Concerts · Yale Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:30 PM
YSO Season Opening Concert
Yale Symphony Orchestra · Woolsey Hall · New Haven, Connecticut
Program
- Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
- Shawn Okpebholo - The Sky Between
- Carl Maria von Weber Overture to Der Freischutz from Der Freischütz, Op. 77
- Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Artists
- Elizabeth Askren Conductor
- Heather Wittels Soloist, Violin
Running time: about 47 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: The overture to Weber's German opera about a marksman who trades his soul for magic bullets, prized for launching Romantic orchestral color and horn writing that evokes the forest. More about Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, Op. 77 →
About this concert
The Yale Symphony Orchestra opens its season under conductor Elizabeth Askren with violinist Heather Wittels, in a program pairing Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Weber's Der Freischütz Overture with Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber and a work by Shawn Okpebholo.
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