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Featured Performances
Honnegger, Saint-Saëns and Stravinsky
November 12, 2009 8:00 PM

Honnegger, Saint-Saëns and Stravinsky
November 14, 2009 8:00 PM

Debussy, Ibert and Brahms
November 19, 2009 8:00 PM

Debussy, Ibert and Brahms
November 20, 2009 1:30 PM

Debussy, Brahms and Stravinsky
November 24, 2009 8:00 PM

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Complimentary Tickets for Active Military Members November 12

[Veterans] In Honor of Veterns Day!
Active members of the military may obtain two free tickets per person by phone or at the Symphony Hall Box Office.
In honor of Veterans Day, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will offer complimentary tickets for active members of the military for the orchestra’s November 12 concert. Veterans Day honors nearly 25 million military veterans in the United States today. It is a celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. Active members of the military may obtain two free tickets per person by phone by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200. more >

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Beethoven, The Complete Symphonies, Part 4
November 5-7
NEW! BEETHOVEN Classical Companion - WATCH IT NOW!
Listen to the Audio Concert Preview by Richard Dyer, narrated by Eleanor McGourty.
The fourth program in the BSO's historic Beethoven symphony cycle concludes with a program pairing the shortest of the nine, the wonderfully jovial Eighth (premiered in February 1814, and which the composer considered one of his finest symphonies), with his longest and most ambitious, No. 9 (one of the last pieces Beethoven wrote). Beethoven's use of chorus and soloists in the Ninth's final movement, a setting of Schiller's "Ode to Joy"—an unprecedentedly bold and imaginative stroke—remains startlingly effective today. more >

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Classical Companion
NEW! INTERACTIVE Module BEETHOVEN'S MUSIC LAB
WATCH IT NOW!
“Classical Companion,” the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s interactive educational website, allows visitors to the site to explore Beethoven and his music through online multimedia materials. In addition to informative essays, historical photographs, and music, there are video segments by composer/Beethoven scholar Jan Swafford of The Boston Conservatory discussing each of Beethoven’s symphonies; a video lecture by Harvard professor Thomas Forest Kelly on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, taken from this past summer’s One Day University at Tanglewood, and an interactive module that invites visitors to explore sonata form via Beethoven’s symphonies. more >