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Beethoven & American Masters: George Walker & Beethoven’s First & Fifth Symphonies

  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566 (map)

Performances: Jan 13 @7pm, Jan 15 @8pm, Jan 16 @3pm

Famed for its four-note opening, Beethoven’s Fifth is imaginative, violent, and brimming with drama. Noseda pairs this colossal crowd-pleaser with the First Sinfonia by D.C. native George Walker, the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.