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Minnesota Orchestra in Concert
December 31, 2019 @ 8:30 pm

No more toiling over what to do for New Year’s Eve. We want to throw you a party. Ring in 2020 at Orchestra Hall with an exciting program, live jazz afterward and free champagne (plus a countdown) at midnight!
Program
ELGAR
Military March No. 1 from Pomp and Circumstance / 6 min
DAVIES
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise / 13 min
WILLIAMS
Closing In, from Catch Me If You Can / 3 min
MILHAUD
Scaramouche / 9 min
RAUTAVAARA
A Tale of Love, from Book of Visions / 10 min
KENDALL
The Spark Catchers / 10 min
BRITTEN
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / 10 min
British composer Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers is a tribute to the grace and strength of London’s Match Girls, who went on strike in 1888 to protest deplorable working conditions.