Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra under the baton of Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski will perform compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms on April 9, 2016 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw.

The overture to the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus) by Ludwig van Beethoven will open the first part of the concert. The composer wrote the music for the heroic-allegorical ballet in 1800-01 and it is the overture that remained in the concert repertoire until today. Next, the orchestra will perform Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, which was called the "10th Symphony of Beethoven" by the German conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow. Last work to be presented during the evening will be Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, written in the years 1795-1800.

Programme:

Ludwig van Beethoven - Ouverture to the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Tickets available at www.bilety24.pl, www.sklep.polskieradio.pl and one hour before the concert at the box office of the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.