Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2 & 7

The Shedd Institute's microphilharmonic under the direction of Michael Anderson presents Beethoven's Symphonies No. 2 & No. 7, arranged for chamber ensemble at Jaqua Concert Hall in Eugene Saturday May 10 & Sunday May 11.

Michael Anderson continues his mission of setting all of Beethoven’s symphonies for chamber ensemble with microphilharmonic’s premiere of his chamber arrangements of Beethoven’s 1802 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 21 and his 1812 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Beethoven conducted the premiere of No. 2 as he was coming to realize that his increasing deafness was incurable. The piece received mixed reactions from the Viennese audiences, one critic writing that it “was a hideously writhing, wounded dragon that refuses to die, but writhing in its last agonies and, in the fourth movement, bleeding to death.” Ten years later Beethoven conducted the premiere of the 7th at a charity concert for Austrian soldiers wounded at the Battle of Hanau against Napoleon to a much more receptive (and certainly patriotic) audience.

Check out The Shedd's Dinners at Six before evening and after matinee performances.

Thank you to our sponsors for these concerts, Collis Wealth Management, Diana Gardner, and Summit Bank.

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