Overview
Beethoven’s crowning achievement—a monumental fusion of soloists, chorus, and music all set to Schiller’s magnificent “Ode to Joy.” When it premiered in 1824, conducted by Beethoven himself, he heard not a note, so profoundly deaf was he by then.
Artists
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Vocal soloists to be announced
Pacific Chorale ― Robert Istad, artistic director
Pacific Symphony
Program
Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Preview Talk at 7 p.m. with host Alan Chapman
