Gluck: Overture, Iphigénie en Aulide
Beethoven: Symphony No.4
Beethoven: Mass in C

Louis Langrée: conductor; Elena Xanthoudakis: soprano; Jurgita Adamonyte: mezzo soprano; Andrew Staples: tenor; Alastair Miles: bass and the SCO Chorus

This week and next combine into a rich treat for Beethoven lovers. Concerto, choral and symphonic music, all written within eight years of what we know as Beethoven’s ‘Middle Period’ – his 30s and early 40s. It could have been a time of unadulterated despair as he struggled with growing deafness and ill-health; but, musically, it emerged as a time of aw-inspiring musical revolution, triumph and hope.

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