Andrés Orozco-Estrada to Lead Houston Symphony in Beethoven's 6 and 7, 3/24-25

Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada will lead the Houston Symphony in Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 7 at 8 p.m. March 24-25 and 2:30 p.m. March 26 at Jones Hall. The program marks the completion of the orchestra's three-season Beethoven symphony cycle.

Inspired by his love of nature, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, also known as Pastoral, takes listeners on an audible exploration of nature and a journey to one of music history's most satisfying finales. Artwork from select students at the Glassell School of Art, the teaching institute of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be projected on large screens to illustrate the nature scenes the music suggests.

After intermission, Beethoven's lively Seventh Symphony abounds with high spirits that surround a haunting second movement, which is often performed separate from the complete symphony and has been featured in films such as The King's Speech. At its premiere, Beethoven was noted as remarking that the symphony was one of his best works.

The concert will take place at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana Street, in Houston's Theater District. The concert will also be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Sugar Land Baptist Church as part of the Symphony's Sugar Land Series.

For tickets and information, please call (713) 224-7575 or visit www.houstonsymphony.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the Houston Symphony Patron Services Center in Jones Hall (Monday-Saturday from10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). All programs and artists are subject to change.

BEETHOVEN 6 & 7
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 7:30 p.m. (Sugar Land Baptist Church)

Friday, March 24, 2017, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 26, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Tickets from $25