Revolutionary Voices: Beethoven's Eroica
Date
November 14, 2026
Time
Saturday | 8:00 PM
Price
Prices starting at
$25
Revolutionary Music, Revolutionary Ideas
Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with a program that traces how revolutionary ideals echoed across two continents. Beginning with newly arranged works by William Billings, America's first great choral composer, and featuring beloved African American spirituals, the evening explores the voices that shaped history. Music by Mozart, Davaux, and Wranitzky reveals how artists across Europe responded to a rapidly changing world. The program culminates in Beethoven's monumental Eroica Symphony, the bold masterpiece that redefined classical music forever.
This concert is made possible in part by the Houston Endowment, the Brown Foundation, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, and by supporters like you. This project is also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
William Billings
Chester
I Am the Rose of Sharon
Paul Wranitzky
Symphony in C minor “La Paix”, I. Die Revolution
Othon-Joseph Vandenbroek
Symphony in C “La Prise de la Bastille”, II. Adagio a poco andante
Jean-Baptiste Davaux
Sinfonie Concertante mêlée d’airs patriotiques (1794), I. Allegro moderato
Spirituals
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Go Down, Moses
Featured Artists
Antoine Plante, Artistic Director & Conductor
Timothy Jones, Bass-Baritone
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