Nicholas conducted Aurora Orchestra in their 10th consecutive BBC Proms performance on 10 September 2020. One of a handful of live, televised performances, Nicholas presented an engaging programme that included a memorised performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.7.
The full programme is available to listen to on BBC iPlayer (audio only).
Richard Ayres
No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven: dreaming, hearing loss, and saying goodbye)
BBC co-commission: world premiere
Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
(script by Jane Mitchell, Nicholas Collon and Tom Service)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major 36’
(performed and conducted from memory)