Soar into the symphonic stratosphere with today's side deal: for $35, you get a ticket to Blockbuster Beethoven's Ninth! by the Chicago Philharmonic (a $70 value). The performance is on Sunday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at Pick-Staiger Hall at Northwestern University in Evanston. The ticket is for main-floor seating at the venue.
Blockbuster Beethoven's Ninth! celebrates the symphonic sagacity of Ludwig van Beethoven with performances of two of the composer's seminal works: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 1 in G Major, opus 40, and Symphony no. 9. The latter composition, Beethoven's final complete symphony, is one of the most powerful works in the classical-music canon, with its "Ode to Joy" choral finale standing as one of the most recognizable passages in all music. The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Larry Rachleff, will be accompanied by vocalists from the North Shore Choral Society and the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. Get your Groupon for an evening of classical music that's pleasing to the eye of your ear.
Chicago Philharmonic
When the Chicago Philharmonic was founded in 1988, it was a tightly knit ensemble consisting of principals from the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Since then, it has blossomed into a collective of more than 200 professional Chicagoland musicians. But despite the increased size and bow-tie budget, the players have lost none of their precision or dynamic nature, prompting the Chicago Tribune to herald the group as “one of the country's finest symphonic orchestras.”