Beethoven 7
13th February 2020 - 14th February 2020
Beethoven 7
February 2020
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Jörg Widmann Conductor, Clarinet
Diego Chenna Bassoon
BEETHOVEN 7
Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture, KV 492
Strauss Duet Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Orchestra, TrV 293
Widmann Con Brio Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Mozart’s Figaro Overture maintains a manically jolly mood throughout. Strauss’ late Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon is a masterful and brilliantly crafted homage to his beloved Mozart. In Con Brio, Widmann creates a fury and rhythmic insistence using the same instrumentation as the Beethoven’s 7th and 8th symphonies with lean means. The momentum of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony is unstoppable: the steady build-up of intensity captures the listener in its headlong energy – one of the all-time greats!
“Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony had a tautness of energy, sometimes touched with fierceness that kept one on the edge of one’s seat.” – Michael Dervan, Irish Times
Dates & Tickets
Thursday 13 February, 8pm
University Concert Hall, Limerick
Friday 14 February, 7:30pm
The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin
Presented by the Office of Public Works
