Dinis Sousa, Beethoven

Saturday, 25 May 2024 — 8:00 pm
For his first of four Beethovenian evenings in Paris, Dinis Sousa has paired the famous ‘Pastoral’ Symphony with, as a prelude, the earliest of the composer’s two masses.

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 — 8:00 pm
Dinis Sousa offers a brazen pairing of two works separated by a vast stylistic gulf: Beethoven’s promethean Symphony No. 3 and his Fourth, described by Schumann as ‘a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants’.

Wednesday, 29 May 2024 — 8:00 pm
Revolutionary and romantic? From the most famous motif in music history to the ‘apotheosis of dance itself’ as Wagner characterized Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, Dinis Sousa marks the tempo

Program and cast

Saturday, May 25, 2024 — 8:00 p.m.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Mass in C major

- intermission -

Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”

Monteverdi Choir

Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

Dinis Sousa, conducting

Lucy Crowe, soprano

Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano

Allan Clayton, tenor

William Thomas, bass

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 — 8:00 p.m.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

- intermission -

Symphony No. 4

Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

Dinis Sousa, conducting

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 — 8:00 p.m.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5

- intermission -

Symphony No. 7

Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

Dinis Sousa, conducting