The night began just as it did 90 years ago — with Beethoven.
The Long Beach Symphony is marking its 90th season this year. To celebrate, Saturday’s inaugural concert started with Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture,” the same piece of music the symphony opened with back in 1934, according to organizers.
According to the symphony, the “dramatic and stirring piece” encapsulates “the themes of resistance and triumph over oppression, mirroring Beethoven’s own deep belief in the ideals of liberty and justice.”
After the overture, the symphony played the West Coast premiere of Anne Clyne’s “Quarter Days.” They were then joined by baritone Adam Richardson, for Dvořák’s “Goin’ Home.”