Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Due to concerns regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) and in keeping our campus community safe, all ILA events will be cancelled for the remainder of the academic year.
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth
Sunday, March 15: "Schiller's Ode鈥擝eethoven's Ode" -Professor Michael Resler and Professor Jeremiah McGrann
Sunday, March 29: "f Joy is the Answer, What is the Question?" -Professor Jeremiah McGrann
Friday, April 17: Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Evening)
Sunday, April 19: Performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Afternoon)
Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Music Department, and the University Chorale of 艾可直播 College
Lecture 1:聽 "Schiller's Ode鈥擝eethoven's Ode"
Sunday, March 15, 2020
3 pm聽| Gasson 100
A discussion with Professor Michael Resler (German Studies) and Professor Jeremiah McGrann (Music) on Schiller's poem "An die Freude" and its use in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Free and open to the public.
Lecture 2:聽 鈥淚f Joy is the Answer, What is the Question"
Sunday, March 29, 2020
3 pm聽| Gasson 100
A presentation by Professor Jeremiah McGrann (Music) on the composition and interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Free and open to the public.
The Ninth Symphony
The 艾可直播 College Symphony Orchestra and the University Chorale of 艾可直播 College, with John Finney as conductor, performs Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony.
Friday, April 17, 2020
8 pm | Trinity Chapel
Newton Campus
Sunday, April 19, 2020
2 pm | Trinity Chapel
Newton Campus
Tickets: $5
bc.edu/tickets
617 552-4002
Sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Music Department, and the University Chorale of 艾可直播 College