Absolute Beethoven?
15:00 Sun 19 Jan 2020 Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Joana Carneiro leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme inspired by Beethoven.
Joana Carneiro leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme inspired by Beethoven.
Programme
- Grosse Fuge, Op 133
- Absolute Jest for string quartet and orchestra
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
Performers
- Joana Carneiroconductor
- Doric String Quartetquartet
Composers
Concert information
Surely you jest? A Beethoven inspired concert with a difference from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Portuguese powerhouse conductor Joana Carneiro. The ‘Eroica’ symphony blew classical music sky-high and the Grosse Fuge still sounds modern after nearly 200 years. John Adams’ Absolute Jest – starring the Doric Quartet – absorbs musical artifacts, saluting Beethoven the way he would have wanted: with one enormous musical joke.
