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Beethoven's Eroica

Sat 7:30PM

KODALY / Dances of Galánta
HAYDN / Symphony No. 22, “The Philosopher”
BEETHOVEN / Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Haydn’s charming symphony employs a muted tick-tock effect, evoking the image of a philosopher deep in thought while time passes by; and Kodaly’s dances are a deeply personal homage to the place where he lived as a toddler with his family. Both are a prelude to the main work on the program: Beethoven’s heroic symphony which was first dedicated to Napoleon, after which the disillusioned composer scratched his dedication off the work’s title page.

Scott O’Neil, resident conductor

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