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Beethoven's Sixth & Sō Percussion

ROSSEN MILANOV, Edward T. Cone Music Director

Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, March 8, 2025 - 8pm
Sunday, March 9, 2025 - 4pm
Richardson Auditorium

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Rossen Milanov, conductor
Sō Percussion, percussion quartet

Carlos Simon (b. 1986)

Four Black American Dances

1. Ring Shout: Soulfully
2. Waltz: With ebb and flow, rubato
3. Tap!: Jubilantly
4. Holy Dance: Mysteriously

Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

Re(new)al - Percussion Quartet Concerto

1. Hydro
2. Wind
3. Solar

INTERMISSION

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”

1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of Cheerful Feelings upon the Countryside)
2. Szene am Bach (Scene by the Brook)
3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Merry Gathering of Country Folk)
4. Gewitter, Sturm (Thunder, Storm)
5. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühlenach nach dem Sturm (Shepherd’s song; joyful and thankful Feelings after the Storm)
   
   

This concert is made possible in part through a generous gift from Pete Taft, in honor of Mara Connolly.

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No one will be admitted during the performance of a piece. No audio or video recording or  photography permitted. Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change. 

We're Celebrating Rossen's 60th Birthday!

Thank you to these donors who have contributed leadership gifts to the PSO in the Maestro's honor as of January 7, 2025.

Georg Albers-Schonberg

Melanie and John Clarke

Micaela de Lignerolles

B. Sue Howard

Norman Klath

Anastasia Marty

Caren V. Sturges

Anne VanLent

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