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Xian Zhang

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Hilary Hahn

Violin

Hilary Hahn Plays Beethoven

Seattle

United States

Benaroya Hall

S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Public

Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

Sharan Allad

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Here is Beethoven at his most optimistic and exultant, writing a piece that would come to redefine the expressive power of the concerto. And here is a superstar of the violin to perform it for us: the incomparable Hilary Hahn returns to Seattle to play Beethoven as only she can. Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony depicts a new dawn of optimism for the future. Composed in 1944, it looked to a horizon beyond the devastation of war. Its first performance in Moscow was punctuated by a victory salute of cannon fire, signaling the final campaign to end the war. Prokofiev marked the end in sight with a scurrying dash to the final victory.

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Hilary Hahn Plays Beethoven by Beethoven, Prokofiev, From (2025/2025), Conductor Xian Zhang, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, United States

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