Heroic Beethoven

The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest opens its 2025-26 season with an all-Beethoven program on Sunday, October 26, at 4 pm in Concordia University’s Chapel in River Forest.  Music Director Jay Friedman will lead the orchestra and soloists William Cernota, David Leehey, and Michelle Wynton in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and the concert concludes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica.”  A preconcert conversation begins at 3 pm, and a free reception follows the concert.  Free parking is available in the garage at 1124 Bonnie Brae in River Forest.  Tickets are $30 through October 25 and $35 on concert day.  Students through college are admitted free of charge.  To purchase tickets or for more information, visit SymphonyOPRF.org, email theSymphonyOPRF@gmail.com, or call 708-218-2648.  The concert is supported in part by grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, and the Oak Park Area Arts Council.