Civic Plays Beethoven 5 at Senn High School

Oct 26, 2025
Tickets become available on Oct 10
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Overview

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony encompasses one of the most gripping journeys in all orchestral music, from its fateful four-note opening to the triumphant coda. Ken-David Masur opens the program with Iman Habibi’s Every Tree Speaks — a powerful, Beethoven-inspired response to the current environmental crisis — and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, which brings the 19th-century sounds of Weber into the modern age.

Note Location: Senn High School, 5900 N. Glenwood Ave.

Tickets are free, reservations are required.

  • Venue
    Community Venue
  • Price
    Free
  • Length
    1 hour 40 minutes
Schedule
Program
Habibi

Every Tree Speaks

Hindemith

Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

Beethoven

Symphony No. 5

Performers
Principal Conductor, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
Sponsors & Partners

The 2025/26 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.