Let’s Fall in (Star-Crossed) Love

When and Where

February 8, 2026 2:00 pm

Gideon Ives Auditorium at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center

The season’s third concert will open with a rollicking and witty jaunt by American composer Joan Tower, her Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Following that, Soojung Hong, a soloist who is new to BSO audiences but familiar to Bloomington through her faculty position at Normandale Community College, will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1. The concert will end with selections from Ukrainian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s greatest work (in Maestro Laureano’s esteemed opinion), Romeo and Juliet. In Laureano’s words: “This music is a masterclass in orchestration, melody, harmony, and storyline, as only Prokofiev could write.”

Program

Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1, F-sharp minor
Soojung Hong, piano

Sergei Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
The Montagues and Capulets
Juliet – The Young Girl
Minuet
Romeo and Juliet
The Death of Tybalt
Romeo and Juliet before parting
Romeo at Juliet’s Grave

Ticket information

All seats are reserved. Advance purchase is recommended; tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability.

Advance: Adults $19, Seniors (62+) $16, Premium $25, Students free

At the Door: Adults $21, Seniors $18, Students free

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Manny Laureano, wearing a long-sleeve black shirt, holds a baton in his right hand and raises his left fist over his head with an intense look on his face.

Manny Laureano

A Korean woman with long black hair and wearing a sleeveless black dress, looks to the right, with an open black grant piano behind her.

Soojung Hong