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DES MOINES — The Des Moines Symphony will perform “Immortal Beloved” at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 at the Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St., Des Moines.

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. Beethoven’s passionate love letters come alive in this musical celebration of great passion from Dobrinka Tabakova’s Dawn to Augusta Holmès’s La Nuit et L’Amour and more, featuring Des Moines actors Katy Merriman and James Serpento. Campbell Helton, a junior at Theodore Roosevelt High School and the 2020 winner of the Des Moines Symphony Academy Youth Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition, joins the Symphony to perform Moonlight Sonata; finally, this unique program is capped with a virtuosic tour de force as Russian-born pianist Natasha Paremski returns to play Rachmaninoff’s thrilling, grand Third Piano Concerto.

Single tickets are $15-$70 and are available online through dmsymphony.org (up until two hours prior to performances) and at the Civic Center Ticket Office (515-246-2300), 221 Walnut St., Des Moines; open 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and two hours prior to performances. Single tickets, excluding student rush tickets, increase $5 on the day of the concert.

Student tickets are half-price in all sections and are available through the Civic Center Ticket Office with valid student ID. Student rush tickets, subject to availability, are $5 for junior high and high school students and $10 for all other students the day of the concert through the Civic Center Ticket Office. Tickets will be available at the door.

The Des Moines Symphony will livestream its entire season of 2021-22 Masterworks concerts. Each concert will be filmed and broadcast live during the Saturday evening performance and available for 30 days on demand.

Streaming concert passes are $20; each pass includes a link and access code for one device. Ticketholders can watch these livestreamed concerts on a Smart TV, a laptop or even on a phone. More information, including streaming FAQs, can be found at dmsymphony.org/howtostream.

All guests planning to attend a performance inside a DMPA venue, including Des Moines Symphony concerts at the Civic Center, must present proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or the results of a negative COVID-19 test along with an ID.

Additionally, all audience members must wear a mask at all times inside a DMPA venue unless enjoying refreshments within DMPA’s designated areas.

For the latest information on the Symphony’s health & safety protocols, visit dmsymphony.org/covid19.