Beethoven - Coriolan Overture (Aivars Kalējs, Rīga Dome Cathedral organ) LIVE

Unique transcription of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture by Aivars Kalējs. Live recording from the online concert on in Rīgas Doms. Unikāls pārlikums Bēthovena simfoniskajai uvertīrai ’’Koriolāns’’. No tiešraides koncerta Rīgas Domā ., kas notika pateicoties VKKF un Rīgas Domes atbalstam. The Coriolan Overture (German: Ouvertüre zu Coriolan), Op. 62, is a composition written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin’s 1804 tragedy Coriolan. The structure and themes of the overture follow the play very generally. The main C minor theme represents Coriolanus’ resolve and war-like tendencies (he is about to invade Rome), while the more tender E-flat major theme represents the pleadings of his mother to desist. Coriolanus eventually gives in to tenderness, but since he cannot turn back having led an army of his former enemies to Rome’s gates, he kills himself. (This diff