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Classical

Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony

Thu Nov 12, 2009 11AM
Orchestra Hall | $22-$56
Fri Nov 13, 2009 8PM
Orchestra Hall | $26-$84

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Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Robert Cohen, cello

SIBELIUS	Pelleas and Melisande	26'
BEAMISH	Cello Concerto No. 2, The Song Gatherer [World Premiere]	25'
MENDELSSOHN	Symphony No. 5, Reformation	33'

Robert Cohen is a household name in his native England; this week he brings to Orchestra Hall an exciting work written for him by the English composer Sally Beamish. Mendelssohn is the other star of this concert, with his stirring Symphony No. 5, built on the cherished Reformation hymn A Mighty Fortress. This moving symphony—which Mendelssohn thought one of his best—is a treasure of the orchestral repertoire.

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