Britten’s haunting Four Sea Interludes and Elgar’s elegant Cello Concerto set the stage for Beethoven’s Fifth — a sweeping emotional journey that begins with four of the most iconic notes in classical music. Conducted by Peter Oundjian, principal conductor and featuring violist Wanxinyi Huang ’24MM ’25MMA.

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Britten, Elgar, and Beethoven’s Fifth

Yale University

John Corigliano’s Promenade Overture opens the concert, an inventive piece with surprising staging. Northwestern Concerto Competition winner Wanxinyi Huang joins the orchestra for an arrangement of Elgar’s emotional Cello Concerto in E Minor. Concluding the concert is Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, a work that took the composer 21 years to complete.

Wanxinyi Huang

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 5, 2026

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Past events

Oct 24, 2025

Britten, Elgar, and Beethoven’s Fifth · Yale School of Music

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Viola in Cello Concerto in E minor by Elgar

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

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