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Wilkins © Courtesy of the Omaha Symphony
Sokolov © Simon Fowler

Barber Violin Concerto

Fri Oct 20 — Sat Oct 21, 2023

Orchestra Hall

~2 hours, including intermission

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Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov makes his Minnesota Orchestra debut, performing Samuel Barber’s enchanting Violin Concerto. Composed in 1939, this celebrated concerto starts out with two lyrical and melodic movements and comes to a close with a final virtuosic movement, performed at break-neck speed and ending with an explosion of masterful intensity. American conductor Thomas Wilkins returns to Orchestra Hall to conduct this sweeping and breathtakingly cinematic program of music by 20th century American composers.

I always say you have to navigate from where you are, not from where you wish to be. So here’s where we are, so let’s navigate.

- Thomas Wilkins

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