Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808
The Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808 was a benefit concert held for Ludwig van Beethoven at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna that featured the public premieres of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy. This concert, then called an Akademie, occurred in a very cold hall and lasted for approximately four hours. Its featured performers were an orchestra, chorus, vocal soloists, and the composer was featured as soloist at the piano. Beethoven biographer Barry Cooper refers to the concert, in terms of its content, as the "most remarkable" of Beethoven's career.
18081808 in Germany1808 in musicAh! perfidoAnna Milder-HauptmannBenefit concertCello Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)Christopher HogwoodDecember 22Ferdinand RiesIl ritorno di TobiaList of compositions by Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenMass in C major (Beethoven)Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)Theater an der WienTonkünstler-Societät
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Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808
The Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808 was a benefit concert held for Ludwig van Beethoven at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna that featured the public premieres of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy. This concert, then called an Akademie, occurred in a very cold hall and lasted for approximately four hours. Its featured performers were an orchestra, chorus, vocal soloists, and the composer was featured as soloist at the piano. Beethoven biographer Barry Cooper refers to the concert, in terms of its content, as the "most remarkable" of Beethoven's career.
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Detail of an 1804–05 Beethoven portrait by J. W. Mähler
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Vienna
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Akademie
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Ah! perfido
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Choral Fantasy
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Extemporised fantasia for piano
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Gloria from Mass in C major
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Piano Concerto No. 4
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Sanctus from Mass in C major
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Symphony No. 5
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Symphony No. 6
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1808-12-22
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