Currentzis & Sasha Waltz: Beethoven No. 7

Курентзис и Саша Вальц: Бетховен Симфония № 7

In the ancient theater of Delphi, against the backdrop of the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, musicAeterna, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, performs Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony, in conjunction with a new choreography by Sasha Waltz and her company.

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Actors

Conductor

Teodor Currentzis

Choreographer

Sasha Waltz

Performs

musicAeterna Orchestra

Dance troupe

Sascha Waltz and Guests

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Beethoven completed the symphony in 1812. The premiere 1813 at the height of the wars of liberation was a patriotic event and an enormous success. Wagner’s bon mot of this Symphony as the “apotheosis of dance” is legendary. Thae fusion of the symphony with a dance performance would certainly have been in the spirit of the grand master of this Gesamtkunstwerk.

“Currentzis compares the 7th Symphony to classical, ancient architecture […] the original sound orchestra musicAeterna plays with an almost exemplary transparency.” Deutschlandfunk

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