Student Tickets: Hearing Beethoven's 5th Live

Do you know someone who’s never heard a live performance of Beethoven’s 5th before? They’ve probably heard it, maybe not even known they’ve heard it (or parts of it).

In fact, if you watched the Super Bowl or saw the polar bears’ commercial for Coca-Cola, yes, you’ve heard Beethoven’s 5th – or bits of it – and probably even weren’t aware of it (it wasn’t the famous opening bit, so…).

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What better way to introduce young listeners to great classical music-making than by taking them to hear Beethoven’s 5th this weekend at the Forum – Saturday evening between 8-10pm, or Sunday afternoon between 3-5pm.

Since this weekend’s concert with the Harrisburg Symphony is part of the symphony’s “Education Week,” it’s a good time to point out that students and children can receive a 50% discount off any single ticket prices.

“Student Rush” tickets at $5.00 are also available on a limited basis a half hour before each Masterworks and Capital Blue Cross Pops performance with the presentation of a valid student ID.

While student tickets are not available on-line, you can get them at the door or in advance by calling the symphony office at (717) 545-5527.

While people of certain ages may remember “seeing” Beethoven’s 5th as part of the Disney Animated Film, “Fantasia 2000”
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…or as a backdrop to an argument on that old TV classic from the ‘50s with Sid Ceasar and Nanette Fabray (recorded on live TV in one take)
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…or one of my all-time favorites, Peter Schickele’s “New Horizons in Music Appreciation” which approaches the 1st movement of Beethoven’s 5th broadcast as if it were a baseball game (“a beautiful night for a concert, not a cloud in the ceiling…” – next time you’re in the Forum, look up)
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But have you heard the entire symphony performed live by an orchestra in a concert hall?

Here’s a video of the entire symphony in a performance with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Heinrich Schiff.
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You can read more about the Bartok Divertimento and the Schumann Concert Piece for 4 Horns on the program at earlier posts. - Dick Strawser