Beethoven's Eroica Symphony

The evening

Royal Northern Sinfonia and their effervescent Principal Guest Conductor, Nil Venditti, with Fabian Müller on the keys.

Beethoven’s Third Symphony, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, plus Haydn’s Symphony No. 63 as our opener.

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Running time: 2 hours, including a 20 minute interval.

Age: under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.

Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 63 ‘La Roxelane’ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’

Nil Venditti conductor Fabian Müller piano Royal Northern Sinfonia

Beethoven didn’t do things by halves and with his Symphony No. 3 he wrote something bigger, longer and very very different to anything that had gone before. The ‘heroic’ symphony was a musical game changer that outraged audiences with its wild emotional extremes. Next to it, Mozart’s Piano Concerto at first seems a model of politeness, but then the slow movement plunges the listener into a world that’s almost heartbreakingly beautiful, before the concerto finishes up with a serving of pure joy.