Name: Beethoven the Revolutionary: The Creatures of Prometheus
Start: 2022-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cadogan Hall

Organization

Conductor

Andrew Davis

Singer

Soprano

Olivia Boen

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Beethoven the Revolutionary: The Creatures of Prometheus

London

United Kingdom

Cadogan Hall

Beethoven the Revolutionary: The Creatures of Prometheus: Concert Various

Public

Concert

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Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

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Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

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Executive producer

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Illustrator

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Writing and performance

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Bass

Baritone

Contralto

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Beethoven lived through a time of extraordinary political upheaval – war and revolution had torn up the old aristocratic ruling system of Europe and the new United States of America. Beethoven fervently believed in democracy and the rights of the ordinary man. It is hard not to see those revolutionary ideas in his opera Fidelio, which tells the story of a man who has been imprisoned for his political ideas but is saved by the sheer determination of his wife, Leonore. Tonight Sir Andrew Davis conducts one of the four overtures that Beethoven composed for the opera, a powerful work which easily stands alone on the concert platform.

There is also surely no mistake in Beethoven’s choice to compose music for a ballet of the story of Prometheus – the god who defied Apollo to give humans the gift of fire. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Orchestra in a performance that comprises multi-media and a visual experience created by Gerard McBurney.

English

Beethoven the Revolutionary: The Creatures of Prometheus by Various, Sat 25 Jun 2022, From (2022/2022), Conductor Andrew Davis, Cadogan Hall, London, United Kingdom

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