BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 7
JAN 7 + 9
Overview
Feel the wild abandon of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—“the apotheosis of the dance itself,” Wagner called it. It fairly whirls with exuberance and energy when H+H musicians perform it with more than 200 years of cobwebs swept off the score. Václav Luks, artistic director of Prague’s Collegium 1704, pairs it with the H+H premiere of Czech composer Jan Vaclav Voříšek’s only symphony. A friend of Beethoven and Schubert, Voříšek’s symphony is a fusion of both. Plus, the spirited introduction to an operatic love triangle by the prodigiously gifted Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Read more about the fascinating life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges here.
Location
Symphony Hall
Dates
Friday, January 7, 2022 at 7:30PM
Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 3:00PM
Music
Bologne: Overture to L’amant Anonyme
Voříšek: Symphony in D Major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Performed by
Václav Luks, conductor
H+H Orchestra
Concert Length
The concert runs 1 hour, 40 minutes including intermission.
Musically Speaking Concert Preview
Learn about the music from our Beethoven Symphony No. 7 performance, with a special focus on the use of horns in each of the works on the concert’s program.
Program Book
Read all about this concert’s music and musicians in the program book.
Media Partner
Photo Credit: © Collegium 1704 – Petra Hajská 2020
Václav Luks directs with ample dramatic energy.
Václav Luks directs with ample dramatic energy.
LISTEN
Beethoven: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 7
Handel and Haydn Society
Richard Egarr, conductor
Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7
Handel and Haydn Society
Richard Egarr, conductor