Hélène Grimaud - Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Part 2 - Proms 08

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Beethoven - Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra

Helene Grimaud - piano

Anna Leese - soprano 1
Sophie Bevan - soprano 2
Cora Burggraaf - mezzo-soprano
Nathan Vale - tenor 1
Joshua Ellicott - tenor 2
Jonathan Lemalu - bass-baritone

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra

c. Sir Roger Norrington

From the Last Night of the Proms concert.

BBC Proms 76
September 13th, 2008
Royal Albert Hall, London

It just doesn't get much better than this, folks..

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  • The Fantasia was first performed at the Akademie (benefit concert) of 22 December 1808, which also saw the premières of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies as well as a performance of portion of the C major Mass. To conclude this memorable concert program, Beethoven wanted a "brilliant Finale" that would unite in a single piece the different musical elements highlighted in the concert night: piano solo, chorus and orchestra. Beethoven himself played the piano.

  • the 8th wonder of the world should be "how the hell did beethoven write this awesome music while deaf?"

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  • @MrFerminleon Too bad the orchestra had no time to rehearse it and it all fell apart in the middle...

  • Beethoven in times of joy. Glorious !

  • @MrFerminleon Awesome story!

  • Une magnifique "promenade" dans l'univers beethovenien... Merci, Hélène ♥

  • @DiesIstGrammarNazi To be fair, the piece was poorly received in no small part because of how badly the orchestra botched its performance, in part due to lack of rehearsal and poor instructions from Beethoven.

  • Un vrai bonheur. Merci.

  • @speedboy6776 Because he couldn't hear it...... :-)

  • Extraordinário

  • Einfach großartig. Vielen Dank für die gemeinsame Nutzung

    Danke

  • To give you an idea of the standards of music at the time, this was poorly received at it's premier.

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