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St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
City of Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Tickets
Prices: £10-£37
Book Tickets
Programme
Florence Price – Adoration
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67
Felix Mendelssohn – Concerto for Violin and Piano in D minor, MWV O 4
Performers
Martin James Bartlett – piano
Sebastian Bohren – violin
Jonathan Bloxham – Conductor
Ruth Rogers – Leader
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Programme Note
Do we control our fate, or does it control us?
That question lies at the heart of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5. Opening with perhaps the most famous four-note motif in classical music, the work occupied Beethoven for four years as he grappled with worsening hearing loss that would eventually leave him almost completely deaf. Dark, radical and relentlessly driven, it builds from a single idea into a journey from tension to resolution, culminating in a blazing finale that redefined what a symphony could be.
Framed by Florence Price’s heartfelt Adoration and Mendelssohn’s spirited Concerto for Violin and Piano (performed by Martin James Bartlett and Sebastian Bohren), we explore three composers finding expression in strikingly different ways.
