Minnesota Orchestra

If there’s another concerto for this instrument, we don’t know it 👀

Composer-soloist Brian Raphael Nabors is here to perform his Concerto for Hammond Organ as part of our Juneteenth Celebration led by Kedrick Armstrong—here’s what he said about the work:

“In the history of American music, the Hammond organ has seamlessly crossed genres and broken barriers. From the spiritual silos of the Black church, to the smooth and vivacious world of Jazz, to the hardy soulfulness of Rock; the Hammond has been there. This concerto is my love letter to all that has made me the artist I am. It is a love letter to the beauty, pain, and struggle that American music was born from.”

Catch this piece and a whole lot more on our Juneteenth Celebration tomorrow, June 18—tickets at minnesotaorchestra.org

Jokes aside, we love contemporary music in this house 😌

We’re really looking forward to sharing Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral on a program that also includes Alexander Gavrylyuk performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Plus, Thomas Søndergård conducts works by Ives and Scriabin this weekend, Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 11. Get tickets at minnesotaorchestra.org

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