Beethoven's Ninth

Thursday
May 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Friday
May 29, 2009, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Saturday
May 30, 2009, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Springer, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director

Barber  -  Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30
Beethoven -  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Leonard Slatkin leads his last regular-season performances as Nashville Symphony's Music Advisor in one of the most influential and enduringly popular works in the pantheon of art: Beethoven's Ninth. Samuel Barber's Prayers of Kierkegaard, inspired by the Danish philosopher's writings, opens the concert with contemplative lyricism.

Read the Program Notes (PDF)

Featured Instrument:
Organ
Voice

Interesting Fact:
> Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No. 9 was adopted as the European National Anthem in 1972.