Concert: Hope for Acceptance and Peace

Beethoven’s Egmont Overture depicts the overthrow of the Spanish out of what is today the Benelux Countries in the 1600s. The Spanish were violent in dominating the largely farm countries but it reached a climax when they beheaded the Flemish King. The uprising of the Flemish peoples to throw out the Spanish is one of the most exciting endings in all of music! The second half of the program will feature Peter Tchaikovsky’s monumental Symphony #5. This is one of the most exciting of all symphonies!