UW–Madison Symphony Orchestra

202201nov7:30 pm8:30 pmUW–Madison Symphony Orchestra

Time

(Tuesday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall

740 University Avenue

Event Details

Free I No ticket required

Pre-concert talk at 7 pm
Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall

Oriol Sans, conductor

Both Atlas Eclipticalis, John Cage’s particular musical take on a map of the sky, and Zhou Tian’s D-O-N-E, a work written to commemorate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, mix music, humanity achievements, and the cosmos. Those elements are present also in the main work on this program: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

A recording of the work, probably the most recognizable piece of Western music, has been traveling for more than 40 years onboard the Voyager 1. The capsule contains the Golden Record, a compendium of humanity’s highest artistic achievements to explain the story of our world to extraterrestrials. Written once Beethoven had started to lose his hearing, his Fifth speaks about overcoming the struggle, something at the core of the human identity.

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Hamel Music Center - Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall740 University Avenue