If we did a quiz and I asked you to name as many pieces of music by Beethoven that you could think of, I suspect that this overture would be well down the list! It was, however, the first orchestral work of Beethoven that I ever played.
Ludwig van Beethoven : The Consecration of the House
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Howard Evans
I don’t know this! Will check it out. I don’t think it’s featured in Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed – long running series this year on composer of the week! I’ve had chance to listen to quite a few of the episodes!