ARTISTS AND REPERTOIRE Bernard Labadie, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano MOZART: Overture to Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 MOZART: Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 HAYDN: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, Paukenwirbel (Drum Roll) ABOUT Bernard Labadie marks his first performances with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in this program of life-affirming energy, grandeur and strength with works by three giants of Western classical music, all written in the influential last decade of the 18th century. A pair of glorious and masterful operatic overtures open each half of the program, both written by Mozart within weeks of one another in the fall of 1791, and just a couple of months before his untimely death. Beethoven’s first piano concerto is performed by Jonathan Biss (“one of today's foremost Beethoven exponents” – Chicago Tribune), and the program closes with Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 – his second to last – nicknamed the “Drum Roll” for its powerful and mysterious opening.