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We live in a time when what once seemed fixed can suddenly shift. When strong leaders gather hope and expectation—yet reveal other faces once power is secured.

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So it was in Europe in the age of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. Ideals of freedom and renewal burned brightly, only to be tested against ambition and authority. Beethoven saw in Napoleon Bonaparte the promise of a new era—before turning away as those ideals began to fracture.

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With Mozart’s Symphony No. 39, we encounter a moment when the Classical symphony feels fully realized. Form, structure, and orchestral sound cohere with a sense of natural balance and clarity. In Beethoven, much of this foundation remains, yet something is beginning to shift. The music carries greater weight, sharper contrasts, and a forward-driving energy that presses beyond established boundaries.

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Both works were written in a time of transformation. They carry within them what is firmly in place—and what is in the process of becoming something else. That duality still resonates today.

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Join us for an evening where this tension comes vividly to life, as our musicians, together with Arvid Engegård, explore core repertoire from the golden age of Viennese Classicism.

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