Romantic Quartets (Winthrop)
Romantic Quartets (Winthrop)
Winthrop, MN
Nothing is more synonymous with chamber music than the string quartet. Once used as a compositional training tool for young composers in the classical era, the string quartet became an avenue in which composers of all ages could experiment with new techniques or show off their musical achievements.…
Thursday, November 10 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Sonatas from Bohemia & Poland (Minneapolis)
Sonatas from Bohemia & Poland (Minneapolis)
Minneapolis, MN
A nod to our Music & Artistic Director’s ancestry, the 2022–2023 Season opens with a varied selection of pieces from Eastern Europe. With music that is evocative and rarely explored, this program highlights music written by some of Baroque Bohemia and Poland’s most prominent composers. Showcasing v…
Saturday, September 17 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Music from New Spain
Music from New Spain
New Ulm, MN
The choir at the Cathedral in Puebla, México was one of the best in North America in the 1600s. The Cathedral itself is a beautiful testament to Bishop Palafax y Mendoza’s vision of completion and restoration. After the bishop’s arrival in 1640, the much-delayed building project resumed. The cathed…
Friday, February 25 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
A French Baroque Christmas (St Paul)*
A French Baroque Christmas (St Paul)*
St Paul, MN
*[Please note the venue change from Nativity Catholic Church to St Paul-Reformation Lutheran in St Paul] Join La Grande Bande as we ring-in the holiday season just like Marc-Antoine Charpentier once did in seventeenth-century Paris. With selections written in French and Latin for Mademoiselle de G…
Saturday, December 10 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
The Virtuosos
The Virtuosos
Gaylord, MN
Nothing is more synonymous with Baroque music than the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. In fact, some of the pieces by these two men have become so familiar that you’ve likely heard them in commercials and elevators throughout your life. In this concert performance, La Grande Ban…
Friday, September 17 2021
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
A French Baroque Christmas (New Ulm)
A French Baroque Christmas (New Ulm)
New Ulm, MN
Join La Grande Bande as we ring-in the holiday season just like Marc-Antoine Charpentier once did in seventeenth-century Paris. With selections written in French and Latin for Mademoiselle de Guise and the Jesuits, La Grande Bande will perform some of Charpentier’s most beloved selections perfectly…
Friday, December 9 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Romantic Quartets (St Paul)
Romantic Quartets (St Paul)
St Paul, MN
Nothing is more synonymous with chamber music than the string quartet. Once used as a compositional training tool for young composers in the classical era, the string quartet became an avenue in which composers of all ages could experiment with new techniques or show off their musical achievements.…
Friday, November 11 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Sonatas from Bohemia & Poland (St Peter)*
Sonatas from Bohemia & Poland (St Peter)*
St Peter, MN
*[Please note the venue change from Gustavus to First Lutheran Church in St Peter] A nod to our Music & Artistic Director’s ancestry, the 2022–2023 Season opens with a varied selection of pieces from Eastern Europe. With music that is evocative and rarely explored, this program highlights music wr…
Thursday, September 15 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
The Early Symphony
The Early Symphony
Arlington, MN
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is perhaps some of the best loved in all of classical music. His operas and symphonies are used as backing tracks in commercials and other media. It’s also Mozart’s music which forms the basis of what we think of as classical music. But Franz Josef Haydn is credite…
Friday, November 19 2021
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Court Entertainments [Venue Change]
Court Entertainments [Venue Change]
Mankato, MN
Venue change: Concert will now take place at Swiss and Madison (Mankato) instead of Arlington Haus Too (Arlington). Change made on 4/16/2022. Musical entertainments at the French court were nothing if not grand and spectacular. But not every entertainment was a huge production. Join us as we pres…
Friday, May 20 2022
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
