In a program conducted by Thomas Søndergård and featuring soprano Julia Bullock, the orchestra delivered a ravishing evening of imagery and dynamism.

Some songwriters started writing poetry before segueing into song. Others will even say that most of their songs started as a poem, or inspired by the work of classic poetry, or poets. Videos by ...

At a time when folks could use a little shot of optimism, there was much of it in the air before concert time at Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall on Friday night. On the Minnesota Orchestra’s program was ...