The Pre-Concert Talk will be given by Elizabeth Seitz, Boston Conservatory, from 6:45PM - 7:15PM at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. Pre-Concert Talks are supported by New England Coffee.
Audio Concert Preview by Richard Dyer, narrated by Eleanor McGourty.
Program Change for Programs 3 & 4 of Beethoven, The Complete Symphonies Lorin Maazel, one of the world's most respected conductors, will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the final two programs of the orchestra's Beethoven's cycle, including the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth symphonies, October 30-November 7, at Symphony Hall. Mr. Maazel will also lead the BSO in its upcoming Carnegie Hall program Beethoven's Sixth and Seventh symphonies, on November 2. Maestro Maazel steps in for BSO Music Director James Levine, whose doctors have advised him to postpone returning to his conducting schedule until he is more fully recovered from surgery that took place earlier this month for a herniated disc.
About the Music
Symphony No. 8 and Symphony No.9 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.
Beverage Coupon
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On the Go? Purchase your beverages online and skip the line at the Bar in Symphony Hall. Beverage Coupons are available for $7 for wine and $3 for water. Present your beverage coupon to the wait staff along with a valid id.
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