Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents

Beethoven's Eroica

Repertoire

• BEETHOVEN Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
• BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 (Eroica)

Featuring

Douglas Boyd conductor

'Through music, Beethoven can convey joy, grief, beauty, terror; tragedy, comedy – every emotion that human beings can express.' – Douglas Boyd

In this exclusive preview of the Beethoven Festival, which commences in Melbourne the following day, Douglas Boyd conducts two of the world's greatest symphonies. Although Beethoven's debt to his classical masters is clear in his First Symphony, so too is the emerging sound of a musical personality who would tower over his age. By the time of the Eroica, a few years later, Beethoven's unshakable belief in freedom, and his determination to overcome the effects of his increasing deafness, led to the creation of the Eroica, the grandest and most ambitious orchestral work of its time. The world of the symphony was never the same again.

An Introduction to Beethoven’s Greatest Symphony, The Eroica: pre-concert talk by Jonathan Del Mar (editor, Beethoven symphonies edition) at 7pm.

Event Duration:  2hrs