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Classical

Mozart and Grieg

Thu Feb 11, 2010 11AM
Orchestra Hall | $22-$56
Fri Feb 12, 2010 8PM
Orchestra Hall | $26-$84

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Minnesota Orchestra
Esa Heikkilä, conductor

SIBELIUS	En Saga, Opus 9	17'
GRIEG	Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt	13'
MOZART	Eine kleine Nachtmusik	15'
MOZART	Symphony No. 36, Linz	26'

Finland’s Esa Heikkilä, a former student of Music Director Osmo Vänskä, returns to Orchestra Hall for two concerts of spectacular music, featuring masterpieces by Mozart and a pair of Nordic composers. The program begins with Sibelius’ mysterious En Saga and closes with a musical postcard—Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, written amid his travels from Salzburg to Vienna. Also featured is beautiful music from Grieg’s Peer Gynt as well as classical music’s most famous serenade, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

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