Austin Symphony Orchestra
Long Center’s Dell Hall
Chorus Austin
Alison Kessler, soprano
Deidre Lahiff, mezzo-soprano
Jack Hicks, tenor
Kenneth Overton, baritone
Todd Boss, narrator
Peter Bay, conductor

This program brings together narration, chorus, and orchestra in a program centered on shared experience. Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music is reimagined with narration by Todd Boss, creating a new perspective on a historical work. The program concludes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, featuring Chorus Austin and a distinguished group of soloists. The final movement’s choral setting of Ode to Joy connects voice and orchestra in a work that continues to resonate across generations. This concert reflects on community, expression, and the role of music in bringing people together.

PROGRAM:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART/Todd Boss: The Boy Who Said Wow (Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477) [based on a true story]
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (Choral)

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