Symphony No. 1: Beethoven announces himself | Gardiner and the ORR on Beethoven's Symphonies

In the first video of our Beethoven Symphony series, John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR explore the Symphony No. 1 in C Major, first performed in 1800 in Vienna. With its flashes of Haydnesque wit, this work betrays the influence of earlier composers, but a wildly energetic third movement points towards a ground-breaking vigour which is unmistakably Beethoven's.

Directed and edited by Richard Wilson. Produced by Bill Lloyd & Richard Wilson. Director of Photography, Benjamin Ealovega.

Listen to John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR's 1994 recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Ovxu3...

About the series:
Though we’re sad not to be performing our Beethoven Symphony Cycle for you live at the moment, we’re delighted to share of our new nine-part film series in which John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR explore these incredible works as we rehearsed for this project. We'll be releasing a new film on each Symphony every Friday - for more information on this series, visit our website:
https://monteverdi.co.uk/john-eliot-g...

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The three Monteverdi ensembles – the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique – are a leading force on the international music scene. World-class musicians and singers from many nationalities come together to share in the distinctive vision of our Artistic Director, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in ground-breaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces.

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