Beethoven Symphony No. 7
2021-22 Season • 1h 26m
Feel the wild abandon of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—“the apotheosis of the dance itself,” Wagner called it. It fairly whirls with exuberance and energy when H+H musicians perform it with more than 200 years of cobwebs swept off the score. Václav Luks, artistic director of Prague’s Collegium 1704, pairs it with the H+H premiere of Czech composer Jan Vaclav Voříšek’s only symphony. A friend of Beethoven and Schubert, Voříšek’s symphony is a fusion of both. Plus, the spirited introduction to an operatic love triangle by the prodigiously gifted Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Music
Bologne: Overture to L’amant Anonyme
Voříšek: Symphony in D Major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Performed by
Václav Luks, conductor
H+H Orchestra
Read all about this concert’s music and musicians in the program book.
https://cdn.handelandhaydn.org/20220110152116/Beethoven-7-Program-Book-FINAL-2.pdf
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