2010-11 Press Releases

August 25, 2010
Artistic Partner Roberto Abbado conducts Mozart's Don Giovanni

2009-10 Press Releases

September 7, 2010
Violinist Yoonshin Song appointed to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

June 18, 2010
League of American Orchestras announces 2009-10 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming

May 18, 2010
Artistic Partner Christian Zacharias conducts and performs two weeks of concerts with SPCO

May 18, 2010
Artistic Partner Christian Zacharias conducts and performs two weeks of concerts with SPCO

May 11, 2010
Former Artistic Partner Joshua Bell returns for program of Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms

April 20, 2010
SPCO performs musician-led program of Bach, Beethoven and Schubert

April 19, 2010
Due to volcano eruption in Iceland, Dennis Russell Davies unable to travel to Twin Cities for concerts with SPCO this week

April 8, 2010
Former Music Director Dennis Russell Davies returns to conduct SPCO for two weeks of concerts

March 23, 2010
Future Artistic Partner Thomas Zehetmair leads program of Beethoven
and Schubert

March 16, 2010
Donato Cabrera conducts the SPCO in two works by Thomas Adès

March 2, 2010
SPCO gives free concert at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie

February 23, 2010
Artistic Partner Roberto Abbado conducts three weeks of Schumann

February 22, 2010
SPCO Announces 2010-11 Season

February 17, 2010
Associate Concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini directs and performs Bruch's Violin Concerto

February 12, 2010
Soprano Dawn Upshaw extends her Artistic Partnership through 2012-13

February 9, 2010
Conductor Paul Goodwin conducts program of English classics

January 26, 2010
Artistic Partner Dawn Upshaw performs Bach, Bartók and Kurtág

January 12, 2010
Artistic Partner Roberto Abbado conducts world premiere commission

December 15, 2009
SPCO's three-week Stravinsky Festival celebrates works by the iconic composer

December 8, 2009
SPCO Appoints Director of Artistic Planning

December 4, 2009
SPCO performs program of works by John Harbison, former SPCO Creative Chair

December 2, 2009
SPCO announces balanced budget for 2008-09 season, 15th balanced budget in 16 years SPCO also announces it will lower ticket prices at the Ordway to increase accessibility - all tickets for $10, $25 and $40

November 18, 2009
SPCO performs unconducted program of Italian Baroque works

November 11, 2009
Christian Zacharias conducts first concerts as Artistic Partner

November 2, 2009
Michael Israelievitch joins the SPCO as Principal Timpanist

October 13, 2009
Håkan Hardenberger performs world premiere of HK Gruber’s Busking

October 7, 2009
Violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair appointed as
SPCO Artistic Partner

October 6, 2009
Dale Warland conducts the SPCO and the SPCO Chorale in Duruflé's Requiem, October 22-23

October 1, 2009
SPCO performs a Venetian-themed program

September 22, 2009
Conductor Hans Graf conducts all-Russian program

September 11, 2009
Two new musicians appointed to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

August 21, 2009
Conductor Douglas Boyd kicks off the season with his final three weeks
as Artistic Partner

2008-09 Press Releases

May 5, 2009
Musician-led Festival, finale to 50th Anniversary Season, showcases SPCO musicians as soloists and directors

April 8, 2009
SPCO performs Haydn and Bartok

March 2, 2009
SPCO Musicians agree to 12% pay reduction for 2009-10

March 2, 2009
Conductor Scott Yoo conducts Ravel's Tombeau

February 3, 2009
SPCO Artistic Partner Nicholas McGegan Conducts Haydn's
Complete The Creation

January 27, 2009
Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs final concerts as SPCO Artistic Partner

December 22, 2008
SPCO's International Chamber Orchestra Festival Begins

December 17, 2008
SPCO announces balanced budget for 2007- 08 season

December 1, 2008
Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs Adès Violin Concerto Concentric Paths

October 30, 2008
SPCO Concert explores the Landscapes of the Americas with conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya

October 28, 2008
SPCO and Comcast present free holiday concerts

October 8, 2008
Dawn Upshaw performs world premiere commission by Grammy-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider

October 7, 2008
SPCO names Sarah Lutman new President and Managing Director

October 2, 2008
engine408 concert features SPCO musicians as soloists

September 30, 2008
Dawn Upshaw and Stephen Prutsman perform folk songs from around the world

September 23, 2008
SPCO Artistic Partner Nicholas McGegan conducts Greig and Bach

August 26, 2008
Artistic Partner Roberto Abbado Conducts Stravinsky, Wuorinen and Haydn

August 13, 2008
Concrete and Grass: Lowertown Music Festival Announces Artist Lineup

2007-08 Press Releases

June 25, 2008
Bruce Coppock to retire from The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

June 17, 2008
All SPCO Family Concerts now free thanks to Target

June 4, 2008
SPCO Announces first participants in new Young Artists Program

May 22, 2008
Scott Yoo conducts Family concert exploring The Sound of America

May 22, 2008
Scott Yoo conducts program of Copland and Ives in Season-Closing Concert

May 15, 2008
SPCO performs newly commissioned Riff and Consequences by Lee Hyla

May 6, 2008
Aimard performs Beethoven

April 30, 2008
SPCO announces new violist

April 10, 2008
SPCO Anniversary Chorale to hold auditions

April 10, 2008
SPCO Brooklyn Philharmonic Music Director Michael Christie conducts concert of Dvorák, Rameau and Ligeti

April 8, 2008
SPCO The SPCO's Carnegie Hall Preview Concert features World Premiere of Golijov arrangement of Schubert Songs

April 2, 2008
SPCO New Principal Horn Bernhard Scully featured as soloist in Britten's Serenade

March 28, 2008
SPCO engine408 Concert Celebrates Composer John Cage

March 25, 2008
SPCO Family Concert explores the theme of Water

March 24, 2008
SPCO Artistic Partner Dawn Upshaw Sings 20th Century Classics

March 24, 2008
SPCO Classical Minnesota Public Radio to present two live broadcasts of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw

March 19, 2008
SPCO SPCO Announces new Artistic Partner Edo de Waart

February 20, 2008
Wingfield Named Title Sponsor of SPCO Ordway Series

February 15, 2008
SPCO To Host International Chamber Orchestra Festival in January 2009

February 12, 2008
SPCO Adds New Artistic Partner: Pianist And Conductor Christian Zacharias

February 10, 2008
The SPCO Announces 2008-09 Season

January 17, 2008
Start The Music! Concerts Begin At New Apple Valley Venue

November 12, 2007
The SPCO Announces the Launch of club2030

October 10, 2007
SPCO Family Concert Features Dr. Seuss's Gertrude McFuzz

October 9, 2007
Russian Violist Yuri Bashmet Performs Program of Shostakovich and Schnittke

October 2, 2007
SPCO Perfoms Free Concert At Benson Great Hall on Bethel University Campus

October 2, 2007
SPCO Performs World Premiere Commission by SPCO'S Principal Keyboardist

September 11, 2007
SPCO Peforms Works by Living Minnesota Composers

August 8, 2007
SPCO Announces New Web Site

July 10, 2007
SPCO Announces Appointment of Principal Horn

2006-07 Press Releases

June 6, 2007
University of Minnesota School of Music and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Name Shared Conductor

May 16, 2007
SPCO to Perform at Ojai June 9 - 10

May 2, 2007
Joshua Bell’s Final Concerts as SPCO Artistic Partner

April 25, 2007
SPCO Plays Music of the Fantastic, Insane and Possessed