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London Chamber Orchestra

Part of London Chamber Orchestra 2015-16, Series discount available

Repertoire

Catel
Overture to Sémiramis
Haydn
Symphony No. 100 (Military)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
I am You, Brave and Strong (world premiere)
Beethoven
Egmont Overture

Performers

Christopher Warren-Green
conductor

The final concert of the season features a world premiere in which LCO is joined by participants from Music Junction, the orchestra’s groundbreaking community and outreach programme.

Beethoven’s Overture was written for a play by Goethe commemorating the heroic deeds of Count Egmont in his struggle against tyranny; and it’s easy to hear how Haydn’s Military Symphony got its nickname, its second movement evoking, according to one reviewer, ‘the hellish roar of war’.

We begin with a real rarity – an overture by Beethoven’s contemporary, Charles-Simon Catel, a popular figure in his time and the go-to composer when rousing military music was needed for state ceremonies.

Concert supported by MariaMarina Foundation.

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