Songs of Innocence and of Experience, a large-scale choral setting of William Blake's poems, was first performed in 1984; a recording led by Leonard Slatkin won four Grammy Awards last month. The Minneapolis performances will feature the Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Boy Choir, and VocalEssence; Philip Brunelle, VocalEssence's artistic director, will conduct.

Other highlights include performances of Bolcom's cabaret songs and arts songs; a master class with Bolcom and soprano Joan Morris, his wife and collaborator; and Minnesota Orchestra performances featuring Bolcom's Commedia, for (almost) Eighteenth-Century Orchestra.