J S Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 104
Hartmann Concerto funebre
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin

Two hundred years ago Ludwig van Beethoven organised a concert that he hoped would help lift the burden of the oppressed. For this pivotal occasion, he wrote a symphony that would encapsulate ideals of liberty in music of intense endurance and fortitude. In its volume, length and emotional power, Beethoven’s Eroica left critics and audiences dumbfounded. You can still hear why – as could Karl Amadeus Hartmann in 1939, when he wrote his musical protest against the Nazi occupation of Poland, Concerto funebre. Hartmann chose to stay in Germany and resist fascism through his art; the results are defiant, deeply moving and musically outstanding.

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Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 - I. Allegro
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 - II. Andante
Hartmann: Concerto funebre - III. Allegro di molto
Hartmann: Concerto funebre - IV. Choral: Langsamer Marsch
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - I. Allegro con brio
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - IV. Finale: Allegro molto

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