

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Closing Night:  Big Beethoven and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Andrew Constantine, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, Director
Martha Guth, soprano
Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Richard Ollarsaba, bass-baritone

Bethoven composed his fifth and final piano concerto, “The Emperor”, while feeling the effects of Napoleon’s war in Vienna. He wrote to his publisher that in order to save what little hearing he had left, he would go to his brother’s cellar and cover his ears with pillows. The heroic style and military symbolism which inspired “The Emperor” will be ably displayed by virtuoso piano soloist Jon Kimura Parker. Regarded by many critics and musicologists as one of the supreme masterpieces of all music, Beethoven’s final complete symphony, “The Ninth”, was the first such work to include a chorus and vocal soloists. By then, his deafness was so complete that after conducting the symphony’s premiere he couldn’t even hear the audience go wild, and had to be turned around to witness their standing ovation. This season’s grand finale also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fort
Wayne Philharmonic Chorus. This concert is not one to be missed!

Program

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
Allegro
Adagio un poco mosso
Rondo: Allegro
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Intermission

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Allegro ma non troppo; un poco maestoso
Molto vivace
Adagio molto e cantabile
Presto – Allegro assai – Allegro assai vivace
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus
Martha Guth, soprano
Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano
Charles Reid, tenor
Richard Ollarsaba, bass-baritone
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-wayne/closing-night-big-beethoven-and-the-fort-wayne-philharmonic-chorus’s-50th-anniversary-celebration/200029738139044
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://fwphil.org/event/masterworks-8-25-26/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=fort+wayne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Fort Wayne
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Purdue FW Music Center
- **lat**: 41.119863046371
- **long**: -85.10870857881
- **full address**: Purdue FW Music Center, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd,Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Fort Wayne Philharmonic (https://allevents.in/org/fort-wayne-philharmonic/10488025)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Purdue FW Music Center, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd,Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Fort Wayne Philharmonic
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Closing Night:  Big Beethoven and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus’s 50th Anniversary Celebration ?
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