Maestro Daniel Hege talks about the music of our upcoming season-opener concert, Beethoven's Fifth.

Maestro Daniel Hege talks about the music of our upcoming season-opener concert, Beethoven's Fifth.

Come to a free lecture-demonstration on Sir Edward Elgar, classical music, and the First World War. Cello soloist Annie Jacobs-Perkins, who will be performing Elgar's famous cello concerto with the Philharmonic on September 30, and Director of Education Julia Grella O'Connell will be discussing this iconic work (as featured in the recent Academy Award-nominated film Tár) and the ways it reflects British culture in the post-World War I period.

How do composers strive to create an ideal world with their music? Dr. Julia Grella O'Connell discusses the music in tonight's program and its connection with utopian movements.

Maestro Daniel Hege talks about the music in our upcoming concert, "Faces of Joy."