BSO at Home - Mozart and Beethoven

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***This is an online event***

Mozart’s Flute Quartet No. 1 is a bright, flirtatious work that opens with a famous melody. The Adagio finds the flute singing a dusky song over pizzicato strings, before the lively finale with its playful exchanges between flute and violin. During the second half of the 18th century, serenades and divertimentos represented the favourite pop music of the aristocracy and middle class and Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat sums up this frothiest of musical entertainments. Much to Beethoven’s chagrin, its relentless popularity tended to eclipse some of his greater achievements. He ranted and railed when the work continued to overshadow his truly great masterpieces until his dying day. However, the numerous reincarnations of the Septet bear eloquent witness to the work’s hit-parade status among amateur musicians of the time.

To view the livestream of this concert visit the website.

The concert will be available to view on demand for 30 days after the orginal performance until 7.30pm (GMT) on Friday 12 March 2021.

The concert livestream will be accessible behind a paywall as an embedded Vimeo video stream. It is best to watch through an up-to-date browser (we recommend Google Chrome on a PC and Safari on an Apple device). You can then connect to your TV or HIFI via a cable connection. An Amazon Firestick is also compatible using the Amazon Silk browser direct on a TV as well as most default browsers on SMART TVs.

Works and composers:

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major K.285

Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major Op.20

Mark Derudder
Violin
Tom Beer, Miguel Rodriguez
Viola
Thomas Isaac, Auriol Evans
Cello
Nicole Boyesen
Double Bass
Anna Pyne
Flute
Barry Deacon
Clarinet
Tammy Thorn
Bassoon
Alex Wide
Horn

Martin Handley
Presenter

Price: £9
Running time: 1 hour