Ilah Raleigh

Chris Hewitt of the Star Tribune described Ilah Raleigh as “singing with dignity, beauty and power.” Dr. Raleigh’s training in the Italian bel canto vocal tradition and contemporary commercial vocal pedagogy is complemented by a doctorate in Education Leadership. She...

Transcendent Mahler

The BSO promised we would return to Orchestra Hall after our wildly successful full-concert debut in April 2023. We are delivering on that promise in grand style, as we perform the “Resurrection” Symphony of Gustav Mahler, No. 2 in C Minor. This symphony serves to...

Exuberance!

As the BSO continues to imagine a welcome spring after one of Minnesota’s frigid winters, we open the third concert of the season with Li Huanzhi’s Spring Festival Overture, a work that is becoming familiar to concertgoers across the world. Bright and colorful, it...

Musical Countrysides

Take a walk with the BSO! For this concert, we will show our appreciation and thanks for nature’s bounty by playing two well-known and beloved works that celebrate the outdoors. First, we’ll envision the rolling hills and fields of the harvest with music from the...

Soaring with Tchaikovsky

Experience a rollercoaster ride of emotions as the BSO launches its 62nd concert season, its eleventh with Music Director Manny Laureano. In the opening concert of the 2024-25 season, we will open with the irreverent and witty Variations on America, by Charles Ives,...