Songs of Freedom

In another LSO tradition, our annual musical salute to our veterans once again brings together the favorite with the unfamiliar. Violinist Elisa Lee Koljonen — who amazed us back in 2021 with her reading of the romantic Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber — returns to La Crosse with a rarity: the Violin Sonata of Aaron Copland — “The Dean of American Composers” — in a stunning new orchestral version. And after intermission, in a moment we’ve long been preparing for, one of the mightiest symphonies of all time: Beethoven’s revolutionary “Eroica”, with its thrilling call to freedom.