Beethoven's Pastoral
ARTISTS Edo de Waart, conductor REPERTOIRE BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 HAYDN: Symphony No. 92 in G Major: Oxford BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F Major: Pastoral Please join us 45 minutes before the concert for "What's the Score?", a lively talk about the composers and the repertoire given by commentator Nuvi Mehta from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall. ABOUT From the powerful and expressive strains of Egmont to the natural beauty of the Pastoral, experience Ludwig van Beethoven’s mastery of musical drama. As Edo de Waart has said, there would have been no Beethoven without Franz Joseph Haydn. The symphony first came into its own through the works of Haydn, but it was in the music of his student, Beethoven, that the form’s expressive potential truly revealed itself. Beethoven’s Sixth took the symphony to new heights in its depiction of the power and beauty of the natural world. This concert is part of the San Diego Symphony's season-long celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday.