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Fri 13 Sep 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, and his Fifth Symphony are two of his most iconic works. Benjamin Walton and Laura Tunbridge examine Beethoven’s social standing in the early years of the 19th century.

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• 19:30

  Prom 74: Beethoven Night

  Royal Albert Hall

  Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven’s Fidelio and works by the composer’s musical forebears Bach and Handel.

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  Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven’s Fidelio and works by the composer’s musical forebears Bach and Handel.

  Programme

  • • • George Frideric Handel
      • Music for the Royal Fireworks(15 mins)
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’(13 mins)
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, Op 86 (orch. Edward Elgar)
    • • interval
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Fidelio – overture(7 mins)
      • Fidelio – ‘Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern’(8 mins)
      • Symphony No. 5 in C minor(35 mins)

  Performers

  • Elizabeth Watts

    soprano
    soprano
  • NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Andrew Manze

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • George Frideric Handel
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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