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Beethoven “Eroica” Symphony
Chapel Hill
Beethoven “Eroica” Symphony

Thu, Nov 13, 2025 | 7:30pm
MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL

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Program

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Paul Watkins, cello


Jennifer Higdon (b. 1965)  program notes
Suite from Cold Mountain 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)  program notes
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
    I. Nicht zu schnell
    II. Langsam
    III. Sehr lebhaft
Paul Watkins, cello


INTERMISSION


Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, “Eroica” 
program notes
    I. Allegro con brio
    II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    IV. Finale: Allegro molto


This concert is made possible in part by The E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Fund, in memory of E.T. Rollins, Jr.