Poster Bassoonist Andrew Brady
Native Tennessean Andrew Brady joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the 2022-23 season as principal bassoon.
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Listen: SPCO performs Haydn’s 'Il Distratto' Symphony

Comedy and tragedy intertwine in this St. Paul Chamber Orchestra program of theatrical music including Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic Coriolan Overture and Felix Mendelssohn’s lighthearted music for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Also on the program, Haydn’s Il Distratto Symphony repurposes music from a comedic play about a gentleman so absent-minded he nearly forgets his own wedding! Listen to the concert now.

Program

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Brady, creative lead
Cassie Pilgrim, English horn *

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
JEAN SIBELIUS (ARR. JONATHAN POSTHUMA): “The Swan of Tuonela” No. 2 from Legends *
JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 60 (Il Distratto)

For more information regarding this concert, please visit the official website.

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