Colorado Music Festival: Beethoven’s Eroica and Joel Thompson’s World Premiere

"In a world premiere commissioned by the Festival, composer Joel Thompson shines a light on American writer and activist James Baldwin, weaving selections of Baldwin’s own words into a musical profile on one of the most powerful Black voices of his generation. Later: Beethoven broke so many musical boundaries with his inventive Third Symphony — best known as Eroica (“Heroic”) — that many consider this symphony to have ushered in a new chapter in music altogether."

JOEL THOMPSON: World premiere commission (2021)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”