Season opens with Mr. Vänskä conducting Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with violinist Joshua Bell; additional 2021–22 highlights conducted by Mr. Vänskä include:
● Sibelius’s complete symphonies, as part of a three-week Sibelius Festival
● Mahler’s Eighth and Ninth Symphonies, to be recorded live for Mr. Vänskä and the Orchestra’s ongoing Mahler symphony cycle
● Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite
● The annual MusicMakers concert, showcasing works by emerging composers at the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute