Beethoven's Eighth
Australian Haydn Ensemble
- Classical Music
Booking fees:
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
It was a marvellous performance by the seven instrumentalists which did more than ample justice to Beethoven in this powerful rendition. Sounds Like Sydney 2024
This superb program revolves around the tantalizing enigma of the Immortal Beloved letters. AHE performs Beethoven unplugged, while young Sydney composer Ella Macens embraces baroque tuning with a new commission inspired by Ludwig’s passionate Declarations.
Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is an utterly delightful homage to Haydn, full of wit and humour. Also on the bill, the remarkable chamber arrangement of Mozart’s G minor Symphony No. 40 by Vincenzo Cimador, which distils the symphony’s brooding drama into the intimacy of a septet, and one of the first string sextets ever written, Boccherini’s Op. 23 No. 6 in F major. A sumptuous masterpiece that deserves classic status.
Celebrate the onset of warmer evenings with this heady musical fling.
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- Ferdinand Ries
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 112 - 1st movement arr. Ries
- Boccherini
- String Sextet in F major, Op. 23 No. 6
- Ella Macens
- String Sextet*
- Beethoven
- Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 83 Arr. F.W. Crouch (1821)
*World premiere - new commission
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- Skye McIntosh
- Violin
- Matthew Greco
- Violin
- Kristen Linfante
- Viola
- Nicole Divall
- Viola
- Daniel Yeadon
- Cello
- Pippa Macmillan
- Double bass
- Mikaela Oberg
- Flute
