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Stephen Fry and the Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican

On 02 Oct 19, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Words and music combine when the writer and actor Stephen Fry joins the Baroque specialists AAM to launch its 2019/20 season, with Beethoven and Dussek

By Claudia Pritchard on 26/9/2019

Stephen Fry helps the Academy of Ancient Music launch its Beethoven year season
Stephen Fry helps the Academy of Ancient Music launch its Beethoven year season
Stephen Fry and the Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican Stephen Fry and the Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican Claudia Pritchard
Actor and polymath Stephen Fry makes a guest appearance alongside some of the best musicians in London when the sublime Academy of Ancient Music launches its 2019/20 season at the Barbican (2 Oct).


Fry narrates in English translation text to accompany Beethoven's music for Goethe's Egmont. The heroic music vividly illustrates the composer's fury at a ruling tyrant, a timeless emotion here triggered by Napoleon's rampage through Europe.


The launch party in concert form starts with the option of a wine-tasting before and after the show, courtesy of Berry Bros and Rudd, and dinner with some of the artists.


Also on the programme, the mighty Beethoven Mass in C, featuring the Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music. Composed by Beethoven's Czech contemporary, Jan Ladislav Dussek, it is a full-blooded piece that looks ahead to the passionate romanticism of Chopin and Schumann.


Richard Egarr, music director since 2006, conducts from the harpsichord, and soloists include sopranos Chen Reiss and Stefanie True, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, tenor Gwilym Bowen, and bass Morgan Pearse.


The Academy of Ancient Music was founded by Christopher Hogwood in 1973 and remains at the forefront of the worldwide early music scene more than four decades on. The orchestra will give concerts at the Barbican throughout the season 2019/20.


AAM's instruments are those that 18th- and 19th-century composers such as Beethoven would have recognised. The strings, woodwind and brass have a a distinctive edge and directness of tone, which leans to very exciting music-making.


The 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven will be marked in concerts across London this year and next. Here's a chance to celebrate early, in style.

by Claudia Pritchard

What Stephen Fry and the Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican
Where Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS | MAP
Nearest tube Barbican (underground)
When On 02 Oct 19, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £15-£50
Website Click here for more information and booking



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