LSO: Roth conducts Saint-Saens & Beethoven

Synopsis

Every revolution has its roots. The two explosive chords that open Beethoven’s Eroica symphony shook classical music to its foundations. For François-Xavier Roth, though, no artist operates in a vacuum, and tonight he places Beethoven’s era-defining masterpiece alongside the strikingly original music of one of his contemporaries from revolutionary France: François-Joseph Gossec. It’s a fascinating rediscovery – exactly what we’ve come to expect from a conductor as adventurous as Roth. Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto, on the other hand, needs no introduction: In the hands of the ‘simply formidable’ (The Guardian) Bertrand Chamayou, it’ll fizz like champagne. PROGRAM Gossec: Symphonie à 17 parties; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 2; Beethoven Symphony No 3 “Eroica”

Additional Info

• No: 8640
• Composer: François-Joseph Gossec, Camille Saint-Saëns, Ludwig van Beethoven
• Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
• Artists: Bertrand Chamayou
• Production year: 2023
• Run time: 01:30:00
• Producers: LSO
• Format: HDTV 16:9