Celebrating 200 years of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

Beethoven’s last symphonic work, Symphony No. 9, premiered 200 years ago on May 7, 1824, in Vienna, Austria. The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 74th season with performances of this masterwork on May 4 and 5. This is the first time since 2015 the ESO has performed this work.

Soprano Laura Strickling, mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Thomas Cooley, and baritone Hadleigh Adams, along with the Elgin Master Chorale, will join the ESO for this masterpiece conducted by ESO Music Director Chad Goodman.

Also included in the program are Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone and Mozart’s Ave verum corpus.

Both concerts will be held at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, in Elgin.

Music Director Chad Goodman will lead a pre-concert chat one hour prior to each performance.

Reserve tickets for the 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 4, performance.

Reserve tickets for the 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 5, performance.