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The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will perform more than 80 concerts across eight Twin Cities venues in its newly announced 2025-26 season.Season ticket packages are on sale now via thespco.
org or by phone at 651-291-1144. Prices start at $16 per concert for adults and are free for children and students. Individual tickets, priced from $70 to $16, will go on sale in August.
“Our musicians, working in close collaboration with our interim artistic director Jonathan Posthuma, have constructed a wonderful and exciting season ahead,” said SPCO managing director and president Jon Limbacher in a news release. “In our musician-led artistic model, the musicians function as the music director and are involved in every aspect of the programming and what happens on stage. This is one of the reasons SPCO concerts are so incredibly and consistently dynamic.
”Highlights of the season:As has been the case since the adoption of the SPCO’s musician-led artistic model in 2004, the upcoming season has been crafted by the musicians of the orchestra. They framed the season with this quote from composer Robert Schumann: “To send light into the depths of the human heart — this is the artist’s calling!”Along with the music of Robert and Clara Schumann, Johann Sebastian Bach’s four orchestral suites serve as artistic points of connection throughout the season. They’ll be performed alongside newer works written by composers who were inspired by their music.
Orchestra members will lead and develop programming through the Artistic Vision Committee, a rotating group of SPCO musicians tasked with planning the season. The process includes selecting repertoire, shaping artistic interpretations, choosing artistic partners and collaborators and leading unconducted rehearsals and performances.Artistic partners for the season include British Baroque specialist Richard Egarr, American pianist Richard Goode, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy and German violist Tabea Zimmermann.
Guest artists include pianist Jonathan Biss, violinist Alina Ibragimova, cellist Kiegan Ryan, conductor Mei-Ann Chen, former artistic partner Thomas Zehetmair and vocalists Mark Billy, Federico De Michelis and Roderick Williams.Related ArticlesAtmosphere to play Minnesota State Fair with Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco and the PharcydeSpring and summer concerts include AC/DC, Post Malone, the WeekndClassical music to welcome spring and summerTaste of Minnesota returning to Minneapolis, announces lineupFolk rock trio Mumford and Sons will play St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center in OctoberFirst launched during the 2022-23 season, the composer residency program Sandbox will continue with Gabriela Lena Frank as the featured composer-in-residence.
She will workshop a new composition ahead of its premiere on Jan. 30.In a move similar to Netflix or a monthly gym membership, the SPCO’s concert membership program gives access to all of the orchestra’s regular concerts throughout the season for a recurring monthly payment.
There are three tiers that start at $5 per month for new members. The other options are $10 and $20 per month, with the latter offering more desirable seats..
