Details
St Francis of Assisi Church
Ravenswood Ave
West Wickham
London
BR4 0PW
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, Op.37
Joseph Haydn – Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll', Hob.I:103
Performers
Simon Ballard – piano
Dan James – Conductor
Hayes Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
The Coriolan Overture was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's 1804 tragedy Coriolan. The themes and structure follow the play in a general sense only.
Both Coriolanas by Shakespeare and the overture by Beethoven are about Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, the ancient Roman leader. The overture was not written for the Shakespeare play.
The piano concerto no.3, was composed in 1800. It is in three movements: 1, Allegro con brio; Largo; Rondo - Allegro.
The score was incomplete at its first performance. Beethoven's friend, Ignaz von Seyfried, who turned the pages of the music for him that night, later wrote:
"I saw almost nothing but empty pages; at the most, on one page or another a few Egyptian hieroglyphs wholly unintelligible to me were scribbled down to serve as clues for him; for he played nearly all the solo part from memory since, as was so often the case, he had not had time to set it all down on paper.", Wikipedia.
Haydn wrote 12 London symphonies of which no. 103 is the eleventh. The nickname comes from the opening drumroll on the timpani.
The symphony is in four movements
I. Adagio – Allegro con spirito
II. Andante più tosto allegretto
III. Menuetto
IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito