Berkeley Symphony
SYMPHONIC 3: REJOICE
Sunday, June 12, 2022, 4:00PM, Zellerbach Hall

To conclude Berkeley Symphony’s historic 50th Anniversary season, we join in a communal celebration with Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony and a reimagined libretto set by former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Also highlighted is the World Premiere commission of Rise, a celebratory new work written in honor of Berkeley Symphony’s 50th Anniversary season by Berkeley-based composer Jimmy López.

Joseph Young, conductor

JIMMY LÓPEZ Rise
(Berkeley Symphony commission; World premiere made possible through the generous support of Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes and New Music USA)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Featuring new text by Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. Poet Laureate, commissioned by Carnegie Hall

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