Is there a better way to begin a new year than with the classical world’s magnum opus?
Performance Santa Fe presents Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Ever since its momentous 1824 premiere, the Ninth has been a hymn for all humanity, an anthem of protest, a celebration of freedom, and a song of joy. Tens of thousands of musicians perform it every year across the world. It has become part of our collective consciousness. Friedrich Nietzsche terms it thus: “At a certain place in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, [the free spirit] might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards.”
“Sparkling” soprano Ellie Dehn (Opera News), “powerful” mezzo-soprano Jodi Karem (Cape Cod Times), “smooth, deeply rich” tenor Nicholas Simpson (DC Theater Arts), and “dark, focused” bass Matthew Treviño join the Performance Santa Fe Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Joe Illick.
Our 1:00 PM Family Concert welcomes first-time orchestra-goers of all ages for a thrilling chance to experience classical music in an informative and informal context.
Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 5:00 PM, 1:00 PM Family Concert
- Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
- $27 – $100; Family Concert $20 per adult, $5 per child
Order tickets through PerformanceSantaFe.org or TicketsSantaFe.org
Program
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
IV. Recitative
About Ellie Dehn: http://www.elliedehn.com/
About Jodi Karem: http://jodikarem.com/index.html
About Nicholas Simpson: http://www.nicholassimpsontenor.com/
About Matthew Treviño: http://www.matthewtrevino.com/
For interviews/information/images: Please contact Sandra Noë, sandra@performancesantafe.org, 505 984 8759
For season and other information, please visit www.performancesantafe.org
Performance Santa Fe’s 80th season in 2016-17 is funded by the City of Santa Fe and the 1% Lodgers Tax.