The Beethoven Society was founded in 1888 and has met without a break since then. The Society gives classical music concerts in aid of both local and national charities. We do not purely perform works by Beethoven; rather the name is kept as a tribute to the long and illustrious history of the orchestra. We are a group of musicians dedicated to playing good music, enjoying ourselves, and helping to raise money for charities at the same time.
Please come and support us – click Here to see a map of our usual rehearsal and concert venues. If you’ve never been to our concerts before, come and try something different for free. If you have, we hope you enjoyed our concerts and will keep supporting us.
We currently have vacancies for string players. If you are interested please contact us by telephoning our Membership Secretaries, Joan and Rosalind Corser, on 01706378973 or click Here
|
OUR NEXT CONCERT |
|
|
|
Sunday March 25th 2012 Tannhauser Overture - Wagner
|
|
This programme takes us to central Europe. It begins with Wagner’s Tannhauser Overture which opens with the familiar pilgrims chant. The theme blends into the scurrying music of the seductive Venus and a wild hunt and then finally the pilgrim’s chant again. The overture serves as a grand introduction to Haydn’s trumpet concerto, Night on the Bald Mountain and Dvorak’s Symphony No.9, ‘The New World’. The trumpet concerto was written by Haydn in 1796 for a keyed trumpet, (an early attempt to increase the trumpet range). The delightful tunes of each movement are familiar to all concert goers as is also the balance of sprightliness, humour and simple beauty. Following the serene poise of Haydn.this Mussorgsky’s Fantasia (1886) which could hardly be more contrasted. The piece still seems to us wild and highly coloured even after a century of musical extremes. In the second half of the concert we hear the New World Symphony which never ceases to engage audiences. Dvorak’s themes always delight and the energy of the music is so positive one can only be uplifted by this iconic piece. |
|
The Manchester Beethoven Orchestra
is a member of the
National Federation of Music Societies
and is a Registered Charity
(No.1010447)
This site was last updated on
31st January 2012
Concert data updated on Home and Future Concerts pages
You are visitor number:
Manchester Beethoven Orchestra
is now on Facebook
To contact us, or if you are interested in joining our orchestra, please click here
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
