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orchestra

jan 17-19

Beethoven x3

Venue: Overture Hall

Friday, Jan., 17, 2025
Free Prelude Discussion: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan., 18, 2025
Free Prelude Discussion: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan., 19, 2025
Free Prelude Discussion: 1:30 p.m.
Concert: 2:30 p.m.

Tickets: $15-$104

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Great things come in threes, and this performance is no exception, showcasing three of Beethoven’s masterworks, all composed within about three years of each other. We begin with the dramatic Leonore Overture No. 3. Next, we bring an exquisite trio of soloists together: violinist Gil Shaham, his sister, pianist Orli Shaham, and exceptional cellist Sterling Elliott. Together, they play Beethoven’s all-too-infrequently-performed “Triple Concerto.” Beethoven’s miraculous Symphony No. 2, an early but groundbreaking work written at the dawning of his realization that he was going deaf, takes this concert to an emotional close.

John DeMain, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
Orli Shaham, Piano
Sterling Elliott, Cello

music

Concert Run Time: Approx. 80 minutes, plus 20 minute intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 (Triple Concerto)
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 

Read Michael Allsen’s Program Notes

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Printed programs will still be available, but we encourage you to save this link and refer to it this weekend.

Prelude Discussion
Enjoy a 30-minute talk with Randal Swiggum starting one hour before each concert in Overture Hall. Free to ticketholders.
Randal Swiggum wrote a special note that he shared before each concert performance at his prelude discussion and we wanted to share it with you below.

What we are doing here tonight is very old-fashioned. Countercultural. Some would say “anachronistic.” Against a culture of fast swiping, clicks, and short attention spans, with portable entertainment devices that cater to anything we want, and will change it up for us with just another swipe, we are going to do something crazy. We are going to sit quietly, even reverently, like in a sacred service, several thousand of us here in Overture Hall–so quiet that we can hear the softest notes of the orchestra. 

We’re going to try and hear the details of these transcendent worlds that Beethoven has conjured up, these massive works of sonic architecture, and we’re going to do it together. We could be listening alone at home, with headphones, where we could swipe ahead if we get bored. But not here. Here we will engage our minds with Beethoven (on Beethoven’s terms) and with each other, as humans have done for over 200 years now, with these very pieces. And I believe this careful listening will reward us, as it always does, with not just a night of lovely entertainment, but, in this fragmented, individualistic and even fractious time, to ponder, through sound, what it means to be human.

Take Note: Drinks Allowed in Overture Hall
Please take note that drinks are allowed inside Overture Hall during all Madison Symphony Orchestra concerts. You may pre-order food and drink to be picked up in the lobby, or order at bars and concession stands located around the Overture Hall lobby before each concert and during intermission. Please enjoy food in the lobby and unwrap any candy or cough drops before the performance begins. Thank you!

[Gil] Shaham offered an exquisite interpretation. I was captivated. It was one of the most engaging and memorable moments of my decades-long in-person classical music concerts!  – MSO Patron

Elliott produced a singing tone and vibrant expressive projection from his first notes.  – New York Classical Review

[Orli Shaham] sounds fresh and fully engaged every time.  – EarRelevant

Beethoven’s Triple Concerto is an exhilarating tour de force for three titans of their instruments.  – John DeMain

Meet the Artists

mso music director john demain
John DeMain, Conductor

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mso music director john demain
Orli Shaham, Piano

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mso music director john demain
Gil Shaham, Violin

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mso music director john demain
Sterling Elliott, Cello

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Guest Artists Sponsor

David and Kato Perlman

Presenting Sponsor

Myrna Larson

Major Sponsors

Scott and Janet Cabot

Cyrena and Lee Pondrom

Additional Sponsors

 

Audrey Dybdahl, in memory of Philip Dybdahl

 

Sharon Stark, in loving memory of Peter Livingston

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

Details

Start:
January 17
End:
January 19
Event Category:

Venue

Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703 United States
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