"One of the greatest achievements of western music, performed complete in concert this weekend, a chance to hear an event of such enormity of vision that any classical music lover should jump at the chance: no, not Bryn or Placido at the Proms in Wagner or Verdi, but a soupcon of a symphony cycle at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. A Beethovenathon, to be precise. With the Salomon Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins conducts all nine Beethoven symphonies in just a single Saturday, starting with the shockingly cheeky First at 11 in the morning, and progressing through four concerts to the epoch-shaking Ninth at about half seven. Assuming, of course, that his tempos don't flag, and that the musicians don't need massages, physio, or therapy by that time."
File this under amazing. I think every Saturday should be spent listening to all of Beethoven's symphonies.
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