Saturday July 16 | Noon to Midnight
A free, 12-hour music celebration featuring music, dance and
activities for all ages. To mark the opening of our summer season, we're
offering free performances by 20 different artists on four stages in and around
Orchestra Hall, including an outdoor evening concert by the full Minnesota
Orchestra on Peavey Plaza that will culminate in a spectacular pealing of
church bells across downtown Minneapolis.
In the lead-up to the evening Orchestra concert, In the
Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre characters will interact with
audience members near the Peavey Plaza stage, and at 8:30 p.m. the Minnesota
Orchestra will offer its first full-ensemble outdoor performance on Peavey
Plaza since 2008. Led by conductor Chia-Hsuan Lin, the Orchestra will perform a
one-hour program that culminates in the Great Gate of Kiev movement from
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with a resounding finish: at the
dramatic conclusion of the piece, church bells across downtown Minneapolis will
peal in coordination. Organized in partnership with City of Bells, the
Minneapolis nonprofit dedicated to coordinating, restoring and celebrating
bells throughout the community, the concert will feature bells ringing from
five downtown churches: St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, the Basilica of St.
Mary, St. Olaf Catholic Church and Central Lutheran Church, as well as
Westminster Presbyterian Church, located directly across 12th Street from
Peavey Plaza, where a new set of bells was installed in the Rose Tower in March
2020.
Join us to enjoy food, beverages, free music and summer in
the city. For more information, click here to visit the Minnesota Orchestra's website.
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