Victoria Symphony presents Huynh & Valcheff: Beethoven Symphony No. 1 & Copland's Tender Land Suite

NORMAN HUYNH, conductor JACOB VALCHEFF, percussion

Copland: The Tender Land Suite Samuel Kerr: Percussion Concerto World Premiere – With the support of the Hugh Davidson Fund at the Victoria Foundation Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major

“The promise of living with hope and thanksgiving / Is born of our loving our friends and our labor.” So sing the closing lines of Copland’s The Tender Land, whose open harmonies celebrate community and gratitude. Dynamic conductor Norman Huynh leads a program grounded in musical friendship: VS Principal Percussion Jacob Valcheff joins as soloist in a vibrant new concerto by Canadian composer Samuel Kerr, commissioned with support from the Hugh Davidson Fund at the Victoria Foundation. Beethoven’s youthful First Symphony closes with exuberant optimism and elegant humour—music born of curiosity, confidence, and connection.