Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra give the US premiere of Fumée for clarinet and chamber orchestra

• Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
• Bartók - String Quartet No. 1 (arr. by Takács-Nagy)

INTERMISSION

• Gordon - Fumée for Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra (US première)
• Mozart - Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

Legendary conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, soloist and principal clarinet Sang Yoon Kim, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra give the US première of Geoffrey Gordon's Fumée, for clarinet and chamber orchestra (after the chanson of Reynaldo Hahn) - a work co-commissioned by SPCO, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Also on the program are works by Ravel and Bartok, as well as Mozart's much loved Symphony No. 38, "Prague".