BROADCAST DATE: Friday 26 February 2021: 7.30pm
Available until Sunday 14 March 2021

Walker Lyric for Strings
Britten Les Illuminations
Beethoven Symphony No5

Thomas Søndergård Conductor
Edgaras Montvidas Tenor

With Beethoven, four notes are enough to start a revolution. ‘This is how Fate knocks at the door!’ he said, and everyone knows the electrifying opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. But if that’s all you know, you’re in for the musical adventure of a lifetime – a headlong ride through tragedy, tranquility and blazing triumph. Thomas Søndergård conducts, Edgaras Montvidas sings Britten’s dreamlike songs, and we start with the haunting Lyric for Strings by George Walker: a true American original.

Recommended by Classic FM.

Concert will be available to watch from date of broadcast until 14 March 2021. Please note, due to the ongoing uncertainty of the current pandemic, the RSNO may have to change programmes and/or artists at short notice. If a concert has to be cancelled in its entirety and an alternative concert is not possible, all ticket money will be refunded.