Courage and Heroism
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€ 30 (section 1) – € 24 (section 2)
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In 2027, it will be exactly 200 years since the death of Ludwig van Beethoven. In a three-year concert tour, conductor Jan Caeyers and American star pianist Kit Armstrong will perform Beethoven's 27 most important concert works in all 27 European countries until 2027, the great Beethoven year.
In this concert, you will hear three works Beethoven completed in the spring of 1804. The Third Symphony (Eroica) and the Triple Concerto premiered at the home of Prince Lobkowitz in Vienna. During this period, Beethoven was determined to break new ground and experiment. All experts agree that Beethoven ushered in a new era in classical music. The theme of this concert is therefore Courage and Heroism, referring of course to the hero of the Eroica, but also to the creator of these two innovative orchestral works: Beethoven.
The Piano Sonata No. 22 illustrates that the desire to push boundaries can be risky. Here, Beethoven experiments so extensively with existing formal concepts that the whole work culminates in a modernity almost perceived as excessive. As a result, this sonata is still rarely heard in concert halls.
Kit Armstrong is one of the leading pianists of our time. Like Beethoven, he is both a piano virtuoso who has performed with the world's leading orchestras and a prolific composer. Armstrong is only 30 years old and has already composed more than 70 works.
Kit has a unique and personal vision of the role of music in contemporary society and of the music of Beethoven in particular. He shares this vision with his artistic partner Jan Caeyers, with whom he leads the Beethoven27 project.
Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 881
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 3, op. 55, Eroica
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 22, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto, Op. 56
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with Kit Armstrong (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin) and Christian Poltera (cello) conductor Jan Caeyers photo by Koen Bauters
