DM SYMPHONY - IMMORTAL BELOVED

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. Beethoven’s passionate love letters come alive in a musical celebration of great passion from Mendelssohn to Shostakovich, Romeo & Juliet to Moonlight Sonata and more. This unique program is capped with a virtuosic tour de force as Natasha Paremski returns to play Rachmaninoff’s thrillingly grand Third Piano Concerto.

Joseph Giunta, conducting

Natasha Paremski, piano

Jill Shellabarger, actor

Roger Mueller, actor

MENDELSSOHN                         Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

ROTA                                            Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet

BEETHOVEN                                Immortal Beloved Letter No. 1

BEETHOVEN                                Allegretto from Symphony No. 7

BEETHOVEN                                Immortal Beloved Letter No. 2

BEETHOVEN                                Moonlight Sonata

BEETHOVEN                                Immortal Beloved Letter No. 3

SHOSTAKOVICH/ATOVMIAN     Romance from The Gadfly

RACHMANINOFF                         Piano Concerto No. 3