Event series
In January
Beethoven & Romanticism
This January, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons present a special monthlong festival, Beethoven & Romanticism. The centerpiece is the complete cycle of the nine symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven, performed in order on consecutive programs at Symphony Hall for the first time since BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky did so in March 1927. The cycle will take place over a three-week period (Jan. 9–25), culminating with Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 (“Ode to Joy”), the latter featuring a roster of acclaimed soloists—soprano Amanda Majeski, mezzo-sopranoTamara Mumford, tenor Pavel Černoch, and baritone Andrè Schuen—and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under the direction of BSO Choral DirectorJames Burton in the finale. The festival marks the first time that Nelsons conducts the First, Second and Sixth (Pastoral) symphonies with the BSO. A ticketed open rehearsal of the Fourth and Fifth Symphony program is offered on the morning of January 16 and includes a pre-rehearsal talk. Details of each concert may be found in the program listings below.
Each of the four symphonic concert programs is complemented by a free interdisciplinary event designed by the BSO Humanities Institute, illuminating new facets of the composer’s life and work and its enduring relevance.
Each of the four symphonic concert programs is complemented by a free interdisciplinary event designed by the BSO Humanities Institute, illuminating new facets of the composer’s life and work and its enduring relevance.