Prom 74: Beethoven Night

13 Sep 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 13 Sep 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 74: Beethoven Night

19:30 Fri 13 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall

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

Programme

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

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood鈥檚 tradition of composer-themed nights continues here with Beethoven.

The composer鈥檚 revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a programme that also includes music from his dramatic 鈥榬escue鈥� opera Fidelio.

Bach鈥檚 music was a passion shared by Beethoven and Wood, and is represented here by Elgar鈥檚 orchestration of the Fantasia and Fugue in C minor for organ.

Approx. end time: 21:50

Image: Elizabeth Watts 漏 Marco Borggreve