruggero Allifranchini, violin Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon Haydn: Symphony No. 57

OCT 20 22 23 2316 17 18 Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Prokoﬁev: Five Melodies (arr. Wiancko) Haydn: Symphony No. 85, La Reine Led by SPCO musicians Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

DEC 3 Bach and Mendelssohn Pärt: Fratres for Solo Violin, Strings and Percussion Bach: Cantata No. 202, Wedding Cantata Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 Hyunah Yu, soprano

JAN 24 Veronika Eberle Plays Mozart Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 Led by SPCO musicians Bermel: Murmurations for Strings Veronika Eberle, violin (SPCO co-commission) Haydn: Symphony No. 85, La Reine

JAN 29 31 Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony (after Piano Trio No. 2, orch. Yoo) Led by SPCO musicians Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

FEB 9 11 13 Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony Prokoﬁev: Symphony No. 1, Classical Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter Led by SPCO musicians

FEB 18 Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings Hartmann: Concerto funebre Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Led by SPCO musicians Steven Copes, violin

MAR 15 18 18 2012 13 Mozart, Schubert and Rameau Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades Mozart: Symphony No. 34 Jonathan Cohen, conductor, Schubert: Cello Quintet in C harpsichord and cello

APR 22 22 23 24 The Four Seasons Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Ruggero Allifranchini, violin Kyu-Young Kim, violin

MAY 19 22 Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4 Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 Thomas Zehetmair, conductor and violin Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish

MAY 26 27 Handel, Purcell and Dowland Purcell: Selections from The Fairy Queen Handel: Armida abbandonata for Soprano Laurence Cummings, conductor and Orchestra and harpsichord Joèlle Harvey, soprano Dowland: Lachrimae (selections from the Seaven Teares) Handel: Delirio amoroso for Soprano and Orchestra

JUN 4 Stravinsky and Poulenc Poulenc: Le bal masqué Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale Led by SPCO musicians

PRICING AND SEATING CHARTS

APPLE VALLEY STILLWATER UPTOWN MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL Shepherd of the Valley Trinity Lutheran Church Plymouth Congregational Church St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Lutheran Church 115 N 4th St 1900 Nicollet Ave S 900 Summit Ave 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA STAGE STAGE STAGE MAIN FLOOR MAIN FLOOR MAIN FLOOR ORCHESTRA 1 1 222 2 2 2 STAGE 2 11 MAIN FLOOR 1 1 2 2 11 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

BALCONY 22 BALCONY 222 11 22 2 2

EDEN PRAIRIE ARDEN HILLS WAYZATA MAHTOMEDI Wooddale Church Benson Great Hall, Bethel University Wayzata Community Church St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church 6630 Shady Oak Rd 3900 Bethel Dr 125 Wayzata Blvd E 900 Stillwater Rd

ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA STAGE STAGE ORCHESTRA STAGE MAIN FLOOR STAGE 2 MAIN FLOOR 2 MAIN FLOOR 2 2 22MAIN FLOOR 11 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

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3-Concert Series 4-Concert Series 6-Concert Series section 1 $ 75 section 1 $ 100 section 1 $ 150 section 2 $ 30 section 2 $ 40 section 2 $ 60 child $ 15 child $ 20 child $ 30 order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 SPECIAL PERFORMANCES Add tickets to these special performances to your order before they go on sale to the general public.

Opening Night: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue Kicking off the SPCO’s rst full season in the new Ordway Concert Hall, the 2015.16 season opens with a program of works inspired by popular music from the early 20th century. Darius Milhaud was inuenced by Brazilian dance music when composing Le boeuf sur le toit, while Charles Ives’ Third Symphony celebrates popular church hymns from the turn of the century. The program also includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano and jazz orchestra, featuring Jeremy Denk as soloist.

Saturday, September 12, 8:00pm $50 — Best available seats Sunday, September 13, 2:00pm Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion This program features Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, a stirring expression of the composer’s deep Christian faith that is often regarded as his crowning achievement. Led by English conductor Paul McCreesh, this masterpiece will be performed in a distinctive one-to-a-part arrangement featuring singers from the renowned Gabrieli Consort.

Friday, October 9, 8:00pm $50 — Best available seats Saturday, October 10, 8:00pm Sunday, October 11, 2:00pm Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Holiday Performances: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Continuing our annual holiday tradition, the SPCO presents Bach’s most treasured set of orchestral works, the Brandenburg Concertos. These cornerstones of the Baroque literature have been praised by generations of music lovers for their profound inventiveness and dazzling instrumental virtuosity. Join us for these musician-led concerts that showcase the individual and collective talents of the SPCO musicians on core works of the chamber music repertoire. Friday, December 11, 8:00pm $50 — Best available seats Saturday, December 12, 8:00pm Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Holiday Performances: Handel’s Messiah CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Copresented by the Basilica of Saint Mary and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Our popular Chamber Music Series showcases the talents of SPCO musicians as they perform a wide variety of works written for small ensembles. These performances provide listeners with one of the most intimate and Celebrate the holidays with one of classical music’s most beloved traditions as the SPCO performs Handel’s Messiah engaging experiences the SPCO has to offer. with British conductor Matthew Halls. A cherished holiday custom since its premiere in 1742, this masterpiece of the Baroque repertoire features some of the most popular refrains in Western music—from “Comfort ye, my people” to the 3 THURSDAY EVENINGS 4 FRIDAY EVENINGS 4 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS iconic “Hallelujah Chorus.” This is sure to be a wonderful musical experience for the whole family and a highlight of the 7:00pm 8:00pm 2:00pm Twin Cities holiday season. These concerts sell out quickly every year—order today! October 29 October 30 November 1 December 10 February 5 February 7 Thursday, December 17, 7:30pm $50 — Best available seats April 7 April 8 April 10 Friday, December 18, 8:00pm June 3 June 5 Basilica of Saint Mary, Minneapolis Saturday, December 19, 8:00pm Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul General Admission: General Admission: $30 adult, $15 child $40 adult, $20 child 14 order | online thespco.org/renew | phone 651.291.1144 15 SPCO LISTENING LIBRARY CREATE YOUR OWN PACKAGE Choose 6 or more concerts at the Ordway, Ted Mann, or any of our neighborhood venues to create a season ticket package that is perfect for you. Choose from scale 1 ($30) or scale 2 ($12) seats in our neighborhood venues, or scale 1 ($50), scale 2 ($30) or Enjoy our music any time, anywhere. scale 3 ($12) seats at the Ordway and Ted Mann. For concerts please see page 8 (Ordway and Ted Mann) and page 11 (neighborhood venues).

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