Topic: Beethoven And American Masters

The finale of the NSO's Beethoven and American Masters Festival closes with a pairing of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and George Walker's Sinfonia No. 3 with Maestro Gianandrea Noseda. Learn more about the brilliant juxtaposition of the two masters.

The third set of concerts of the National Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven and American Masters Festival brings together Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 with his Coriolan and Egmont Overtures, along with the Sinfonia No. 2 by American composer George Walker.

The second installment of the NSO's Beethoven and American Masters Festival presents Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony paired with the Symphony No. 2 in G Minor, “Song of a New Race” by one of the most fascinating figures in twentieth-century music, American composer William Grant Still.

Evan Keely sheds insight into the pairing of Beethoven's symphonies No. 7 and No. 8 with George Walker's Sinfonia No. 5 on the first of four Beethoven and American Masters programs by the National Symphony Orchestra.