Beethoven Symphony No.2

Tuesday
18
June
£11-£33
7.30PM
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre i
Beethoven Symphony No.2
WA Mozart Symphony No.32
Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Joseph Haydn Symphony No.90
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.2
Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

Meet a symphonist on the cusp of revolution: energy and ideas fizz in Beethoven’s Second, music written as an antidote to the darkness encroaching upon his thoughts. Haydn conjures images of the Parisian Court in his Symphony No.90, the same city Mozart had just returned from when writing the short, overture-like Symphony No.32. 

"There are many conductors in the world who can get orchestras to play together but there are very few who can profoundly inspire. Gábor Takács-Nagy is one of them." Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra

Gábor Takács-Nagy is a prize-winning interpreter of his compatriot Bartók’s music, combining an encyclopaedic understanding with infectious enthusiasm.



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Gábor discusses the intense, emotional journey that led to Beethoven's Symphony No.2
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ROMANIAN DANCES

Gábor Takács-Nagy gives us an insight into Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances
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