Performance on 3 - 09/06/2010

Presented by Catherine Bott. From Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, one of the top American ensembles, the Minnesota Orchestra perform a sparkling programme of Russian and East European classics under the baton of their principal conductor Osmo Vanska. Dvorak's delightful Serenade for Winds is followed by the dazzling Second Violin Concerto by Bartok with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, and to end the story of a traditional Russian puppet who comes to life in one of Stravinsky's pieces written for the Ballets Russes - Petrushka. DVORAK - Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44 BARTOK - Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY - Petrushka Minnesota Orchestra Christian Tetzlaff, violin Osmo Vanska, conductor Followed this week with a focus on chamber music by Robert Schumann as we reach the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Today, Sarah Connolly with the song cycle Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart, with Eugene Asti on the piano.