Name: Orchestra of the Champs-Élysées / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe
Start: 2025-11-25T20:00:00
Location: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Ghent

Elbphilharmonie

Orchestra of the Champs-Élysées

Philippe Herreweghe, a grand seigneur of historical performance practice and clever programming, brings a particularly piquant pair of works into conversation in his ProArte concert. On the one hand, there is Ludwig van Beethoven's powerful "Eroica," revolution in music, which, according to legend, was originally dedicated to the revolutionary Napoleon. On the other, there is the haunting Requiem in C minor by Luigi Cherubini, commissioned by King Louis XVIII, who succeeded Napoleon as ruler. What unites the works, however, is the absolute mastery of craftsmanship—and mutual respect—of the two composers: Beethoven even wished that the Requiem in C minor be played at his funeral (which it was).