Beethoven Festival 2009

Adelaide Festival Centre and Australian Youth Orchestra in association with State Opera of South Australia present 2009 Beethoven Festival featuring the Australian Youth Orchestra

In 2008 the Australian Youth Orchestra brought audiences to their feet with three triumphant concerts of Beethoven Symphonies and Piano Concertos.

In 2009 the Australian Youth Orchestra will reunite with Grammy-award winning conductor John Nelson and international piano-sensation Herbert Schuch to complete the Beethoven Cycle of symphonies and piano concertos.

The festival culminates with Beethoven's Symphony No.9 featuring the soloists and chorus of the State Opera of South Australia, and the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus in what promises to be an unforgettable conclusion to a thrilling series of concerts.

"Remarkable was the beauty of their sound. Truly gorgeous - an astonishing success."The Australian

THURSDAY 23 JULY
Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
Piano Concerto No.2 in B major, Op.19
Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68, Pastoral

FRIDAY 24 JULY
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92

SATURDAY 25 JULY
Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125, Choral

Conductor
John Nelson (USA)

Soloist
Herbert Schuch (Germany)

With soloists
Aivale Cole, Elizabeth Campbell, Henry Choo & Douglas McNicol,
the chorus of the State Opera of South Australia, Chorus Master Timothy Sexton and members of the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus