A 25th anniversary concert for Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
23 October 2014, 00:00 | Updated: 15 December 2016, 11:50
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the unique period-instrument orchestra with a concert at the Barbican.
2014/15 marks the 25th anniversary of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s period-instrument Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
For this celebratory concert the orchestra brings its distinctive brisk energy and genuinely thrilling sound to two favourite Beethoven orchestral pieces and Berlioz’s cantatas for soprano and orchestra. They are joined, for one concert only, by soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci.
Critics have heaped praise on this tour:
“A galvanic, no-holds-barred performance... The conductor teased out details in Beethoven’s scoring that made the music sound at once inevitable and new to the ear.” – The Washington Post.
“It was revolutionary, it was romantic, it was wonderful.” - The Times
Programme
Beethoven Overture No. 2, Leonore
Berlioz La Captive
Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre
Beethoven 5th Symphony
Performers
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci
Barbican Hall, 19:30 on 7 November 2014.
Tickets
£15, £20, £28, £37
For more information and to book tickets go to the Barbican website or call the Barbican box office on 0207 638 8891.
