Beethoven Triple Concerto

About this event

Classical music is at its absolute best when it feels like a live, high-stakes conversation, and this concert brings together three centuries of dark folklore, playful chamber wizardry, and fierce national pride. Audiences will experience a brilliant lineup of pieces curated to give long-time subscribers and first-time listeners alike an inside track on what makes these masterworks so enduring. This performance will bring world-class virtuosity straight to the heart of Tucson !

Kicking off the night, Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz single-handedly put German Romantic opera on the global map . Based on an eerie folk tale about a marksman who makes a desperate deal with the devil for seven magical, guaranteed-hit bullets, the overture condenses all that supernatural drama into ten thrilling minutes. Listen closely for the warm, pastoral hunting horns giving way to brewing anxiety, ghostly brass chords from the opera’s famous Wolf’s Glen scene, and a triumphant final rush.

Under the direction of guest conductor Katharina Wincor, the heart of the program arrives with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto . Because this is Beethoven’s only concerto for multiple soloists, it demands an exceptionally tight unit on stage, making the internationally renowned Trio con Brio Copenhagen the perfect fit . Built around the deep-rooted musical intuition of sisters Soo-Jin and Soo-Kyung Hong alongside pianist Jens Elvekjaer, the award-winning ensemble brings the precise intimacy of chamber music to full symphonic scale. Starting with a soulful line in the cello, the piece turns into a high-energy game of musical relay as the trio passes virtuosic themes back and forth before sliding seamlessly into a stately Polish dance finale.

Closing out the evening, the orchestra dives into Antonín Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony , written when the composer was channeling both personal grief and his Czech homeland’s fierce struggle for independence. While his Ninth Symphony gets most of the pop-culture spotlight, scholars and musicians widely consider the Seventh his absolute masterpiece . From its moody D-minor opening and pastoral woodwind solos to its heavy, storm-swept dance rhythms, the piece builds toward an extraordinary finale that shifts into a major key right at the end, leaving listeners with a defiant glimmer of hope amidst the dark drama.

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Beethoven superbly performed.

BBC Music Magazine on Copenhagen’s Trio con Brio

Photo by Nikolaj Lund

In partnership with the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.

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Plan Your Visit

• This concert is available as part of a Classic Series or Create Your Own Subscription .

• This concert will be preceded by Concert Comments, a pre-concert talk, beginning one hour before each performance.

• Linda Ronstadt Music Hall has a clear bag policy. Read more about this venue .

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