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Admin

Miller Symphony Hall

Conductor

Diane Wittry

Orchestra

Allentown Symphony Orchestra

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Allentown Symphony Chorus

Chorus master

Eduardo Azzati

Singer

Soprano

Othalie Graham

Mezzo-soprano

Margaret Mezzacappa

Tenor

Matthew Swenson

Bass-baritone

Enrico Lagasca

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 ("Choral") -  (9th Symphony)

Allentown

United States

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 Beethoven

Public

9th Symphony

Fanfare on Amazing Grace

Andante cantabile

Overture for the 21st Century

“Ode to Joy” Fanfare

Juan Sebastián Cáceres Lara

Approved

SEASON FINALE! Living music at its most sublime. The “Ode to Joy” speaks to our wish to all get along with our fellow humans. The tune turns up everywhere, but it is best heard the way genius Beethoven imagined but never heard himself due to his tragic deafness. Beethoven’s greatest work has inspired countless others including our own Music Director/Conductor Diane Wittry to compose her own “Ode to Joy” Fanfare and for the Allentown Symphony to commission a world premiere by rising star composer Joe Jaxson. Plus hear Florence Price’s tender Andante cantabile for String Orchestra and Adolphus Hailstork’s Fanfare on “Amazing Grace.”

English

9th Symphony by Beethoven, Fanfare on Amazing Grace by Hailstork, Andante cantabile by Price, Overture for the 21st Century by Jaxson, “Ode to Joy” Fanfare by Wittry, From (2024/2024), Conductor Diane Wittry, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown, United States

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