Program Notes | SFS Strata II—Amor!

HÉCTOR CAMPOS-PARSI Born 1922, Ponce, Puerto Rico Died 1998, Cayey, Puerto Rico Canciones de cielo y agua Los signos en el cielo • El aguacero • El arroyo Héctor Campos-Parsi came from a musical family in Puerto Rico, but he did not at first seek to...

Program Notes | Beethoven’s Emperor

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op.36 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Born 1770, Bonn Died 1827, Vienna Beethoven liked to get away from Vienna during the summer, and in April 1802 he rented rooms in the village of Heiligenstadt, which had fields and forests where he...