A limited number of single tickets are now available!

Humor is not the first thing you think of when you hear the name Ludwig van Beethoven. And yet, the brash young composer loved tweaking his audience’s funny bone.

The THSO presents Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 which is filled with musical jokes. To the audiences of his day, the work brought giggles as well as snorts of disgust at the first performance.

But the general public loved the work, and Beethoven, the symphonist, was on his journey to becoming the composer of “The Ninth,” perhaps the greatest and most important symphony ever written.

The concert will also feature three short works interpolated between the movements of the Beethoven Symphony, including Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, the second movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto which was featured music in Out of Africa, and Beethoven’s lovely Romance No. 2 in F Major for violin and orchestra.

This intimate concert will feature three THSO principal musicians including Concertmaster Daniel Aizenshtadt, Principal Oboe Rebecca McGuire, and Principal Clarinet, Samantha Johnson-Helms.

The concert will invite all 2020-2021 season ticket holders to attend in-person at Tilson Music Hall. We have a limited number of single tickets available.

Thank you to our sponsors for this event! Bob & Jo Brown, Dick & Betsy Frank, Carl Bender & Barbara Brugnaux, and Tom Tucker & Sherry Dailey.

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Artists, dates, repertoire, and venues are subject to change. Please do not attend this event if you are ill or are experiencing flu-like symptoms.