Welcome to the Beethoven Ensemble

The Beethoven Ensemble is a young and exciting orchestra in Cambridge and London, England. The orchestra brings together the finest players of the University with recent graduates studying at music conservatoires and working as professional musicians. The aim of the orchestra is to build links between young talented players and the professional music world; by giving intimate concerts at exceptionally high levels we provide exposure and opportunities for musicians, not to mention world-class performances to our audiences. The orchestra is conducted by Daniel Hill.

Listen to: Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht. Recorded live on March 13th 2010. The Beethoven Ensemble, Daniel Hill (conductor), Gareth John (baritone)

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Next concert

The Cambridge Series: Folk Song and Dance

Saturday May 29th 2010, 8pm, Trinity College Chapel

Programme:
Beethoven Violin Concerto - Arisa Fujita, violin
Sibelius Symphony no. 3

Conductor: Daniel Hill

Violin: Arisa Fujita

The final concert in our Cambridge Series is a celebration of folk song, dance and merriment. Beethoven's Violin Concerto is one of the most soulful and joyful of all the violin concertos (though Sibelius's is close) - the third movement Rondo erupting in a great dance. Influences from Finnish folk music are discernible in the very first chords of the Sibelius's Third Symphony. There were also some programmatic notions behind it. In Paris in January 1906, after a period of lively celebrations, Sibelius played three themes to the painter Oscar Parviainen: Funeral March, A Prayer to God and A Great Feast. The Symphony is more classical than his first two, arcing back to a Beethovenian style, both musically and in orchestration.
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