Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the lower lobby. Oriol Sans, conductor. ¨More an expression of feelings than a painting¨ is how Ludwig van Beethoven described his strikingly beautiful ¨Pastoral¨ Symphony. Join us for the performance of this masterpiece of the symphonic repertoire and let its five bucolic scenes, one per movement, take you through the joy, peace, fear, and amusement that natural events and sounds can provoke. The concert will open with the lavish Hymn to the Sun, a work written by American composer Kevin Puts and inspired by another natural event: the spectacular sunrise seen from the Mount Haleakala, on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

PROGRAM: Puts- Hymn to the Sun; Respighi- Fountains of Rome; Beethoven- Symphony No. 6