Le Concert Olympique

Conductor Jan Caeyers has been known for years as a Beethoven specialist. In 2009, he published a bestselling biography of the German master that has so far sold ten thousand copies. His young international orchestra Le Concert Olympique has already shown many times that an authentic approach does not stand in the way of a contemporary reading of historical scores. In this programme, Jan Caeyers and his 'Olympians' throw the spotlight first on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1808). In the score, Beethoven couples an unparalleled pattern of motivic development with a biographical strain - the well-known opening motif giving musical expression to fate, which is conquered in the jubilant finale. In 1809, the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung called the Fourth Piano Concerto "Beethoven's most remarkable, unique, artistic and complex concerto ever". The work placed the traditional concerto form in a new perspective and offers soloist Frank Braley plenty of scope for virtuoso finger gymnastics.

- Théâtre National -

Flagey, Théâtre National

Théâtre National
Avenue Emile Jacqmain 111
1000 Bruxelles

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