Prom 23: Relaxed Prom 鈥� Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth

3 Aug 2022, Royal Albert Hall

11:00 Wed 3 Aug 2022 Next Event

Proms 2022 Prom 23: Relaxed Prom聽鈥� Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth

11:00 Wed 3 Aug 2022 Royal Albert Hall

Tom Service and the Aurora Orchestra give an illustrated guide to Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony 鈥� before the orchestra performs the entire symphony from memory, with founder-conductor Nicholas Collon.

Programme

- - Various Artists
  - Tom Service and Nicholas Collon Introduce Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony(15 mins)
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)

Performers

Tom Service
presenter
presenter
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon
conductor/presenter
conductor/presenter

Composers

About This Event

Are these the most famous four notes in history? Everyone knows the beginning of Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony, but the real miracle has barely started 鈥� and today, with the help of Nicholas Collon and his sensational Aurora Orchestra, 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 Tom Service takes it all to pieces and shows you how it works. There鈥檒l be live musical examples, and a relaxed and informal atmosphere: a journey into the mind of a genius, with people who love this music and can鈥檛 wait to share it. And then Aurora plays the whole symphony from memory. No sheet music, no inhibitions, just audience, performers and some of the most communicative music ever imagined. It doesn鈥檛 get more direct than this.

There will be no interval

Audio-described by Timna Fibert
British Sign Language-interpreted by Angie Newman.
Relaxed performances

Image: Nicholas Collon 漏 Chris Christodoulou/麻豆社