For Richard Wagner, it was the "apotheosis of dance," and some therefore refer to it as "The Choreographic." But Romain Rolland summed it up more succinctly when he called it an "orgy of rhythm" – Beethoven's 7th Symphony, pulsating with a rhythmic drive that ultimately builds to wild ecstasy in the inexorably forward-rushing finale. There's no stopping it – that's the rhythm you simply have to go with! But Maurice Ravel, the composer of Bolero , also celebrates an "orgy of rhythm" with La Valse , in 3/4 time. The piece, subtitled Poème chorégraphique (Choreographic Poem), is a "crazy" homage to the Viennese waltz. Between the two "choreographic" works: the premiere of Roland Kunz's Three Late Songs . The soloist is Turkish mezzo-soprano Seray Pinar, a member of the Académie of the Paris Opéra since 2022. In August 2024, she also sang in the final concert of the Young Singer Project at the Salzburg Festival.

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Oct 11, 2025

Darlington Conducts Beethoven's Seventh · Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

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