Minnesota Orchestra Announces Movies & Music Concerts for the 2021-22 Season

Featured films include Black Panther, Toy Story, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 

Tickets for most performances are available now

Sarah Hicks conducts the Minnesota Orchestra live while films are shown on a large screen above the stage

Today the Minnesota Orchestra announced its U.S. Bank Movies & Music series for the 2021-22 concert season. Conducted by Sarah Hicks, the Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, these special events bring feature films into the concert hall, where the movies are shown on a large screen above the stage while the Orchestra performs every note to the corresponding scores live. 

Four major films will be presented in the 2021-22 season, starting in November with the newly added 2018 Marvel Studios film phenomenon Black Panther, with Oscar-winning score by composer Ludwig Göransson. A family favorite also makes its first appearance at Orchestra Hall in November, when the Orchestra performs the score to Disney Pixar’s Toy Story, the revolutionary animated film released in 1995, with music by Randy Newman. The Orchestra continues its performances of the beloved Harry Potter series in January 2022 with the fifth installment of the film series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™, featuring music by Nicholas Hooper, and returns to another favorite movie series with performances of John Williams’ Oscar-nominated score to the 1983 film Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy, in April 2022.

Tickets are available now for select performances of Black Panther and Toy Story, and for all performances of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Tickets for additional performances will be available to subscribers on July 26 and to single ticketholders on August 16. Subscribers save up to 15%. Young Listener (ages 6-17) discount available for select concerts. Some restrictions apply. Visit minnesotaorchestra.org for details.

U.S. Bank Movies & Music
BLACK PANTHER
with the Minnesota Orchestra

Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor

Friday, November 5, 2021, 8 pm / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8 pm / Orchestra Hall

In 2018, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther quickly became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what Super Hero films could be. Rolling Stone raved, “The film lights up the screen with a full-throttle blast of action and fun. That’s to be expected. But what sneaks up and floors you is the film’s racial conscience and profound, astonishing beauty.” Now you can relive the excitement of T’Challa becoming king and battling Killmonger, all while the Minnesota Orchestra performs Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar-winning score live to picture.

© 2021 Marvel

U.S. Bank Movies & Music
DISNEY IN CONCERT: TOY STORY
with the Minnesota Orchestra

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Sunday, November 28, 2021, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor

Ever wonder what toys do when people aren’t around? Toy Story answers that question with a fantastic funfilled journey, viewed mostly through the eyes of two rival toys—Woody, the lanky, likable cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, the fearless space ranger.

Presentation Licensed by ©DISNEY. All rights reserved.

U.S. Bank Movies & Music
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX™ IN CONCERT

Thursday, January 27, 2022, 7 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, January 28, 2022, 7 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, January 29, 2022, 7 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor

Thestrals and prophecies and Umbridge, oh my! CineConcerts presents Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ like it’s never been seen before. Let the wizarding world enchant you all over again as the film is projected onto a giant screen and a live symphonic orchestra performs the score. Laugh, cry, and cheer at your favorite scenes in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

U.S. Bank Movies & Music
STAR WARS IN CONCERT: RETURN OF THE JEDI

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Friday, April 22, 2022, 7:30 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 7:30 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 2 p.m. / Orchestra Hall

Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor

“I am a Jedi, like my father before me...” In the spectacular climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. A full-length movie screening accompanied by a live performance of John Williams’ Oscar®-nominated score brings this epic battle for the galaxy to life.

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TICKET PURCHASING INFORMATION

Subscription packages and individual tickets can be purchased online at minnesotaorchestra.org,
or by calling 612-371-5656 (612-371-5642 for subscriptions) or 800-292-4141.
For groups of 10 or more, call 612-371-5662.

All programs, artists, dates, times and prices subject to change.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.