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Free ESO Listener's Club event May 1 at Gail Borden Library
ESO violinist Robbie Herbst will discuss the upcoming ESO concerts celebrating the the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Robbie Herbst, Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, will discuss the upcoming ESO concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony debuted May 7, 1842, in Vienna, Austria. Herbst will discuss the music and the composer behind this renowned work at a free Listener’s Club event at the Gail Borden Public Library in downtown Elgin on Wednesday, May 1, at noon.
The program is free, but registration is recommended. Visit www.gailborden.info to register.
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The award-winning ESO will perform the masterpiece, along with Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone and Mozart’s Ave verum corpus, on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin, Ill.
For more information about the ESO’s concerts, and to purchase tickets, visit www.ElginSymphony.org.
