Led by their brand-new music director Perry So, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra will open its 131st concert season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, known for its iconic “ode to joy” melody, on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. at Woolsey Hall in downtown New Haven. To begin the concert, So has programmed Courtney Bryan and Tazewell Thompson’s 2023 composition Gathering Song, which will feature Grammy Award-Winning Metropolitan Opera star, baritone Eric Greene. Greene will also join the NHSO’s Beethoven soloist quartet with soprano Dr. Lisa Williamson, mezzo-soprano Annie Rosen, and tenor Chad Kranak. Singers from the Heritage Chorale of New Haven, New Haven Chorale, and Yale Glee Club will combine forces for the powerful finale of the Beethoven.
