Beethoven and His Times. The First Concert of the Cycle

PART I

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 in D major “The Clock” (1794)

I. Adagio – Presto
II. Andante
III. Menuetto. Allegretto
IV. Finale. Vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven
Aria “Hier schlemmert seinen stillen Frieden der grosse Dulder”
from Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87

Anastasia Sorokina (soprano)


PART II

Ludwig van Beethoven
Aria “Fliesse, Wonnezahre, Fliesse!”
from Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II

Anastasia Lerman (soprano)
Pyotr Kondrashin (cello)
Natalia Bereslavtseva (flute)

Symphony No. 1 in C major, ор. 21 (1799-1800)

I.Adagio molto
II. Andante cantabile
III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace

Fragments from is read by Evgeny Redko

Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Mikhail Tsinman