Beethoven250 Festival

L’Auditori presents a season inspired by the extensive musical legacy of this German genius. Ludwig van Beethoven’s humanist calling, the classical spirit of his initial composition phase, the depth and universal nature of his musical ideas and the radical formal exploration of the final stage of his creative career reveal an unquestionable musical modernity rooted in tradition.

Beethoven’s vast body of work speaks to humanity as a whole, and L’Auditori, as a champion of musical modernity in a plural society and the home of music by all and for all, finds in this composer an outstanding figure at every level. Furthermore, his deafness challenges us, making us reconsider the meaning of art from a perception point of view: what is music if the creator of the Ninth Symphony never heard his work? This also helps connect us to various social groups that perceive reality, and also art, from different perspectives.

An Accessible Festival‎
The Beethoven250 Festival is committed to providing accessibility services for most of the ‎festival’s events and adapting them to meet their artistic and theatrical characteristics. This ‎idea was inspired by Beethoven’s deafness and his own personal perception of art.‎
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During the festival, there will be subtitling, sign language interpreters and a hearing loop for ‎people with impaired hearing and audio descriptions and programmes in Braille for blind and ‎visually-impaired people. In addition, the areas reserved for wheelchair users will be ‎increased. The programmes will be designed for optimum legibility, and pictograms will be ‎used to indicate which services are available at each concert.‎

Download the programme here

Concerts

OBC concertsSymphonic Season 19-20	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL I	Sessions: ‎24, 25 and 26 January 2020‎ Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets ‎€12 / €34 / €44 / €59‎
OBC concertsSymphonic Season 19-20	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL II Show Directory	Sessions: ‎31 January, 1 and 2 February 2020‎ Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets Friday dies: 31 January 2020 Hora: 20:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Saturday dies: 1 February 2020 Hora: 19:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Sunday dies: 2 February 2020 Hora: 11:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets ‎€12 / €34 / €44 / €59‎
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62‎ BEETHOVEN: “Ah, perfido!” (Ah, deceiver) Scene and aria, Op. 65 ‎ HECTOR PARRA: "Wanderwelle", for baritone and orchestra (comissioned work OBC) Scriptwriter: Händl Klaus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67‎
Escenes	TOC SUITE NO. 6‎	Sessions: ‎1 and 2 February 2020‎ Espai: Sala 3 Tete Montoliu	Buy tickets Saturday dies: 1 February 2020 Hora: 17:30h Preus: Advanced ticket sales: €15 From 01/01/2020: €18‎ Buy tickets Saturday dies: 1 February 2020 Hora: 20:00h Preus: Advanced ticket sales: €15 From 01/01/2020: €18‎ Buy tickets Sunday dies: 2 February 2020 Hora: 18:00h Preus: Advanced ticket sales: €15 From 01/01/2020: €18‎ Buy tickets Advanced ticket sales: €15 // From 01/01/2020: €18‎
OBC concertsSymphonic Season 19-20	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL III Show Directory	Sessions: ‎6, 7 and 8 February 2020‎ Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets Thursday dies: 6 February 2020 Hora: 20:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Friday dies: 7 February 2020 Hora: 20:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Saturday dies: 8 February 2020 Hora: 19:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets ‎€12 / €34 / €44 / €59‎
Directory	MAURICIO SOTELO: L’angelo necessario. Work commissioned by La Monnaie. National premiere BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra in C major, Op. 56‎
Beethoven250	Rethinking Beethoven	Sessions: 7 February 2020 Espai: Sala de Teclats del Museu de la Música de Barcelona	Buy tickets €5 per session/€12 for the three sessions
Symphonic BandBMB Season	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL250 Show Directory	Sessions: 9 February 2020 Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets €16 / €12 concessions
Directory	BERT APPERMONT: Egmont BEETHOVEN: Egmont. Incidental music pieces for Goethe’s tragedy
BCN Clàssics	EVGENY KISSIN Show Directory	Sessions: 13 February 2020 Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets From 20€ to 72€
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8, in C minor, op. 13, Pathétique; Variations and Fugue for piano in E flat major, op. 35, Eroica Variations; Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, op. 31 No. 2, The Storm; Piano Sonata No. 21, in C major, op. 53, Waldstein
Chamber MusicMúsica de Cambra	BARRAGÁN, SOLTANI, FLORISTÁN TRIO Show Directory	Sessions: ‎15 February 2020‎ Espai: Hall 2 Oriol Martorell	Buy tickets 25€
Directory	WIDMANN: Nachtstück ‎ BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 4, in B flat major, op. 11 ‎ BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114‎
OBC concertsSymphonic Season 19-20	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL IV Show Directory	Sessions: ‎15 and 16 February 2020‎ Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets Saturday dies: 15 February 2020 Hora: 19:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Sunday dies: 16 February 2020 Hora: 11:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets ‎€12 / €34 / €44 / €59‎
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 61‎ BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’‎
OBC concertsSymphonic Season 19-20	BEETHOVEN250 FESTIVAL V Show Directory	Sessions: ‎21, 22 and 23 February 2020‎ Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets Friday dies: 21 February 2020 Hora: 20:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Saturday dies: 22 February 2020 Hora: 19:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets Sunday dies: 23 February 2020 Hora: 11:00h Preus: 12€ \| 34€ \| 44€ \| 59€ Buy tickets ‎€12 / €34 / €44 / €59‎
Directory	REPERTOIRE FRIDAY 21ST:‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37‎ REPERTOIRE SATURDAY 22ND: ‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’.‎ REPERTOIRE SUNDAY 23RD:‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37‎ BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’.‎
Beethoven250	Rethinking Beethoven	Sessions: 4 March 2020 Espai: Sala de Teclats del Museu de la Música de Barcelona	Buy tickets €5 per session/€12 for the three sessions
Jazz Sessions	XAVI TORRES	Sessions: 24 April 2020 Espai: Sala 3 Tete Montoliu	Buy tickets 15 €
Chamber MusicMúsica de Cambra	NIKOLAI LUGANSKY Show Directory	Sessions: 6 May 2020 Espai: Hall 2 Oriol Martorell	Buy tickets 28€
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Sonata for piano No. 28, in A major, op. 101 C. FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21 SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 3 in F Sharp minor, op. 23 RACHMANINOFF: Ten Preludes, op. 23, No. 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 4 and 5
iber:Càmera	Beethoven's Violin Concerto Show Directory	Sessions: 21 May 2020 Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets From 27 €
Directory	BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2, in E major, op. 73 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto, in D major, op. 61
Early MusicMúsica Antiga	BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 6 AND 7 Show Directory	Sessions: 4 June 2020 Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	Buy tickets From 12€ to 75€
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
OBC concertsOther OBC Concerts	JÖRG WIDMANN & OBC & ORFEÓ CATALÀ Show Directory	Sessions: 12 June 2020 Espai: Palau de la Música Catalana	Buy tickets From 15 to 60 €
Directory	BEETHOVEN – WIDMANN: With brio WIDMANN: Violin Concerto No. 2 WIDMANN: Choral work (premiere) MOZART: Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551, "Jupiter"
OBC concertsSampler Series	DAVID LANG: PRISONER OF THE STATE Show Directory	Sessions: 3 July 2020 Espai: To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Directory	DAVID LANG: prisoner of the state (2019) National premiere. Co-commissioned by L’Auditori and the New York Philharmonic, the Rotterdam De Doelen, the London Barbican, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, the Bruges Concertgebouw and Malmö Opera.
Chamber MusicMúsica de Cambra	BEETHOVEN MARATHON: COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC Show Directory	Sessions: ‎11 January 2020‎ Espai: Hall 2 Oriol Martorell	Free Admission. Limited Capacity.
Directory	‎10.00 am CONCERT 1:‎ ‎PIANO TRIOS‎ TRIO LUDWIG Piano trios, op. 1, Nos. 1 and 2‎ ‎11.20 am CONCERT 2:‎ ‎VIOLIN SONATAS‎ VERA MARTÍNEZ MEHNER AND CLAUDIO MARTÍNEZ MEHNER Violin sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 (op. 12), 5 (op. 24) and 8 (op. 30)‎ ‎1.00 pm CONCERT 3:‎ PIANO TRIOS‎ TRIO LUDWIG Piano trios op. 1 No. 3 and op. 11‎ ‎4.00 pm CONCERT 4:‎ CELLO SONATAS‎ DANIEL CLARET AND ÀLEX RAMÍREZ Cello sonatas Nos. 1 (op. 5), 3 (op. 69) and 4 (op. 102)‎ ‎5.30 pm CONCERT 5:‎ VIOLIN SONATAS‎ MIGUEL COLOM AND VÍCTOR DEL VALLE Violin sonatas Nos. 1 (op. 12), 10 (op. 96) and 7 (op. 30)‎ ‎ 7.00 pm CONCERT 6:‎ PIANO TRIOS‎ TRIO ARRIAGA Piano trios, op. 70, Nos. 1 and 2‎ ‎8.15 pm CONCERT 7:‎ CELLO SONATAS‎ ARNAU TOMÀS AND KENNEDY MORETTI Cello sonatas Nos. 2 (op. 5) and 5 (op. 102)‎ ‎9.30 pm CONCERT 8:‎ VIOLIN SONATAS‎ JOSEP COLOMÉ AND ENRIQUE BAGARÍA Violin sonatas Nos. 4 (op. 23), 6 (op. 30) and 9 (op. 47)‎ ‎11.10 pm CONCERT 9:‎ PIANO TRIOS‎ TRIO FORTUNY Piano trios, WoO. 38 and op. 97‎
Sampler SèriesSampler Series	LEIF INGE: 9 BEET STRETCH Show Directory	Sessions: 11 January 2020 Espai: Sala 3 Tete Montoliu	Free admission. Limited capacity
Directory	LEIF INGE: 9 Beet Stretch (24 hours)
Chamber MusicMúsica de Cambra	CALIDORE STRING QUARTET & CRISTINA GÓMEZ GODOY Show Directory	Sessions: 15 January 2020 Espai: Hall 2 Oriol Martorell	25€
Directory	MOZART: Oboe and String Quartet in F major, K. 370 (368b) BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, op. 18 No. 4 BRITTEN: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, op. 2 GRIEG: String Quartet in G minor, op. 27
Family eventsFamily Concerts	ZOOM	Sessions: 18 January 2019 Espai: Hall 1 Pau Casals	12 €
Beethoven250	Rethinking Beethoven	Sessions: 22 January 2020 Espai: Sala de Teclats del Museu de la Música de Barcelona	€5 per session/€12 for the three sessions
Sampler SèriesSampler Series	CONTRECHAMPS + CHRISTINE SUN KIM Show Directory	Sessions: 22 January 2020 Espai: Sala 4 Alicia de Larrocha	€7
Directory	BEETHOVEN: Sonata for horn and piano in F major, Op. 17 (2013) JÜRG FREY: Time Intent Memory for six instruments (2012) CHRISTINE SUN KIM: New work for ensemble and video (2020). National premiere