THOMAS HENGELBROCK: Beethoven & Cherubini
Philharmonie Berlin - Great Hall Philharmonie Berlin, Great Hall, Berlin, Germany"I am delighted whenever I hear a new work of yours and take a greater interest in it than in my own. In short, I honor and love you," Ludwig van Beethoven once wrote to Luigi Cherubini. His admiration for his fellow composer went so far that he even wished for Cherubini's Requiem to be played at his own funeral [...].