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Beethoven & Sibelius
October 17-19, 2025
Program

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


BEETHOVEN & SIBELIUS

Friday, October 17, 2025 / 8 PM
Saturday, October 18, 2025 / 8 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2025 / 3 PM
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts


Viswa Subbaraman, conductor 
Drew Petersen, piano


CARL NIELSEN
(1865-1931)


Helios Overture




 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770-1827)


Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
    
Allegro con brio
    Largo
    Rondo: Allegro

Drew Petersen, piano




-INTERMISSION-




JEAN SIBELIUS
(1865-1957)


Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
    
Allegretto
    Tempo Andante, ma rubato
    Vivacissimo — Lento e suave — Tempo primo — Lento e suave —
    Finale: Allegro moderato


The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

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The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.  


The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2025-26 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and 
Harriette M. Landon Foundation