Listener’s Club April 30 and May 1

Written By Elgin Symphony Orchestra

Robbie Herbst, Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, will discuss the upcoming ESO concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony debuted May 7, 1842, in Vienna, Austria. Herbst will discuss the music and the composer behind this renowned work at free Listener’s Club events at the Barrington Area Library on Tuesday, April 30, at 1 p.m., and at the Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin on Wednesday, May 1, at noon.

The programs are free, but registration is recommended. Visit www.balibrary.org to register for the Barrington event and www.gailborden.info to register for the Elgin discussion.

The award-winning ESO will perform the masterpiece, along with Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone and Mozart’s Ave verum corpus, on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin, Ill.

For more information about the ESO’s concerts, and to purchase tickets, visit www.ElginSymphony.org.

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