Drama

Description

Beethoven's most significant incidental music A war in Europe 400 years ago provides the backdrop for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's drama Egmont. Ludwig van Beethoven composed incidental music for it, which to this day has lost none of its intensity and drama. Instead of just playing the overture as is often the case, the Basel Symphony Orchestra performs the entire score. And what a performer is involved! Tobias Moretti with his impressive recitation art. The role of Klärchen is sung by the highly talented soprano Anna Juniki, trained in Basel. In the program of the French conductor Bertrand De Billy, Beethoven is reflected through the 2nd Symphony Le Double by Henri Dutilleux. A powerfully exuberant music, always characterized by shimmering elegance. Dutilleux skillfully plays with baroque patterns in the guise of modernity. This luminous past dream and the music-turned-war experience of Beethoven form an exciting contrast. Henri Dutilleux Symphony No. 2 "Le Double", - Pause -, Ludwig van Beethoven music for Goethe's tragedy "Egmont", op. 84 Participants and additional information: Tobias Moretti narrator Anna Juniki soprano Bertrand de Billy conductor Basel Symphony Orchestra orchestra