Thomas Adès conducts the orchestra © Chris Christodoulou Beethoven Symphony Cycle
In Spring 2017, Britten Sinfonia launched a new three-year Beethoven Symphony Cycle, with Thomas Adès as director and conductor. Adès interleaves Beethoven’s masterworks with the audacious and sometimes explosive music of the wonderfully idiosyncratic Irish composer, Gerald Barry, exploring these monuments of the orchestral repertoire. Hearing how one of the most celebrated composer/conductors working today will interpret and illuminate these iconic works, is sure to be a major event in the classical music calendar.
“Adès makes you hear things with which you thought you were familiar as if they were completely new” Tom Service, The Guardian
Previous concerts:
Year 1 (2017)
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Fri 26 May 2017 – Norwich, St Andrew’s Hall (part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2017)
Sat 27 May 2017 – Saffron Walden, Saffron Hall
Fri 2 Jun 2017 – London, Barbican
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Tue 6 Jun 2017 – London, Barbican
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Chamber concert, featuring Beethoven Septet
30 May 2017 – London, Milton Court
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Year 2 (2018)
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Sat 19 May 2018 – Saffron Walden, Saffron Hall
Tue 22 May 2018 – London, Barbican
Sun 27 May 2018 – Norwich, Theatre Royal
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Beethoven Symphony No. 6
Sun 20 May 2018 – Saffron Walden, Saffron Hall
Thu 24 May 2018 – London, Barbican
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Chamber concert, featuring Beethoven’s Quintet for piano and winds
23 May 2018 – London, Milton Court
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Year 3 (2019)
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Sat 18 May 2019 – Saffron Walden, Saffron Hall
Tues 21 May 2019 – London, Barbican
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sat 25 May 2019 – Norwich, St Andrew’s Hall
Sun 26 May 2019 – London, Barbican
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Thomas Adès conducts the orchestra © Chris Christodoulou 
