FROM BRASS TO BEETHOVEN

Guest Conductor: Johannes Debus
Soloist: James Sims, Trumpet

Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat
Haydn: Symphony No. 45, “Farewell”
Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Among, the brass instruments, the trumpet has a uniquely brilliant sound that immediately grabs the listener’s attention.  Our principal trumpeter, James Sims, will demonstrate the instrument’s unique quality in the short but challenging Concerto in E-flat by Franz Joseph Haydn.   Under the leadership of guest conductor Johannes Debus, the ETSO also brings life to Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony and the second overture of Louise Farrenc.  Concluding the concert is one of the most famous classical works in history: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.