About this Concert:
Dvořák's Ninth and Copland’s moving Lincoln Portrait inspire a love of home and a call to our deepest American ideals.
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Osmo Vänskä, conductor
- Esther Yoo, violin
- Alan C. Page, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court (retired), narrator
COPLAND
Lincoln Portrait
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák
Symphony No. 9, From the New World
More Details:
- Dvořák wrote his Ninth while visiting America; his influences were the wide expanse of the Midwest prairie, and the songs of Native and African Americans.
- Dvořák visited Minnehaha Falls on his American travels, jotting down a tune that came to him on his shirt cuff because he had no paper.
- Neil Armstrong took a recording of Dvořák’s Ninth on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon-landing mission.
- Copland’s Lincoln Portrait contains moving excerpts of our 16th president’s Gettysburg Address.
- Walter Cronkite, Julius Erving (“Dr. J.”), Tom Hanks, and James Taylor have all done the honors as narrator in Lincoln Portrait.
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About this Concert:
Dvořák's Ninth and Copland’s moving Lincoln Portrait inspire a love of home and a call to our deepest American ideals.
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Osmo Vänskä, conductor
- Esther Yoo, violin
- Alan C. Page, Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court (retired), narrator
COPLAND
Lincoln Portrait
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák
Symphony No. 9, From the New World
More Details:
- Dvořák wrote his Ninth while visiting America; his influences were the wide expanse of the Midwest prairie, and the songs of Native and African Americans.
- Dvořák visited Minnehaha Falls on his American travels, jotting down a tune that came to him on his shirt cuff because he had no paper.
- Neil Armstrong took a recording of Dvořák’s Ninth on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon-landing mission.
- Copland’s Lincoln Portrait contains moving excerpts of our 16th president’s Gettysburg Address.
- Walter Cronkite, Julius Erving (“Dr. J.”), Tom Hanks, and James Taylor have all done the honors as narrator in Lincoln Portrait.
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OH+ Concert activities on Saturday November 5 / see all upcoming OH+ events

European Tour and Vikings Photo Exhibit
When: Pre- and post-concert Where: Roberta Mann Grand Foyer Enjoy a lobby exhibit featuring photos from our 2016 European Tour and the Minnesota Vikings half-time performance.

Concert Preview
When: 7-7:50pm Where: Target Atrium Join Philip Gainsley, Justice Alan Page and Roderick Cox for an informative and entertaining look at the concert repertoire and themes. This 50-minute concert preview is free; however, a concert ticket is required for entry.