CONDUCTOR: SIR SIMON RATTLESOLOIST: JONATHAN KELLY
RICHARD STRAUSS
CONCERTO FOR OBOE AND SMALL ORCHESTRA IN D MAJOR, O. OP. 144
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
CHRISTUS AM ÖLBERGE (CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES), ORATORIO, OP. 85
Christus am Ölberge is the only oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven. The
work was first performed in Vienna on April 5, 1803, a Tuesday during
Holy Week, but was not published until 1811. Therefore it carries the
relatively high opus number 85 in Beethoven's catalogue of works.
Beethoven sent his pupil Ferdinand Ries with the trombone parts to the
rehearsing orchestra on the morning of the premiere day, after he had
worked them out the night before. Prince Karl Lichnowsky, who was
present at the rehearsals, provided the exhausted musicians with
sandwiches, cold meat and wine.
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