Beethoven Symphony No.2: Gábor Takács-Nagy with Southbank Sinfonia at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on Tuesday 18th June 2019

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Beethoven Symphony No.2

Gábor Takács-Nagy with Southbank Sinfonia

Add to my Calendar 18-06-2019 19:30 18-06-2019 21:30 36 Beethoven Symphony No.2 Meet a symphonist on the cusp of revolution: energy and ideas fizz in Beethoven’s Second, music written as an antidote to the darkness encroaching upon his thoughts. Haydn conjures images of the Parisian Court in his Symphony No.90, the same city Mozart had just returned from when writing the short, overture-like Symphony No.32.  "There are many conductors in the world who can get orchestras to play together but there are very few who can profoundly inspire. Gábor Takács-Nagy is one of them." Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra Gábor Takács-Nagy is a prize-winning interpreter of his compatriot Bartók’s music, combining an encyclopaedic understanding with infectious enthusiasm. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Tuesday 18th June 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no.32 in G major, K.318
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.90 in C major, Hob.I:90
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra, Sz.68

Performers

Gábor Takács-Nagy – Conductor

Southbank Sinfonia

Programme Note

Meet a symphonist on the cusp of revolution: energy and ideas fizz in Beethoven’s Second, music written as an antidote to the darkness encroaching upon his thoughts. Haydn conjures images of the Parisian Court in his Symphony No.90, the same city Mozart had just returned from when writing the short, overture-like Symphony No.32.

"There are many conductors in the world who can get orchestras to play together but there are very few who can profoundly inspire. Gábor Takács-Nagy is one of them." Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra

Gábor Takács-Nagy is a prize-winning interpreter of his compatriot Bartók’s music, combining an encyclopaedic understanding with infectious enthusiasm.

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