Season Opening: Kluxen & Hetherington — Beethoven Symphony No. 7
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Royal Theatre
805 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC
Program Summary
The Victoria Symphony opens its 2026/27 season with Beethoven's radiant Seventh Symphony, a "celebration of humanity being unworried and free." Kuhlau's festive Danish curtain-raiser sets the tone, Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été turns the brightness inward, and Britta Bystöm's A Walk to Beethoven bridges the centuries.
Full Program
Victoria Symphony Christian Kluxen, conductor Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano Program: Friedrich Kuhlau — Elverhøj (Elves' Hill) Overture Hector Berlioz — Les Nuits d'été (Summer Nights) Britta Bystöm — A Walk to Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major Performances: Sunday, September 13 — 2:30 PM, Royal Theatre Monday, September 14 — 7:30 PM, Mary Winspear Centre Alex Hetherington performs Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été on Sunday, September 13 only.
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