End the year on a high note!
December 30 & 31, 2026
New Year’s Eve with Beethoven’s Ninth
Special Concerts
Overview
Ring in the new year with Beethoven’s iconic Ninth Symphony, a classical masterwork that celebrates the unity of all mankind. The piece ends with the development of the ever-hopeful “Ode to Joy” theme, with a choir of voices singing the words of a poem by Friedrich Schiller. And like any good New Year’s party, the symphony ends with a kiss... “You millions, I embrace you./This kiss is for all the world!”
About the Show
- Su-Han Yang Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor
- Members of Oregon Chorale Jason Sabino, Conductor
- Members of Pacific Youth Choir Chris Maunu, Conductor
- Members of Portland State University Choirs Ethan Sperry, Conductor
- Laura Wilde Soprano
- Isabel Signoret Mezzo Soprano
- Matthew White Tenor
- Norman Garrett Baritone
- Oregon Symphony
Info
This concert is part of the Special Concerts series, and is eligible for the Choose Your Own Series (Portland only).
Concert begins promptly at the time listed.
Artists
Su-Han Yang
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Associate Conductor
Members of Oregon Chorale
Jason Sabino, Conductor
Members of Pacific Youth Choir
Chris Maunu, Conductor
Members of Portland State University Choirs
Ethan Sperry, Conductor
Laura Wilde
Soprano
Isabel Signoret
Mezzo Soprano
Matthew White
Tenor
Norman Garrett
Baritone