Gods and Heroes: Beethoven stirs the soul at Klosters

The Munich Chamber Orchestra

Piotr Anderszewski and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Enrico Onofri conducts the Munich Chamber Orchestra

By Roy Westbrook, 28 July 2025

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“these highly committed musicians do not do ‘a day at the office’ Beethoven”

Reviewed at Arena Klosters, Klosters on 27 July 2025

Beethoven, The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Overture

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15

Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55

Piotr Anderszewski, Piano

Enrico Onofri, Conductor

Munich Chamber Orchestra

Classics at Klosters from Onofri and the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Roy Westbrook, 26th July

Opening Klosters Music, Enrico Onofri proves that Classical-era music can still work well seen from a later perspective.

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German efficiency, Hungarian goulash, Turkish delight

Peter Quantrill, 2nd June

A cello concerto by CPE Bach headlines Nicolas Altstaedt's appearance at the Istanbul Music Festival with the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

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Heras-Casado launches Klosters Music in style

Mark Pullinger, 30th July

The fourth edition of the festival marks the 800th anniversary of the founding of Klosters with a musical journey back in time.

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Heiner Goebbels and the Munich Chamber Orchestra: Theatre through music

Max Woods, 23rd May

Every year the Munich Chamber Orchestra (MKO) give a living composer the opportunity to select an entire programme of their works and works by other composers that were important to them.

*****

Old meets new with the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Max Woods, 8th May

John Cage's unusual approach to composition is somewhat infamous. Thanks to his piano work 4'33" he's been firmly placed on the musical map as something of an oddball, and while that particular work may take his eccentric style to the extreme, the methods underlying his other works are equally intriguing.

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Lebhaft, leidenschaftlich, lustvoll: Koskys Agrippina in München

Michael Vieth, 10th May

Zwei Primadonnen und drei Countertenöre brachten superben barocken Operngesang von Weltrang ins Münchner Prinzregententheater.

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Gods and Heroes: Beethoven stirs the soul at Klosters Music