Minnesota Orchestra Concert

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Join us as Osmo Vänskä conducts the Reformation Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Please join us for a brief reception prior to the concert. Nancy Westra will provide an update on the college and answer any questions you have.

6:30 p.m. Reception
8:00 p.m. Concert with Minnesota Orchestra featuring Osmo Vänskä, conductor; Adam Kuenzel, flute; and the Minnesota Chorale; see complete concert information

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 2

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, Reformation

CURRIER
RE-FORMATION [World Premiere]

Fun Facts from the orchestra website:

Theologian Martin Luther lit the spark of the Reformation, but he was also a passionate music-lover who wrote dozens of hymns. He said: “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”
Ein feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress) is the best-known hymn by Luther, who also liked a good drinking song and asked, “why should the devil get all the best tunes?” You’ll hear this hymn late in the symphony, performed by a flute solo.
Luther and Johann Sebastian Bach went to the same school and sang in the same church choir—though Bach a century after Luther.
Sebastian Currier’s Re-formation reimagines the Reformation for today, with quotes from Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 and Luther’s sturdy old hymn forming a cry to save the planet.