Symphony honors Veterans Day with freebies for military

In honor of Veterans Day on Wednesday, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is offers a pair of free tickets to the Thursday night performance at Symphony Hall to any active member of the military. The concert features Italian conductor Fabio Luisi (left), chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony and the Staatskapelle Dresden, and acclaimed 21-year-old French pianist Lise de la Salle making their Boston Symphony Orchestra debuts. Ms. de la Salle is featured in Saint-Saëns’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2. The program also includes the Pastorale d’été of Swiss-French composer Arthur Honegger and Stravinsky’s Petrushka. Active members of the military may obtain two free tickets per person by phone by calling SymphonyCharge (617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200), or at the box office (301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston). "Tickets are subject to availability."