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Later this month at Cadogan Hall our Beethoven: The Revolutionary festival culminates with a rare opportunity to hear a full performance of The Creatures of Prometheus, the only ballet Beethoven ever wrote. This fantastical retelling of the story of the trickster Prometheus who defied the gods and gave fire to humanity will be presented by John Suchet, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and performed with a new script written by Gerard McBurney. We are pleased to announce that it will be narrated by

The Creatures of Prometheus was the only full ballet Beethoven ever wrote. In it, he explores instrumentation and color in a way you might not find in his larger orchestral works. Osmo Vänskä opens this weekend's concerts with the Prometheus overture. Some tickets still available >> http://bit.ly/2PxNUNZ | Minnesota Orchestra

370K views · 12K reactions | With his ebullient, high-energy approach, Leonard Bernstein brings out the best in Beethoven’s The Creatures of Prometheus, his only ballet score and one of the most original of his youthful masterpieces. Now streaming at stage.plus/Bernstein. | STAGE+ | Facebook