Classical Christmas Beethovens Vienna December 13, 2008

Raymond Leppard, Conductor Apollo's Voice, Choir Jan Harrington, Director On a bitter cold December night in Vienna two hundred years ago, Beethoven presented a legendary marathon concert. Nothing went right — lamps broke, instruments fell apart, and a curious choir boy suffered a blow to the face from Beethoven’s erratic conducting. Despite the unruliness, the concert gave the world some of Beethoven’s most enduring works. At this season’s Classical Christmas, Raymond Leppard and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra reunite highlights from that performance, including the “Choral Fantasy,” the ambitious predecessor to Beethoven’s Ninth. Note Location: Scottish Rite Cathedral, 650 N. Meridian St.