Beethoven's Symphony No. 5

It is called the "Destiny" Symphony: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is a monument of Western collective imagination. It represents an individual consciousness determined to face the greatest adversities to defend ideals. It invites reflection on paths that become entangled in subjectivity, but which are powerfully alluring. It is a personal experience with universal aspiration, simultaneously projected onto the individual and Humanity as a whole. In this programme, it is combined with the expressive paradoxes of Pinho Vargas and with two other works that, from master and student, coincide in the intimate and eloquent register of the cello. Saint-Saëns' Concerto No. 2 and Fauré's Elegy are entrusted to the charisma of Steven Isserlis, an eclectic and celebrated musician – with capital letters.

Pre-concert conversation by Rui Campos Leitão at 16:30.

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