| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Metamorphosen | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, with live excerpts | |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | Symphonie Nr. 3 in Es-Dur "Eroica", Op.55 |
| Tom Service | Moderation |
| Aurora Orchestra | |
| Nicholas Collon | Musikalische Leitung |
No symphony pulses more vigorously with the rhythms of political protest than Beethoven's "Eroica" whose defiant opening chords mark the arrival of the Romantic Symphony. In their novel introduction, Radio 3’s Tom Service and conductor Nicholas Collon dismantle and reassemble this groundbreaking work, with the help of live excerpts, before the Aurora Orchestra gets under the skin of the work by performing the complete symphony – from memory. The concert opens with Richard Strauss’s 1945 Metamorphosen. Scored for 23 solo strings, this ecstatic, elegiac work closes with an ‘Eroica’ quotation that mourns the devastation brought about by another, even darker, political regime.
Tickets £7.50 - £40.