Santa Barbara Symphony Performs Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community in October
Performances are on October 14 & 15, 2023.
Santa Barbara Symphony presents Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community on October 14 & 15, 2023.
The 2023/24 Season opens with a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In an impressive collaboration of four choral groups and a quartet of soloists, Nir Kabaretti conducts more than 200 performers—all with ties to Santa Barbara. Combined with Copland’s stirring orchestral composition “The Promise of Living”, capturing the essence of 1930s rural America, and Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, a symphonic poem of sweeping melodies and dramatic mood shifts, this concert is sure to be an Ode to Joy.
The Artists
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Santa Barbara Choral Society, Jo Anne Wasserman,
Artistic Director & Conductor
Quire of Voyces, Nathan Kreitzer, Music Director
Westmont College Choir,
Daniel Gee, Director of Choral Activities
Members of the Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus,
Timothy Accurso, Artistic Director
Soloists
Johanna Will, Soprano
Christina Pezzarossi Ramsey, Mezzo-Soprano
John Matthew Myers, Tenor
Cedric Berry, Bass-Baritone
Program
Aaron Copland | “The Promise of Living,” from The Tender Land
Franz Liszt | Les Préludes
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Videos
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Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (7/01-7/01) |
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Americana Evening - Songwriter Jam The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (6/28-6/28) |
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The Lehman Trilogy Rubicon Theatre Company (3/24-4/11) |
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Wreckless Strangers and PTI The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (6/26-6/26) |
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Alice in Wonderland by International Ballet Stars in Santa Barbara, CA! The Granada Theatre (4/22-4/22) |
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Karaoke and Airaoke with the cast of AIRNESS The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (6/25-6/25) |
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John & Jen Rubicon Theatre Company (2/10-2/28) |
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Every Brilliant Thing Ensemble Theatre Company (6/03-6/21) |
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Cinderella Ballet Yucaipa Performing Arts Center Indoor Theatre (6/26-6/28) |
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Make Me Laugh with Oliver Graves The California Theatre of Santa Rosa (6/18-6/18) |
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