Beethoven's Symphony No 5

Academy of Ancient Music

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A man looking out at a vast mountainous landscape

Struggles, seduction and sparkling wit: Laurence Cummings and AAM play Beethoven, Haydn and Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt.

On a magical island, a young hero makes sweet music with a beautiful sorceress. In old Vienna, a veteran composer encounters a fabulous new instrument – and finds he’s young again. And Ludwig van Beethoven hears the thunder of Fate itself, in a symphony that echoes down the centuries.

Sounds extraordinary? Well, that’s the thing with AAM: we’re all about the adventure; taking you to times and places where the sounds are elegant but the emotions run wild. A sparkling trumpet concerto, the world’s most famous symphony and a woman of genius from 18th century Denmark: we’ll meet them all tonight. Expect tenderness, rage and unbridled joy.

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This performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval

Promoted by Academy of Ancient Music

Please note this performance will be filmed

Programme

Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt Telemachus on Calypso’s Isle
Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 5

Performers

Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings conductor
David Blackadder trumpet
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Ticket prices

£15

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Pre-concert talk

Pre-concert talk 6.30pm, Hall

This pre-concert talk will be chaired by Nicholas Kenyon and feature a selection of the performers.

Free to ticket-holders

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