Genre: Orchestral performance

CANCELLED: LvB250 – BEETHOVEN’S SECOND

This concert has been cancelled.

We regret to inform that this event has been cancelled due to restrictions related to the corona virus.

Further infomation about refunds and how the operation of Konserthuset is affected

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French Louise Farrenc was a great admirer of Beethoven. The second of her three symphonies is directly connected to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, like a musical sibling.

Beethoven charged his second symphony with surprising effects in a completely new way. Quite suddenly, the orchestra shifts at times from the most delicate of sounds to roaring bursts of forte. He was also the first ever to replace the traditional minuet with a scherzo, which suited Beethoven’s wild humour and dramatic mood.

Louise Farrenc was a prominent name in the nineteenth century French music scene. She was active as a composer but was also a brilliant concert pianist, and she spent thirty years as a professor at the historic conservatory in Paris. She herself had studied piano there under greats such as Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and composition under Anton Reicha.

Louise Farrenc was not at all concerned with Parisian audiences’ primary interest in opera and parlour music. Instead, she derived her musical life force from Germany and Beethoven, which we can hear at this concert.

Konserthuset Stockholm’s major Beethoven Festival will feature a guest appearance at this concert by the historic Gävle Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor, Jaime Martín.

This concert has been cancelled.

Thursday 19 March 2020 19.00

Ends approximately 20.50

Price:

130-430 SEK

We regret to inform that this event has been cancelled due to restrictions related to the corona virus.

Further infomation about refunds and how the operation of Konserthuset is affected

***

French Louise Farrenc was a great admirer of Beethoven. The second of her three symphonies is directly connected to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, like a musical sibling.

Beethoven charged his second symphony with surprising effects in a completely new way. Quite suddenly, the orchestra shifts at times from the most delicate of sounds to roaring bursts of forte. He was also the first ever to replace the traditional minuet with a scherzo, which suited Beethoven’s wild humour and dramatic mood.

Louise Farrenc was a prominent name in the nineteenth century French music scene. She was active as a composer but was also a brilliant concert pianist, and she spent thirty years as a professor at the historic conservatory in Paris. She herself had studied piano there under greats such as Ignaz Moscheles and Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and composition under Anton Reicha.

Louise Farrenc was not at all concerned with Parisian audiences’ primary interest in opera and parlour music. Instead, she derived her musical life force from Germany and Beethoven, which we can hear at this concert.

Konserthuset Stockholm’s major Beethoven Festival will feature a guest appearance at this concert by the historic Gävle Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor, Jaime Martín.

  • The music

    Approximate times
  • The Concert is Cancelled Due to Pandemic
  • Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 2
    33 min
  • Intermission
    25 min
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
    13 min
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2
    32 min
  • Participants

  • Gävle Symphony Orchestra
  • Jaime Martín conductor

Thursday 19 March 2020 19.00

Ends approximately 20.50

Price:

130-430 SEK