LIVE MUSIC – Classical Music Unveiled – Beethoven’s Revolution | Rochester Public Library Auditorium

With featured guest, Luke Berkley, Rochester Symphony principal horn

Chia-Hsuan Lin, Rochester Symphony Music Director, will explore music inspired by the great master of classical music, Ludwig van Beethoven. She will also discuss contemporary composer Anna Clyne’s Stride and Johannes Brahms’s choral masterpiece Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied), which contain themes of defiance and determination inspired by the program’s centerpiece, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Maestro Lin will share the story behind Beethoven’s vision of freedom triumphing over tyranny, and the ways this groundbreaking symphony revolutionized the musical world. Luke Berkley, Rochester Symphony principal horn, will join her to perform musical excerpts.

About Classical Music Unveiled
Join Rochester Symphony at Rochester Public Library for a series of presentations that reveal the hidden brilliance behind the masterpieces that will be performed during our concert season. Through recorded music excerpts and stories, Chia-Hsuan Lin (pronounced Jah-Shwen), Rochester Symphony Music Director, will share the history and musical elements that create an exciting listening experience. Guest artists and orchestra musicians will play music excerpts and demonstrations. Presentations will focus on music included in Rochester Symphony’s upcoming concerts.

Location: Rochester Public Library Auditorium, 101 2nd St. SE, Rochester, MN

All presentations are free and open to the public. No advance registration is required.