20 March 2027
BEETHOVEN - Ninth Symphony
Time
7:30 PM
Venue
Hayes Hall
Naples FL
Program
Alexander Shelley, artistic and music director
Karen Slack, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Michael Spyres, tenor
TBD, baritone
Naples Philharmonic Chorus
Jeremy T. Warner, director
Jake Runestad — A Silence Haunts Me
Beethoven — Symphony No. 9
The final Masterworks program devoted to Beethoven sees Alexander and the orchestra welcoming four celebrated vocalists—along with the Naples Philharmonic Chorus—for Jake Runestad’s touching choral reflection on Beethoven’s struggle with deafness before turning to the Ninth Symphony, his monumental finale that shattered the traditional symphonic form.