Spotlight: Minnesota Orchestra

A WORLD PREMIERE Thursday-next Sunday: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse, who turns 60 on Feb. 15, is well on his way to writing a concerto for every major instrument. He's now turned his attention to the oboe; the results will be premiered in this week's Minnesota Orchestra concerts, led by Osmo Vänskä and featuring principal oboist Basil Reeve (pictured), to whose unerring A the orchestra has tuned since 1980. Music by Mendelssohn, Bruch and Tchaikovsky (the "Pathétique" Symphony) is also on the bill. (11 a.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat, 2 p.m. next Sun. Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls. $21-$83. 612-371-5656 or minnesotaorchestra.org.)

LARRY FUCHSBERG