Proms 2017 Prom 10: Aurora Orchestra – Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ - BBC Proms

22 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 22 Jul 2017 Next Event

Prom 10: Aurora Orchestra – Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’

19:30 Sat 22 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

The Aurora Orchestra is back, again performing a classic work from memory. This year, with the help of presenter Tom Service, they explore Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony – the first Romantic symphony – in an event that’s part concert, part lecture.

Performances & Interviews

02:07

Listen: excerpt from Beethoven's Eroica (Funeral March)

A trademark performance from memory by the Aurora Orchestra of the 'Eroica' symphony.

Jul '17BBC Radio 3

02:05

Listen: excerpt from Strauss's Metamorphosen

Richard Strauss's 1945 Metamorphosen is an ecstatic and elegiac work.

Jul '17BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 3 with live excerpts(25 mins)Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, with live excerpts
- - Richard Strauss
  - Metamorphosen(27 mins)
- - interval
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’(47 mins)

Performers

Tom Service
presenter
presenter
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

No symphony pulses more vigorously with the rhythms of political protest than Beethoven's 'Eroica', whose defiant opening chords mark the arrival of the Romantic symphony. In their novel introduction, BBC Radio 3's Tom Service and conductor Nicholas Collon dismantle and reassemble this groundbreaking work, with the help of live excerpts, before the Aurora Orchestra gets under the skin of the work by performing the complete symphony from memory.

The concert also includes Richard Strauss's 1945 Metamorphosen. Scored for 23 solo strings, this ecstatic, elegiac work closes with an 'Eroica' quotation that mourns the devastation brought about by another, even darker, political regime.

Please note that this event contains an update to the concert running order from that in BBC Proms 2017 Festival Guide

Tickets for this Prom are now very limited. However, weekend Promming passes are still available which guarantee entry into this Prom up to 30 minutes before the performance starts. See below for more details.

Broadcast on BBC Four, 18 August