Recorded at the 2016 Minnesota Beethoven Festival in Winona, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and piano soloist Nobuyuki Tsujii presented an all-Beethoven concert at the Winona Middle School Auditorium (see photo gallery). On the program were Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Symphony No. 5 (see complete concert program).
Incidentally, the 2017 Minnesota Beethoven Festival begins on July 6. Classical MPR will present four live broadcasts from the festival this summer, starting with a performance by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11.
Listen to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's performance from the 2016 Minnesota Beethoven Festival on Monday, June 26, starting at 8 p.m.
Concert Program
Orpheus Chamber OrchestraNobuyuki Tsujii, piano
Recorded live on June 25, 2016
2016 Minnesota Beethoven Festival
Winona Middle School, Winona, Minn.
Alison Young - host
Michael Barone - introduction
Part 1
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Encore - Beethoven: Pathétique
Encore - Gershwin: Prelude No. 1
Part 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Encore - Mendelssohn: Octet/Scherzo
Resources
Minnesota Beethoven Festival - official site
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - official site
Nobuyuki Tsujii - official site
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