Eroica

Lavish period recreation, detailing Beethoven's turbulent first performance of the Third (Eroica) Symphony. Set over the course of a single day in June 1804, as Beethoven rehearses the orchestra for the first play-trough of his latest masterpiece at the Viennese palace of his patron, Prince Lobokowitz - Eroica tells the stories behind the music: of the composer's unrequited love for an unattainable woman, and the politics of the royal court. With music by the acclaimed Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir Eliot Gardiner, and starring Ian Hart, wonderfully convincing as the composer, it's a treat for music lovers and cinephiles alike.