Schubert's Ninth Symphony

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor Leonard Bernstein's Songfest Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9, ‘The Great’ Franz Schubert’s Ninth Symphony is his greatest symphonic statement on his grandest scale. Composed in the last few years of his short life, it’s filled with beautiful, singing melodies that recall his beloved compositions for voice. The scope, spirit and heroic grandeur of the symphony will inspire and energize you. The concert opens with Leonard Bernstein’s eclectic Songfest . This cycle of American poems sets texts by Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson.