Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica | arranged by different composers for chamber ensembles
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An adventurous arrangement of a concert classic: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' played by young musicians from Belarus, Germany and Ukraine. What’s special about it? Each of the four symphony movements was arranged for chamber ensemble by a different composer. The result is an unprecedented version of Beethoven’s Third Symphony, and there is much to discover in it.
The ‘Eroica’ for chamber ensembles of various instrumentations formed the framework of the Campus Concert at the Beethovenfest Bonn 2022. Under the general direction of Belarusian conductor Vitali Alekseenok, the Campus Project Ensemble played and the Campus Project Choir sang with singers from the Concordia Choir (Belarus), the Gewandhaus Youth Choir (Germany) and the Sophia Chamber Choir (Ukraine). The performance took place in the former West German parliament’s historic plenary hall.
Symphony No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) is not just one of this composer’s most famous symphonies, it is actually one of the most famous symphonies of all time. In the first edition from 1806, it is titled “Heroic Symphony”, and is dedicated to a great man. In the four movements of his large-scale Third, Beethoven breaks with many symphonic traditions, so that the ‘Eroica’ is with some justification no longer considered a “classical symphony” but as the first symphony of the Romantic period.
In order to render this massive symphony playable for private occasions, too, several arrangements for piano or smaller ensembles were already created during Beethoven’s lifetime. The chamber music version of the ‘Eroica’ played here is nevertheless an experiment, since each of the four movements was arranged by a different composer. Movements one, two and four are arrangements by three of Beethoven’s contemporaries. The arrangement of the third movement is new, from 2022, by composer Maxim Kolomiiets, born in Kiev in 1981, and commissioned by Deutsche Welle. Kolomiiets’ version of the third movement of the symphony, the Scherzo, features a chorus that enters with vocalise as the movement progresses, then shifts into textual singing and then ebbs away again with vocalise until the pure Beethoven movement is heard again at the end. Kolomiiets wants the choral passage that breaks into the scherzo to be understood as a portal to a better world that opens in a surprising way when listening to the familiar music. The correspondingly cheerful text comes from Ukrainian poet Mykola Khvylovy (1893 - 1933).
The arrangement of the first symphonic movement (Allegro con brio) was written by Beethoven’s student Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838). Ries had witnessed the composition of the 3rd Symphony in 1803 and 1804 and arranged it for piano quartet immediately after the premiere - with a piano part that can be described as truly orchestral. Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), composer, pianist and close friend of Beethoven’s, also arranged the ‘Eroica’ with a focus on the piano and otherwise provided for variable instrumentation. In his version of the second symphonic movement, the Funeral March, the violin and piano take on the function of a military drum. Closest to Beethoven’s original is the arrangement by Carl Friedrich Ebers (1770 - 1836), from which the finale (Allegro molto) is heard here. Ebers assumes a fairly extensive chamber orchestra, which differs from Beethoven’s instrumentation only in the reduction of the winds.
(00:00) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’
(00:21) I. Allegro con brio
arr. by Ferdinand Ries
CAMPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Varvara Vasylieva | VIOLIN
Kateryna Suprun | VIOLA
Viktor Rekalo | CELLO
Kiryl Keduk | PIANO
(18:10) II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)
arr. by Johann N. Hummel
CAMPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Aliaksai Ladzik | FLUTE
Varvara Vasylieva | VIOLIN
Viktor Rekalo | CELLO
Kiryl Keduk | PIANO
(33:20) III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
arr. by Maxim Kolomiiets (world premiere)
CAMPUS PROJECT CHOIR
CAMPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Aliaksai Ladzik | FLUTE
Henry Petersen | CLARINET
Conrad Hähnlein | CLARINET
Tanya Starykh | FRENCH HORN
Dmytro Taran | FRENCH HORN
Varvara Vasylieva | VIOLIN
Shiori Katsura | VIOLIN
Kateryna Suprun | VIOLA
Viktor Rekalo | CELLO
Milan Thüer | DOUBLE BASS
Kiryl Keduk | PIANO
Vitali Alekseenok | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
(44:12) IV. Finale (Allegro molto)
arr. by Carl Friedrich Ebers
CAMPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Aliaksai Ladzik | FLUTE
Henry Petersen | CLARINET
Conrad Hähnlein | CLARINET
Tanya Starykh | FRENCH HORN
Dmytro Taran | FRENCH HORN
Varvara Vasylieva | VIOLIN
Shiori Katsura | VIOLIN
Kateryna Suprun | VIOLA
Viktor Rekalo | CELLO
Milan Thüer | DOUBLE BASS
Kiryl Keduk | PIANO
Vitali Alekseenok | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
© Deutsche Welle 2022
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一直都很想演出這些室內樂的編曲版本,很高興看到這段影片!!!
Die "Eroica" in einem ganz besonderen Ambiente. Ein schönes Video. und ein schöner Bericht. Und natürlich, eine tolle Musik!!!
Wow, powerful, zestful, beautiful
Tremendous! I like the first movement most. It feels like four young partiots are struggling for their heroic mission which is to be a catastrophe.
I love Beethoven music!!
at 7:15 the real fire starts, what a performance we got in here from those outstanding musicians. A real Bravissimo
Welch' eine sinnige tiefempfundune Musik! Beethoven ist dabei bei jedemTon dieser meisterhaften Ausführung zu hören! Klasse!!!
I think this sort of stuff is truly in the spirit of Beethoven. He loved playing with themes and variations. I for the most part don't enjoy full orchestral works performed by smaller groups, to me it sounds weird. Yet there's smaller pieces of this symphony that stood out to me because I heard it this way. The first movement was quite beautiful. It told a story of strife and wandering. I really loved that arrangement. I don't know how I feel about the choir. I gotta think on that one a bit, haha.
Ah, this is wonderful! Thank you
@user-ri3jp3px3g
10 ай бұрын
😢😢😮😮😊😊❤❤😅😅🎉🎉😂😂
Congratulations it is lovely so beautiful thank you for sharing !
@DWClassicalMusic
Жыл бұрын
😊
👍👍👍nice performance
1:34 ❤❤❤
Astonishingly enough, this Beethovens Eroica seems to be very well suited for also a small chamber ensemble. For example the Marcia funebre is not at all mistreated with the flute as leading instrument. It is just about turning my years to the right frequency...
@staffanolofsson8201
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, my ears, not years, Im a swede
Beautiful. Thanks DW.
@DWClassicalMusic
Жыл бұрын
With pleasure. We're glad you liked it! 😊
Ein sehr gutes Video ist das der eroica
Süper 👍👏👏👏
❤
Kinda intensified. Long beloved masterpiece where all the missing parts simply vibrate in the soul. You know? PWG
Sehr interessantes Projekt, doch nicht so tiefempfunden wie die originale Sinfonie.
Es una interesante versión del original,y lo agradezco mucho,pero está muy,muy lejos de versión orquestal que realizó Beethoven.Siempre Gracias,DW.
@DWClassicalMusic
Жыл бұрын
Con mucho gusto! 😊
❤❤😂😂😢😢😮😮🎉🎉😅😅😊😊
Without piano the simphony is best
so nicht das muss ein ganzes Orchester spielen unter grosser Spannung!
Good try! I prefer the original though.
@wilsonedwards8139
Жыл бұрын
That's so true but it's still cute.
I prefer the original Beethoven!! There are enough works for smaller groups to perform.... It is like Richard Claderman playing the "Waldstein"..... Not for me ,thanks!(I know that I am a snob!)
Why? I love this symphony... But... This was disaster! 😁
@gregorkoydl2201
Жыл бұрын
This symphony is great...but not as chamber Music!