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Beethoven at 250
Celebrate Beethoven's 250th Birthday
Discover the power of Beethoven this season as we present his most iconic masterpieces.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has just published a thorough preview of our Beethoven Festival!
Fri Nov 1, 8PM | Sat Nov 2, 8PM
Payare Conducts Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
Rafael Payare, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
SCHUMANN: Overture to Manfred
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6: Pathétique
Fri Nov 8, 8PM | Sun Nov 10, 2PM
Beethoven's Eroica
Rafael Payare, conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
MOZART: Symphony No. 35: Haffner
MAHLER: Rückert Lieder
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3: Eroica
Tue Dec 10, 7:30PM
Piano Trios of Beethoven & Arensky
Fabio Bidini, piano
Musicians from the San Diego Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” for Two Oboes and English Horn
BEETHOVEN: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B-flat Major
ARENSKY: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Fri Jan 10, 8PM | Sat Jan 11, 8PM
Sun Jan 12, 2PM
Emanuel Ax: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Edo de Waart, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4
Tue Jan 14, 7:30PM
Beethoven: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Shai Wosner, piano
Musicians from the San Diego Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in C Minor
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in D Major, Pastoral
BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat Major
Fri Jan 17, 8PM | Sat Jan 18, 8PM
Beethoven's
Symphony No. 5
Edo de Waart, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge
JOHN ADAMS: Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Sun Jan 19, 2PM
Beyond the Score®: Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Beyond the Score® is a production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gerard McBurney, Creative Director for Beyond the Score®
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Fri Jan 24, 8PM | Sat Jan 25, 8PM
Beethoven's Pastoral
Edo de Waart, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont
HAYDN: Symphony No. 92: Oxford
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6: Pastoral
Sun Feb 9, 2PM
Beethoven the Music Genius
Ludwig van Beethoven changed classical music forever — making it bigger, and bolder, and more outrageous than ever — all while losing his hearing! We’ll share strange and wonderful facts about the life of this gifted and temperamental genius as you enjoy pieces of his most famous music played by the orchestra.
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SAT FEB 15, 8PM
Steve Hackman's Beethoven vs. Coldplay
Steve Hackman’s Beethoven vs. Coldplay transforms Ludwig van Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony into an oratorio, weaving the melodies and lyrics of Coldplay into the original Beethoven and pairing them together based on content and context. Three vocalists join the full symphony; many of Coldplay’s most well-known songs are interpolated, including "Fix You," "Paradise" and "The Scientist."
Steve Hackman’s Beethoven vs. Coldplay is a Stereo Hideout production, created and arranged by Steve Hackman.
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Fri Feb 21, 8PM | Sun Feb 23, 2PM
Payare Conducts Beethoven & Shostakovich
Rafael Payare, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11: The Year 1905
Fri May 22, 8PM | Sat May 23, 8PM
Sun May 24, 2PM
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Rafael Payare, conductor
Felicia Moore, soprano
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Soloman Howard, bass
San Diego Master Chorale
BRETT DEAN: Testament
BEETHOVEN: "Prisoner's Chorus" from Fidelio
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9