John Eliot Gardiner
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A Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin event

Concert | Musikfest Berlin 2022

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir

John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Missa solemnis”

“From the heart – may it return – to the heart!” Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis” is an appeal to humanism in the face of political and humanitarian disasters. John Eliot Gardiner will perform this timeless work together with the musicians of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the singers of the Monteverdi Choir.

Concert Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Missa solemnis
for four soloists, choir, orchestra and organ in D major op. 123 (1819 – 1822/23)

Cast

Lucy Crowe soprano
Ann Hallenberg mezzo soprano
Giovanni Sala tenor
William Thomas bass

Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner conductor