Beethoven the Giant: Emperor and Fate

Date: 30/04/2027 Friday 20:00

Venue：Beethoven, o Gigante: Imperador e Destino

Conductor / Sascha Goetze
Piano / Barry Douglas

Programme
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.1, Op. 138
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op. 67

Vienna has long been considered the world’s musical capital. Barely a year after Mozart’s death in 1791, Beethoven became a permanent resident. For this all-Beethoven concert, led by Vienna-born conductor Sascha Goetzel, the Macao Orchestra performs three works composed during the first decade of the 19th century: “Leonore” Overture No. 1 (discarded by the composer before the staged premiere of Fidelio, his sole opera initially entitled Leonore), Symphony No. 5 (“Fate”) and the Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) featuring soloist Barry Douglas, laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. The latter two works chronicle a momentous and difficult period when the composer was already suffering a decline in hearing. Yet his music remains defiant in the face of adversity.

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including one interval