Big, bigger, biggest - Collegium Vocale Gent, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra & Philippe

Herreweghe at his most festive, Beethoven at his best: spiritual, symphonic, shamelessly grand Philippe Herreweghe turns 80 and celebrates that with a sympho-fantastic Beethoven afternoon. The majestic program echoes the legendary concert marathons with which Ludwig used to exhaust and make his audience happy at the time, including the elegant ‘Symphony No. 1’, the contemplative ‘Mass in C’, and the exuberant ‘Choral Fantasy’ with Martin Helmchen and vocal soloists. Beethoven as symphonist, thinker, and showman: everything in one glorious sitting. Cake optional.