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Reach for the Stars

Franz Conducts • 26-May-2026

BEETHOVEN ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ Overture No. 3
JANรฤŒEK ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ Suite (arr. Jilek)

Franz Welser-Mรถst leads a pair of works centered on freedom: Beethovenโ€™s propulsive ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ Overture No. 3 and excerpts from Leoลก Janรกฤekโ€™s intensely dramatic opera ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.

Welser-Mรถst discusses freedom as a defining force in Beethovenโ€™s music, describing ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ as philosophy made audible. In this overture, he hears a journey per aspera ad astra โ€” through difficulty, toward the stars โ€” much like the American Dream. Welser-Mรถst also reflects on Janรกฤekโ€™s precise, unrelenting style and the way the Czech language colors his music โ€” declaring the Suiteโ€™s ending โ€œan enormous triumph of the human spirit.โ€

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IN FOCUS, IN, FWM, FRANZ WELSER-MOST, BEETHOVEN, JANACEK, FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, LEONORE
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Franz Welser-Mรถst conductor

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