2010-2011 Season Concerts & Events
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Sensational Tchaikovsky | September 25, 2010 | 8pm
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Private Client Services
Opening night features Richard Stoltzman, the most sought after clarinet virtouso of his generation, in Mozart's sublime concerto, and one of Tchaikovsky's most popular and moving symphonies.
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Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
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Surprising Tangos | October 16, 2010 | 8pm
This surprising evening opens with perhaps the most famous waltz ever written, continues with a most intriguing and seductive set of tangos for a rarely heard instrument on the concert stage, and concludes with a "fantastic" autobiographical work for large orchestra with its famous march to the scaffold and hallucinated witches Sabbath!
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J. Strauss Blue Danube Waltzes
Piazzolla Three Tangos with Lidia Kaminska, accordion
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
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Pops Concert!
Music of John Williams | October 30, 2010 | 8pm
Co-Sponsored by Gary Bubalo and John Lawien, RBC Wealth Management, and Pro Print
The best known composer of film scores today, John Williams’ works include ET, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Superman and more with 45 Academy Award nominations.
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Sublime Mozart | November 13, 2010 | 8pm
Sponsored by US Bank
The haunting and driving music in Mozart's Requiem, which took this musical form to unprecedented heights and was the composer's final and unfinished work, was a compelling addition to the soundtrack of the motion picture "Amadeus."
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Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Schumann Concerto for Piano in A Minor with Juan Jose Chuquisengo, piano
Mozart Requiem
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Cirque de la Symphonie on Ice Spectacular | December 31, 2010 | 7:30pm
Co-sponsored by Mortenson Construction Company, Parsons Electric, Minnesota Power,Minnesota Power Employees Credit Union, Jamar
Grand opening of the DECC Arena. A spectacular event. Celebrate New Year’s Eve with your DSSO and the incredible acrobats and aerialists of Cirque de la Symphonie, sold out last season, with special guest stars on ice.
Seductive Rachmaninoff | January 22, 2011 | 8pm
Co-Sponsored by Blue Water Capital Advisors LLC and St. Luke's
Seductive definitely describes the enduring and beloved melodies of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with Terence Wilson, piano
Mahler Symphony No. 5
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Pops Concert!
ABBA Mania | February 12, 2011 | 8pm
Sponsored by National Bank of Commerce
As close to the original as you can get—a rock musical which takes you back to the disco era. ABBA Mania features incredible musicians and singers who perform 21 of ABBA's hits, with all the costumes, choreography, and big studio sound. Musically and vocally superb, this show is not to be missed!
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Superb Pianists | March 26, 2011 | 8pm
Sponsored by SMDC Health System
Leon Fleisher, joined by his wife in a rare performance of Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos K 365, has enjoyed one of the longest and most honored careers in the industry due in part to his landmark recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell.
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Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with Erin Aldridge, violin, Claudia White, flute, Layton James, harpsichord
Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos k.242 with Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher
Brahms Symphony No. 3
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Pops Concert!
Patti Austin Sings Ella Fitzge | April 9, 2011 | 8pm
Co-Sponsored by Minnesota Power Employees Credit Union
For Ella is a dazzling tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest jazz/pop vocalists of all time. Grammy-nominated songstress Patti Austin joins the DSSO for an evening of jazz and bebop, saluting Fitzgerald’s successful career of more than 60 years.
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Sultry Dances | April 30, 2011 | 8pm
Seductive and sultry is the only way to describe this evening with Bernstein's jazz oriented "Dance Episodes, "Gould's sensational "Tap Dance Concerto," and the long crescendo of Ravel's "Bolero" that results in one of the most amazing climaxes in music.
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Bernstein On the Town, Three Dance Episodes
Gould Tap Dance Concerto with Max Pollak, tap
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite
Ravel Bolero
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Spectacular Finale | May 21, 2011 | 8pm
The spectacular 2010-2011 season concludes with a rare and stirring version of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" performed with chorus! Also enjoy a world premier violin concerto composed by Dr. David Baker.
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Bach Concerto for Two Violins with Erin Aldridge & Diane Monroe
Baker Violin Concerto with Diane Monroe, jazz violin
Poulenc Gloria
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture with Chorus
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