Minnesota Orchestra in Austin
Sat May 6, 2023
Knowlton Auditorium, Austin High School
This concert is the culminating performance of a week-long Minnesota Orchestra Common Chords residency in Austin, Minnesota that features Orchestra musicians performing at more than two dozen events in and around Austin from April 30 to May 6.
Tickets available in advance at the following Austin locations: Coffee House on Main, Hy-Vee and Sweet Reads.
Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students
A Few Things to Know
- Sarah Hicks, principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, leads the Minnesota Orchestra in a dazzling program.
- The Minnesota Orchestra first performed in Austin in 1947 with its fourth Music Director Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting. It subsequently returned for more than a dozen visits through the years, but the most recent of these was nearly 50 years ago.
- See a complete schedule of events.
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STILL
Festive Overture
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SIERRA
Fandangos
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KODÁLY
Dances of Galánta
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DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 6
Minnesota Orchestra
Sarah Hicks
conductor
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, now in its second century, ranks among America’s top symphonic ensembles, with a distinguished history of acclaimed performances in its home state and around the world; award-winning recordings, broadcasts and educational engagement programs; and a commitment to intentionally build concert programs to feature more works by composers of color, exploring music both contemporary and historic. In September 2024, Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård began his second season as music director.
Sarah Hicks is the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, a role in which she oversees planning for and conducts many concerts in the broad-spectrum series of popular music, jazz, Broadway classics, movie scores and other genres. She also conducted the Inside the Classics and Sam & Sarah series for ten seasons.
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