Grant Llewellyn: Celtic Beethoven on Stage+
Credit: Laurent Guizard
Last summer, Festival Saint-Denis in Paris celebrated Beethoven’s Celtic songs in a concert which will be released on Stage+ on Saturday 22nd June at 7pm (BST).
Bryn Terfel and Carlos Núñez joined the Orchestre National de Bretagne and Grant Llewellyn for a special exploration of Beethoven’s arrangements of Scottish, Irish and Welsh folk songs. The composer made his arrangements of the folk songs for voice and piano trio, dressing them up for 19th-century salon, but here – in new arrangements by Benoît Menut and Pierre Chépélov – they come full circle to be reconnected with their Celtic origins.
