The UC Irvine Symphony Orchestra and Choirs present Testamen t: Beethoven’s Holy City\, a program pairing two of Beethoven’s most endur ing works: his Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” and the oratorio Christ on the Moun t of Olives.
Written within a year of each other\, the pieces came i n the wake of Beethoven’s “Heiligenstadt Testament\,” a private letter to his brothers in which he confessed his growing deafness and loss of hope. In spite of this backdrop\, both the “Eroica” Symphony — originally dedica ted to Napoleon — and Christ on the Mount of Olives — a humanistic setting of the Christ passion — express the uplifting “strife-to-victory” journey for which Beethoven’s music is so beloved.
Conducted by Geoffrey P ope\, the evening celebrates the collaboration of the UCI Symphony and Cho irs in a program of resilience\, forgiveness and transcendence.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270304T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270305T000000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T231839Z SUMMARY:Testament: Beethoven’s Holy City | Orchestral Masterworks TRANSP:OPAQUE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:The UC Irvine Symphony Orchestra and Choirs present Testament: Beethoven’s Holy City\, a program pairing two of Beethoven’s most enduring works: his Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives.
Written wit hin a year of each other\, the pieces came in the wake of Beethoven’s “Hei ligenstadt Testament\,” a private letter to his brothers in which he confe ssed his growing deafness and loss of hope. In spite of this backdrop\, bo th the “Eroica” Symphony — originally dedicated to Napoleon — and Christ on the Mount of Olives — a humanistic setting of the Chri st passion — express the uplifting “strife-to-victory” journey for which B eethoven’s music is so beloved. \;
Conducted by Geoffrey Pope\, the evening celebrates the collaboration of the UCI Symphony and Choirs in a program of resilience\, forgiveness and transcendence. \;
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