Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia

London
SW1X 9DQ
England


Programme

Ludwig van BeethovenThe Creatures of Prometheus: Selection (with extracts from play)
~ Interval ~
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony no.3 in E flat major 'Eroica', Op.55

Performers

Janet Suzman – Actor
Luke Wilson – Actor
Peter Ash – Conductor

Odyssey Festival Orchestra

Programme Note

The debut concert of Odyssey Festival Orchestra under its Artistic Director, Peter Ash, explores why the mythological figure of Prometheus so fascinated early Romantic artists. Beethoven’s ballet music The Creatures of Prometheus (1801) will be interspersed with extracts from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s verse play Prometheus Unbound (1820) featuring a rare stage appearance by theatrical legend Dame Janet Suzman, together with a rising star of the UK theatre scene, Luke Wilson.

The concert will also explore how Prometheus was idolised by romantic revolutionaries, many of whom hailed Napoleon Bonaparte as his modern incarnation. The concert will culminate in a performance of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony (1805) which was originally dedicated to Napoleon and uses the Prometheus theme in its thrilling finale.

Odyssey Festival Orchestra is made up of young players, student and professional, under 30 years of age.

Dame Janet Suzman, narrator

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