Program Book: Jaap van Zweden Conducts Beethoven 5, Oct 12-15, 2023

Read the program book for Jaap van Zweden Conducts Beethoven 5, Oct 12-15, 2023.

On Thursday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jaap Van Zweden delivered a triumphant performance of Beethoven’s famed Fifth Symphony, articulating the composer’s expressive range. The program opened with Nina Shekhar’s Lumina, which captures sudden bursts of radiance amongst the eeriness of shadows, and concluded with poetic selections from Mahler’s German folklore-inspired The Youth’s Magic Horn, sung by baritone Christian Gerhaher.

Photography by Todd Rosenberg