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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025
7:30 pm | Port TheatrePRE-CONCERT TALKS: 6:30 PM

Ode to Nature celebrates our beautiful outside world as seen through the eyes and ears of composers from different eras of music and different lands.

CONDUCTOR: Cosette Justo Valdés

PROGRAMME

Jessica MCMANN:  Muskwa’s Mountain Home

Sonny – Ray DAY RIDER:  The Blood Alchemist Wateraga

SMETANA: Má Vlast (My Homeland) Selections

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 “Pastoral Symphony”

 

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PRE-CONCERT TALK: 6:30 PM
CONCERT: 7:30 PM

What to wear? Be comfortable. Dress in a way that works for you. If you feel like dressing up, do it and you won’t be the only one, we promise. If you prefer to be more casual you will fit right in as well.

Beverages served prior to concert and during intermission. You can pre-order your beverage before the concert.


Mobile phones are allowed to be on but must be set to silent.


We welcome you to clap when you like what you hear.

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PRE-CONCERT TALK: 6:30 PM
CONCERT: 7:30 PM

Ode to Nature celebrates our beautiful outside world as seen through the eyes and ears of composers from different eras of music and different lands.

CONDUCTOR:
Cosette Justo Valdés

PROGRAMME

Jessica MCMANN:
Muskwa’s Mountain Home

Sonny – Ray DAY RIDER:
The Blood Alchemist Wateraga

SMETANA:
Má Vlast (My Homeland) Selections

BEETHOVEN:
Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 “Pastoral Symphony”

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What to Wear?
Be comfortable. Dress in a way that works for you. If you feel like dressing up, do it and you won’t be the only one, we promise. If you prefer to be more casual you will fit right in as well.
Beverages?
Beverages served prior to concert and during intermission. You can pre-order your beverage before the concert.
Mobile Phones?


Mobile phones are allowed to be on but must be set to silent.

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We welcome you to clap when you like what you hear.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770– 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, he remains one of the most recognized and influential musicians of this period, and is considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time.

Beethoven was born in Bonn, the capital of the Electorate of Cologne, and part of the Holy Roman Empire. He displayed his musical talents at an early age and was vigorously taught by his father Johann van Beethoven, and was later taught by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At age 21, he moved to Vienna and studied composition with Joseph Haydn. Beethoven then gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist, and was soon courted by Prince Lichnowsky for compositions, which resulted in Opus 1 in 1795.

The piece was a great critical and commercial success, and was followed by Symphony No. 1 in 1800. This composition was distinguished for its frequent use of sforzandi, as well as sudden shifts in tonal centers that were uncommon for traditional symphonic form, and the prominent, more independent use of wind instruments. In 1801, he also gained notoriety for his six String Quartets and for the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. During this period, his hearing began to deteriorate, but he continued to conduct, premiering his third and fifth symphonies in 1804 and 1808, respectively. His condition worsened to almost complete deafness by 1811, and he then gave up performing and appearing in public.

During this period of self exile, Beethoven composed many of his most admired works; his seventh symphony premiered in 1813, with its second movement, Allegretto, achieving widespread critical acclaim. He composed the piece Missa Solemnis for a number of years until it premiered 1824, which preceded his ninth symphony, with the latter gaining fame for being among the first examples of a choral symphony. In 1826, his fourteenth String Quartet was noted for having seven linked movements played without a break, and is considered the final major piece performed before his death a year later.

 

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Symphony No. 6
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven’s few works containing explicitly programmatic content, the symphony was first performed alongside his fifth symphony in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.

Beethoven was a lover of nature who spent a great deal of his time on walks in the country. He frequently left Vienna to work in rural locations. The composer said that the Sixth Symphony is “more the expression of feeling than painting”, a point underlined by the title of the first movement.

The first sketches of the Pastoral Symphony appeared in 1802. It was composed simultaneously with Beethoven’s more famous Fifth Symphony. Both symphonies were premiered in a long and under-rehearsed concert in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 22 December 1808.

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