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BeethovenNOW: Symphonies 1 & 9
April 3, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
$28.50 – $190
Only a portion of the choir will be performing in this performance. Although all singers are guaranteed to sing at least one performance of this work, there is no guarantee that Josh will be singing this night. Once more information about the individual concert rosters are available updates will be posted here. Performances that Josh is not singing, will be removed.
The year 2020 marks the 250th birthday of Beethoven. The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates this milestone by performing music by composers of today in dialogue with Beethoven’s symphonies. Composer-in- Residence Gabriela Lena Frank, and a diverse group of composers from her Creative Academy of Music offer newly written works that inspire and push boundaries—to elevate the context in which Beethoven’s legacy is understood today.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Conductor
Angel Blue – Soprano
Mihoko Fujimura – Mezzo-soprano
Rolando Villazón – Tenor
Quinn Kelsey – Baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller – Director
PROGRAM
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 (“Choral”)
Friday, April 3, 2020
8:00 PM
Carnegie Hall – Stern Auditorium
Enjoy a unique opportunity to hear Beethoven’s development as a symphonic composer in one evening with his first and last symphonies. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 respects the traditions of his teacher Haydn, but surges with propulsive energy and intrigues with novel harmonies. The choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth is revolutionary—it’s the first symphony to use voices—but its preceding movements also break new ground with their vast breadth and tremendous emotional power.
